smithmel240

I am going to polite-fully borrow a very fitting quote from fellow trader FSCGrad777  - "my want list is quite narrow, so I am more than willing to sell cards if we don't match up for a trade." additionally, I am (SOMETTIMES) willing to dig through your (basketball, football, and non sport ONLY) FST cards to see if I can come up with something I like to trade for.

UPDATES:

4/4/24 - trading is turned BACK ON, let the offers being (once again 😎✌🏻)….BUT … pls, pls, PLS, allow me to reiterate this, with peace and love, although I DO realize my waitlist is fairly smaller compared to some of yours, try to avoid sending me smaller (less than 5 cards per side) deals if at all possible, thanks!!!
 

3/13/24 - I 'think' I am going to embark on working on ALL non numbered variations of the 22 and 23 NBA Prizm Monopoly sets, it is WAY more involved than I anticipated it would be with the original thought, but easily my favorite sport and board game growing ups, so why not...

3/12/24 - my son and my Pacers/Magic game experience was a GREAT success, not so much autographically (?), although HE was able to pull down 8 different players' autos (pics to be posted in the forum, hopefully), but the luxury seats were 1st class...access ALL around the court, through each team's tunnels before/during/after games, and all you can eat food/drink...we strongly recommended this experience to anyone willing to fork out a few 'extra' bucks who wants a close to the game action!

On that note, I am going to begin PCing former Arizona and now Pacers PG TJ McConnell, he is the epitome of hard work, a scrappy player who honestly just doesn't look like he belongs on the court with these other giants, but is a BEAST (he had 16/7/7 that game we went to), and oozes confidence, but in a professional way....he was extremely kind to my son after the Pacer win, so that goes a long way to me

2/4/24 - This may be common sense, but I have begun paying more attention on the scarcity/availability of cards on my FST list when comparing each side of the deal - many times, if I have THE only card on the site, I will use that as 'value' in consideration to what I am seeking in these trades - it may not be the most valuable card, but if its the only one available for trade and (for example 50+ people have it on their wantlist, to ME - it holds more value...and again, I am probably not breaking any new ground with this statement, I just wanted this to be here for when members read my profile on reasoning behind these proposals and counter offers

1/23/24 - My 13 year old son and I are fortunate enough to have 2nd row seats for the Pacers @ Magic game on 3/10, and we will have access to the player tunnel before and after the game, SO, my goal until then is to obtain as many RCs of players from those 2 teams to attempt to get autographed!

12/30/23 - I am officially back open for business! So fire away on the trades...

I have began collecting Taysom Hill and Johnny Hekker cards, but as always, Derrick Henry remains my main focus

6/23/23 - I have began branching off beginning PCs of lesser known hoopers that had much relevance to me during my playing days in the 90s:

-Eric Piatkowski (I wore his jersey # 52 my Jr/Sr years, he was a caucasian, 6'7'', 215ish, SF/PF - the EXACT same specs of myself as a player around the same era)

-Tommy Kleinschmidt (Similar to Eric P's backstory, I began wearing a sleeveless shirt underneath my game jerseys bc of him, AND he has a small part in Hoop Dreams, one of my favorite docs)

-Arthur Agee and William Gates (stars of the aforementioned doc Hoop Dreams)

-Chris Herren (maybe the most confident caucasian hooper I have ever seen in person, his BABC AAU summer league performances here in Jax in 1994 were E P I C...)

6/15/23 - I have recently been selling more, I’m ALWAYS open to a sale, even the larger variety, and I pride myself on being very quick and efficient, so you WILL get your cards quick if payment is made quick, just fyi, if you can’t find enough to trade for from MY wantlist, this is ALWAYS a viable option ✌️😎

6/10/23 - I am beginning to find/look for/be told abt more and more NBA and NFL trivia cards/set.....again, I am not a huge set collector, but I am a HUGE trivia guy, so I am open to new sub sets (?) with any years trivia from these 2 leagues, pls don't hesitate to let me know of one that you are aware of that maybe I'm not, thanks!

5/7/23 - im not a huge set collector, and have mainly shot for NON numbered/patch/autos for my PC players, mainly base, insert and some parallels, so,  im NOW slowly looking to get some of these numbered/patch/autos for my PC players and, willing to give up much more TO get these items, if you have items like this for my PC players that aren’t yet on my wantlist, pls don’t hesitate to reach out to offer, thanks!

4/27/23 - recent years of absolute and illusions football FST card listings may be inaccurate, as I may have logged them as hobby when they are actually retail, so pls specify which one you need when proposing or countering a trade, thnx

FELLOW COLLECTORS - I LOVE my late 80's-mid 90's basketball and football cards, 89 nba hoops being my favorite to rip as a 11-12 yr old hoops junkie...now that i have completed my sets for 89 AND 90 nba hoops sets, i am on the hunt to find the announcer/special checklist cards card for these same years, as well as finishing up my (innagural years) 90 skybox basketball and 91 upper deck basketball sets, I also started putting together my birth year’s 1977 Topps basketball and my son’s birth year 2011 NBA Hoops basketball sets

(current TCDB ranking, as of 1/2024)

Former NBA players I collect:

Magic Johnson ( 55 ) Larry Bird ( 32 ) Chris Mullin ( 10 ) Hakeem Olajuwon ( 28 ) Jason Kidd ( 29 ) Pete Maravich ( 60 )

Eric Piatkowski ( 6 ) Chris Herren ( 7 ) Arthur Agee ( 2 ) William Gates ( 2 )

...and current NBA players I collect:

Anthony Edwards ( 5 ) Boban Marjanovic ( 3 ) Bol Bol ( 8 )

University of Kentucky (UK) basketball players only in UK uniform ( 17 )

Former NFL stars I collect:

- Barry Sanders ( 48 ) - Ed Reed ( 8 ) - Larry Fitzgerald ( 9 )

...and current NFL players I collect:

*DERRICK HENRY*  aka The Yulee Bulldozer (#1...and always my #1 priority)

Patrick Mahomes ( 23 ) Travis Kelce ( 3, and will probably never get any higher thank this, as # 1 has 626 and # 2 has 564 )

Josh Allen ( 16 ) Tyrann Mathieu ( 3 ) DK Metcalf ( 4 ) Justin Tucker ( 4 )  Johnny Hekker ( 13 )  Taysom Hill ( 4 )

- University of Kentucky (UK) football players only in UK uniform ( 5 )

AND, local athletes I collect:

Jeff Cox (ME! Well, not really, but a baseball player with the same name...) ( ONLY 29th, but I need that # 1 spot! )

James Collins ( 1 ) Andre Cooper ( 9 ) Doug Sessions ( 2 ) Marlyn Tisdale ( 4 )

My 13 year old son also dabbles in collecting, so I trade for him as well, as he is a basketball junkie like his pops:

he LOVES/LOVED Kobe Bryant (his personal GOAT)

also - Lebron James, Anthony Davis, Giannis, Dame Time, The (3, yes, even good ole Dell) Curry's, and other current NBA super stars

***I prefer to do trades of 18-27 (ish) cards or less (please, no deals smaller than 4-6 cards each, to BOTH get our money's worth on postage) to allow me to safely place 2-3 cards (max) per slot on a 9 slot folded, sleeved page to be sent between 2 pieces of (painter's) taped cereal board in a long PWE, to be able to use a standard stamp and avoid large shipping cost, however, we can do larger trades if need be, no problem, as this is just what i have found works most efficiently since i have been on this site...i am always game for shipping tricks, so please feel free to share them wih me anytime!***

***I pride myself on being a QUICK trader, normally getting your cards out by the next AM at the latest, so please respect me and do the same, thanks in advance! ***

I trade cards to build baseball, hockey and some miscellaneous sports / non-sport sets. I also PC Felipe Alou, Derek Aucoin, Steve Begin, Jennifer Botterill, Kevin Dineen, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Bob Kudelski, Manon Rheaume, Gabriela Sabatini and P.J. Stock as well. I do not buy cards. I also have a sweet spot for oddball / food issue / regional sets. New cards are regularly added to my FT/S list and all the cards I list here are NRMT or EX unless specified and I expect the same of you.

I don't collect micro-variations (dots, stars, copyright marks, holograms, printing plate codes...), they're not fun to search and I dislike the incessant frequency with which new ones are added. Seriously, what's the point if you gotta need to use a magnifier glass to check out if there's a dot on the back of a 1991 Fleer? However, I do all my best to check all my cards and to keep my lists up to date, but please ask me first, if micro-variations matter to you. The site really needs some way of opting out of micro-variations (just a default / any var. / unverified option for each card).

Besides helping to complete our collections one step closer each time, the opportunity would be nice to have traded with all the states, provinces and territories of North America. On this site only, I traded with members in 46 states, D.C., 9 provinces, N.W.T. and overseas. I can't wait to have a trade in Alaska, Delaware, North Dakota, Wyoming, Manitoba, Nunavut and Yukon. However, if you don't live in the above jurisdictions, you're still more than welcome to trade with me. No trade to Russia, Belarus and Iran.

I'm an easy going, helpful and patient guy, but here's now my turn to announce that my NO TRADE LIST is growing due to an increased lack of civility on the forums and the full site. If (1) you nitpick and/or always have an opinion on anything and/or act like you own the site and you're not Admin or (2) you do not respond to counters or decline without expressing a reason or don't PM me to ask more time after several days of wait or (3) you send me ridiculous off-balanced offers or (4) you accept the trade and you can't mail your cards in a timely manner or you send me loose or severly damaged cards or (5) have a brand new (empty) account without info / feedback and ask for valuable cards or (6) you clearly didn't read my profile (ask first, at least) and ask me to buy your cards, then chances are that you just won a place on my NO TRADE LIST regardless of how much I may want what you have.

I am fine with shipping cards in single or multiple PWEs, if the cards are properly packaged. Also, I don't mind large or small transactions, but I currently prefer trades with 10 to 20 cards going each way or at least that the cards carry more value than the postage. I am working 12 hour shifts, but I always try to ship the same or the next business day. Just remember that Canada Post doesn't pick up or deliver on Saturday and Sunday.

International shipping is very easy, but it costs more for BOTH traders (not just from the U.S.). Here are some tips to save on shipping costs to Canada: use PWEs (Plain White Envelopes) and avoid bubble envelopes, plastic boxes and big stacks of cards. Ship as flat as you can (cut 9 pocket pages in 3 rows and insert 4-5 cards in each pocket). The more it looks like a greeting card or documents mailed in a regular letter instead of a package, the more it tends to be cheaper to ship. Current U.S. to Canada first class postage rate (up to 2 oz) is $1.40 and if non-machinable, $1.79. If you don't have Global Forever stamps handy, three regular Forever stamps work as well. There's also no need to pay $14.85 for shipping with international tracking, because it is just too expensive, it will be way slower to arrive and Canada Post won't track your postal item anyway. Overall, postal service tends to be slower in Canada and at times a bit harder to predict, but it is as reliable as in the U. S.. Lastly, no cross-border shipping by Fedex or UPS: they charge $40.00+ custom brokerage on each and every package they handle no matter if it is duty free or not.

A.S.

This site has been amazing in helping me rekindle my love for trading cards. I prefer baseball but do have some moderate interest in basketball and football.  I love to trade! If I send an offer and it's not quite right feel free to counter.

I do PC a few players but am mostly focused on building sets right now.  I'm currently working on:
2022 Bowman Chrome Prospects: 74%
1978 Topps: 89%
2002 Upper Deck: 40%
1997 Fleer: 30%
2002 Donruss Originals 85%
 

Players I PC are:

• Carlos Baerga - currently #1 on the site. Trying to get one of all of his cards
• Chipper Jones - my favorite player
• Jose Canseco - my first favorite player
• Rickey Henderson
• Tim Hudson

I ship most things PWE though bigger trades will go in a BMWT. 

Flames cards old and new.  I'm taking a break from the hobby, I will not be engaging in trades for the forseeable future