thirstydeer

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.

-Signed Baseball Cards In-Person and TTM

-Orioles

-Brady Anderson

-Ben McDonald

-Gary Roenicke

-Ken Gerhart

-Frank Sullivan

04-14-24....OK I'M GOING TO TURN ON MY TRADING TODAY. I WILL SEE HOW IT GOES...STILL REHABBING BUT GETTING BETTER...

03-30-24

SET BACK ON SURGERY...THE ROD THEY PUT IN MY LEG BROKE SINCE SURGERY ON 11-06-23...

BACK TO SQUARE ONE WITH REMOVAL OF ROD IN THE NEAR FUTURE.....

01-25-24

*****SURGERY WENT WELL...STILL NOT HOME ...RECOUPING NOW...WILL LET EVERYONE KNOW WHEN I RESUME TRADING...THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT REACHED OUT TO ME.....************

10-10-23

^^^^^^^^^^^   UNFORTUNATELY...I NEED RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY ON MY RT ANKLE. I WILL BE LAID UP FOR 6-8 WEEKS WITH NO WEIGHT BEARING FOR 6 WEEKS...I'LL HAVE TO TURN OFF TRADES FOR AWHILE..SORRY....THANK YOU..  ^^^^^^^^^^^^

*******  RIGHT NOW I AM ONLY TRADING WITH THE USA  AND CANADA....INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING IS WAY TOO EXPENSIVE.....***********

********** Priority on Baseball Sets to complete....**********

2001 TOPPS ......need 2

2010 TOPPS.....need 1

********  Trying to Finish the 80-81 Topps HOCKEY set.....I'm looking for the UNSCRATCHED cards ....Any help will be appreciated  *****

Baseball and Hockey. Trying to complete sets in Hockey and Baseball from my childhood...Also collecting modern day sets..Basically a BASE SET builder..... No trade, too small or too big.....

As always, you can counter any trade I propose....I just want a FAIR trade for both parties...

Also collect PHILADELPHIA FLYER cards and PITTSBURGH PIRATE cards. 

 Happy Trading.....TOM.....

1986-87 Topps

1990-91 Pro Set

1990-91 Score Canadian

1991-92 Pro Set Platinum

1992-93 Score

1992-93 Score Canadian

1993-94 Score Canadian

1994-95 Topps Premier

1995-96 Upper Deck

1997-98 Pinnacle

1997-98 Studio

2001-02 Upper Deck Legends

2003-04 Pacific

2010-11 Panini All-Goalies

2010-11 Score

2011-12 In The Game Broad Street Boys

2012-13 Panini Classics Signatures

2012-13 Upper Deck

2013-14 Score

Hello all.

Well it's been quite a while since being on here. Thought I would come back and see if I can't find some treasures. Still building up my Gretzky collection. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If I have something you want but don't have any cards to offer feel free to make me a money offer. I will sell anything I have on my sale trade list

To all the members -  I hope you are all doing well and being safe and to those that sign in and can’t be bothered to reply with a simple acknowledgment to a trade offer (accepting or declining, or a simple I’m looking it over, then you are on my no trade list for no communication etiquette. If you are on here to trade then trade. Don't waste peoples time by claiming to wanting to trade and then ignoring peoples proposals. It's rude and just ignorant. I have no use for people like that. 

Ott, Gwynn

*UPDATE 05/15/2023 Turning trades off for a bit. Need to try to organize my collection. It is getting a bit out of hand at the moment. Between the recent cards Ive had come in and go out, it seems all messed up. Plus I purchased a rather large lot and need to get it sorted out and uploaded. Thank you*

I restarted collecting hockey cards in 2017ish to build a collection for my son. Looking to buy/sell and trade for cards I want/need!

Currently, I am still updating my Sell/Trade lists. If you see cards in my Personal Collection that you need, however; DO NOT hesitate to ask me about them as I may have multiple copies that just haven't been uploaded yet; HOWEVER, I will NOT part with PC cards; only doubles if I haven't uploaded them yet. If all goes well, we may be able to help each other out. 

Other than the sets I am trying to finish, I also PC the San Jose Sharks and Manon Rheaume. Any help would be appreciated.

If we have done deals, smoothly or not, could you please leave feedback? Thanks

I will trade base cards for base cards of similar value.  Insert cards for insert cards.   

NOTICE: I've decided to make a slight change my trading approach.   I really don't have any interest in doing these large "player collection" trades anymore.  I'm a set collector and all my traders are stored by set (in nearly 100 3,200 count boxes).  It sometimes takes me hours to pull cards where someone is only looking for certain players.  What's worse, I recently had a guy screw me on a trade after I pulled 120 random cards.   Going forward, I will be rejecting these types of trades.  I'm looking to help people complete their sets and vice versa.  Sorry, but I hope you understand.  Craig

I’ve been collecting cards for over 47 years and have over 503,000 unique cards in my main collection, including some nice vintage stuff.  I collect older cards of the four major sports but lately I've been expanding to some more recent sets.  I'm primarily a Set Builder and I’m looking for other like-minded set builders to trade with.   I’ve accumulated tons of extra cards that I would like to trade away with almost 250,000 cards in my current For Trade list.  Big trades don't bother me. I have a huge Want List, so hopefully you have something I need.  Feel free to make me an offer. 

For Canadian Traders: It's expensive for me to trade across the border.  Going forward I would like to limit cross border trades to two (2) PWEs. That's about 54 standard-size cards.  Thanks.

For Anyone Outside US/Canada: The increased postal rates have made it impossible for me to trade outside North America cheaply.  So going forward I will have to decline trades from outside US/Canada.  Sorry about that.

Update on Donruss/Leaf * Variations and Upper Deck Holo Variations:
I can't guaranty the junk wax era Donruss/Leaf cards and the UD holo variations are listed with the correct variation.  Going forward I will no longer check the variations on these cards.  If you want these cards regardless of the variations, feel free to request them in the trade.  However, If you want a specific variation of these cards, I'm no longer your guy - please don't put them in the trade request.  For all other cards that have variations, I will continue to check and make sure you get the correct one.

Note on Vintage Cards:
I have over 6,000 vintage cards listed for trade (I consider vintage to be 1977 or earlier).  For each card I've noted a condition grade and if you check closer, a note on each regarding any condition issues (be sure to select the correct one if multiple cards are shown).  Please note that I'm by no means a professional grader and if you're hyper-sensitive on card condition, please message me first and I'd be happy talk about it.  In exchange for these cards, I have three priorities:

• 1) similar vintage cards that I need (any sport)
• 2) inserts for my 90s sets that I need (any sport)
• 3) or non-junk era base cards that i need as a last resort (any sport)

Note on Card Condition: A card noted as Pr, Fr, Gd, or GdVg will have some obvious condition issues such as creasing, corner wear, or marks.  I would consider them place holders in a collection at best (I've listed them because some people do want place holders).  A VG card will usually be a clean card with some corner wear or a centering issue.  For me, VG would be the bare minimum for my personal collection.  EX will be nice sharp card and VgEx will be something just between VG and Ex, still a nice card with a small issue that prevents it from being EX.  NM in vintage is a tough find.

I’m a set builder. I mostly collect Hockey, but I'm also working a few 80s-90s baseball / football sets, some Multi-sport and a few non-sports sets.

I also collect several regional players. My top priorities are: 

• Pierre Turgeon (#2 on TCDB) 
• Stephane Matteau (#1 on TCDB)
• Eric Desjardins (#1 on TCDB)
• André Racicot (#1 on TCDB)
• Jean-Guy Trudel (#1 on TCDB)
• Serge Aubin (#1 on TCDB)

I also have a few low-priority side projects : Montreal Canadiens / Expos; some more regional players; ... ++

"Variations"... For my HOCKEY wantlist, the variations listed are the version I need. For BASEBALL and FOOTBALL, I only want one card / number so any version is OK.  The variations listed on my For sale / For trade list are correctly listed... but I will be double-check before including them in a trade.

I always pull cards before accepting/proposing a trade and will inform you of any condition exceptions.

I would prefer to trade Young Guns / #ed RC / star players inserts/parallels for similar cards but I'm not too strict on this.

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For Sale/Trade list

Older cards (80"s - Hockey & Baseball) are not listed yet, as condition varies and it's not an easy task for me to grade them appropriately...

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Following a few problems with the postal service, Here the way I will send cards outside of Canada 

For trade of 4 cards or less : inserted (sleeved, taped) within a greeting card.

For 15 cards of less : PWE --> 9-pockets sleeve "protected" in a paper sheet (no cardboard). I don't mind sending 2 PWE for a trade.

For larger trade  : I must send the cards as "Parcel" (12$+) so I would prefer trades where I receive at least 100 cards (may be less cards if inserts / parallels /YGs / #ed RC are involved).

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Thanks
 

Recently joined T.C.D.B, and must say I am not tech savy but am finding this site very easy to navigate through.

I have quite a large collection of cards covering all the 4 major sports and am looking to trade with other members of the hobby.

I also feel it's worth noting that any of my cards are open to cash offers.

Novenber 4 2022. 
My sincere apologies to anyone whom has tried to reach out to me. I'm not even sure of the time frame that I have been away from the site. Part of me feels like it has been for the better part of 2 years, but I am really uncertain. I feel like months have just ran into years because of all that we have faced over the last several years. 
I feel like an explanation is neccassary. When I joined I had loads of free time as I was a person whom had multiple employment in the same field and had been mandated to choose one employer. I chose an employer in which I worked part time weekends for, which allowed me at the time to assist my son with virtual schooling, which was the only option at the time.

Fast forward to a little over a year ago and I was permitted to resume working for all employers. As it turned out I accepted full time employment from my part time employer as well as keeping my full time employment with my employer whom I had worked for, for over 25 years. Reason, I had lost over 120,000 in wages over the 2 years ( we all had to make sacrifices as a society ). Leaving me with zero time to be on this site. However, because stress causes health issues and collecting is my meditation, I have made a point of returning and setting aside time in my day / week to ensure that I'm active on here , to support my mental health. 
 

Without writing to big of a novel, I hope that gives some clarity of where and what I've been up to 

All the best

Michael 

Mark McGwire

Complete Sets

Trades will be mailed out on Mondays and Fridays. 

Mainly Hockey and Soccer with a touch of Formula 1, Baseball, Basketball, Football, Wrestling, Marvel cards and comics, Doctor Who, MST3K and all kinds of recipes.

My Collections:

• Gunny's Main Throng Not Thong - Stuff for my personal collection not fer sale/trade. (5 Boxes complete)

• Gunny's Small Boxes of Stuff - PC Stuff stored in Small Boxes. (31 Boxes complete)

• Gunny's Buncha Binder Books - A buncha cards in Binders (7 Binder Books Complete, now working Book 8)

• Want List & For Sale/Trade List - Pretty much explains itself.

baseball

I currently have trading turned on for a short while. If you see something in my sale/trade list that you'd like please feel free to message me and maybe we can work something out.

Please leave feedback after a successful trade and I will do the same for you. THANKS!

• When offering a trade please try to offer similar cards in your proposal. Base for base, insert for insert etc. I have been getting a lot of trade offers from members that fill their side of the trade with quite a few insert cards and just offer me mostly base in return. I have done trades like this in the past but am now declining such trades. Please keep this in mind when proposing a trade. THANKS!!
• Also note that most low end card trades will be mailed out in a PWE (plain white envelope). If you'd like a bubble mailer please let me know as postage may be more depending on the destination.
• I will consider cards that are not on my Want List (Hockey - preference given to Toronto Maple Leaf cards) so feel free to add those (Hockey cards) if you are looking for a trade but don't have much for cards that are on my Want List. I can always use them in future trades to other members.

Currently collecting: Johnny Bower, Allan Bester, Mike Palmateer, Felix Potvin, Ed Belfour (Leafs), Curtis Joseph and Frederik Andersen, Jack Campbell, Joseph Woll, Tiger Williams, Wendel Clark, Tie Domi, Wade Belak, Colton Orr and any other Toronto Maple Leaf "tough guy/Enforcer". Trading preference will be given to members offering these player cards over those who are offering others on my want list. Also trying to collect Toronto Maple Leaf team sets from "ANY YEAR".

Also interested in "any Leaf vintage" hockey cards and Toronto Maple Leaf goalie cards pre 1989 and older.

Added some Marvel, DC (comics) and Kiss (band) cards to my want list. I am still adding these to my want list so if you don't see them when offering a trade, then I'll more than likely still like them for my PC. Also interested in some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cards for my step-son will be adding those to my want list soon.

 Looking forward to some trades :)

I have added Carey Price to cards I'd like to collect. These would be for my grandson who is 13 years old and he's a HUGE Price fan. Just looking for inexpensive cards as him being so young you know how kids treat cards. He also plays hockey as a goalie. Feel free to hit me up for some trades as I did add some base (among others) to my want list for him. I will continue to collect cards for him and gift them to him over the years as well.

Collecting John Olerud, Toronto Blue Jays team sets, and 1974 to 2020 Topps base sets. My main collecting priority is Toronto Blue Jays team sets from Topps flagship and Topps Heritage (including variations and SP's).

I'm not currently very active in terms of posting in the forums and initiating trades, but I am still accepting trade offers and will respond within 24-48 hours. Thanks!

Baseball, Hockey, Football, Basketball, Cal Ripken Jr. & Odd Stuff...

Strictly Hockey Cards

-Mario Lemieux (Willing to Buy Rookie)

Sets I’m trying to Complete

-All McDonald’s & Tim Horton Sets

-90-91 O-Pee-Chee 

-90-91 Pro Set including all ERR cards

-91-92 Upper Deck (Hologram Text Only)

-92-93 Upper Deck (Diamond Logo Hologram Only)

-93-94 Upper Deck

-95-96 Skybox Impact

-96-97 Upper Deck

All Bandai Street Fighter II JPN Cards

Trade only please. Thank you!

I pretty much collect Hockey, and Basketball and non sport. I do have a large collection of over 250 000 cards that i am trying to get into the system here but as you are aware it takes a while to get them in. If you dont see anything in my collection just ask as i might have. I am looking to complete sets. I love trading as it keeps thewife off my ass about spending money on this but if i don't have a trade that you need but have cards i want please send me a price and i would be willing to look at it.

My Parkhurst, Tim Hortons, McDonalsds, Fleer (skybox, Flair) Pro Set, Donruss, Panini, OPC, Pinnacle, Topps Ultimate, in the game, Pacific,Leaf, Bowman and Classic and finally upper deck  and Score complete,  I also have a love for Star trek and would look at any deal on those cards. Now my hockey is done, i am going to add my 100 000 baseball and then my basketball. Please don't send me Deals on baseball, or basket ball as of yet until i get my collections in, i have many boxes to add, the ones in this system were what i had in binders.

Also my vinatage cards have been with me for years, if you very concerned over the condition of them please ask for my email and provide me with yours so i can send pics, my cards are in great shape for being with me over the years, no tears or folds but i would be happy to show you condidtion if your that serouis collector who wants mint. 

thanking for looking and i hope we can make a trade.

I am a person with a fast turn around, in most cases if we have a deal today, the cards will be sent tomorrow. I expect the same from you as well. I also check to make sure we are trading dollar for dollar. I dont do card for card unless they are same value or enough cards make up the value. Please don't send one or two card trades, lets make the biggest deal possible, or least the deal should be more then postage, and please make sure you put the transaction number on the envelope or somewhere inside the package, so many people don't and if your like me who have many deals going at once it makes it very hard to figare out what deal it is with out the number.

Also i have been trading for a while now, and the 2 biggest problems i have is the amount of tape people use to wrap the cards, please try to use as little as possible, and second please put the trading id on something in the package. I have any where from 5 to 20 deals happing at all times, its sucks when you have to go through deal by deal to find the transaction. It would be so much easier if the transaction id was printed on something inside, thank you. (Also your name and trading name would be a bonus as well)

Wow just hit over 100 trade deals, crazy time flies when your having fun! looking forward to hitting the 200 or 250 deal. Will have to do somethign special for the 250th Deal!.

Just to make my life alot easier, I am going to be only Shipping on Thursday's going forward. TY for your Understanding

My 11 yr old son (Now 16) has got my passion back, looking for pretty much everything and have many duplicates that I hope you can use. Check back often as I buy and trade a lot. I am not opposed to any "FAIR" trade.

PWE's welcome

Fav teams:

Football - Bills & Raiders

Baseball - White Sox & Blue Jays & Expos

Hockey - Red Wings & Maple Leafs & Jets

Basketball - Raptors & Lakers & Jazz

Nascar - JGR & really any!!!

Soccer - TFC & Man U

  Any Racing.

Fav players:

Football : All time : Bo Jackson & Reggie White            Now : Tom Brady & Odell Beckham jr.

Baseball : All Time : Frank Thomas & Cal Ripken jr      Now : Bo Bichette & Josh Donaldson

Hockey : All Time : Steve Yzerman & Ron Hextall        Now : Mitch Marner & John Tavares

Basketball : All Time : Magic Johnson & Steve Nash    Now  : Kyle Lowry & Pascal Siakam 

Nascar : All Time : Alan Kulwicki & Darrell Waltrip        Now :  Martin Truex & Kyle Busch

Soccer : All Time : Pele &  Lionel Messi                        Now : Sebastian Giovinco & Michael Bradley

Women's Soccer : All Time : Hope Solo & Mia Hamm   Now : Christine Sinclair & Ada Hegerberg

Women's Hockey : All Time : Cassie Cambell & Manon Rheaume Now : Kendall Coyne & Hayley Wickenheiser

Non Sport : All TIme : Marvel & DC                               Now : Marvel & DC

My son has deciding we are collecting any/ All Marvel D.C. and other comic cards

Jeff Shaw,  

PO BOX 81

DRAYTON, ON.

N0G 1P0 CANADA

US Army Combat Vet. (Iraq x 3, Afghanistan x 1) Originally from Brooklyn, NY. Older than I look.

Trades were officially shut down as of 8:30 PM (PST) on 9/19/2020...

UPDATE: Made it to NC. Health makes things interesting but I can work through it. Have completely wiped out my TCDB collections as I have no idea what I have or where it is. More to follow... (11/5/23)

Collecting since 1984.  Everything baseball that I don't have--I want. Cards listed under the "For Trade" collection are available for trade. 

Set collector. Trades only...  Not in this to make or spend money.

-Baseball: 1948 Bowman and everything from then on in Baseball. PC: Don Mattingly, Rick Cerone, David Cone, Cal Ripken Jr, Tony Gwynn, Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra, Ozzie Smith, Nolan Ryan, Derek Jeter, Aaron Judge, Anthony RIzzo, Ichiro, New York Yankees

-Football: 1977-2011 Topps, 1986-1995 for everything else PC: Tiki Barber, Saquon Barkley, Jerome Bettis, Blake Bortles, Terry Bradshaw, Brett Favre, Jeff Hostetler, Brandon Jacobs, Daniel Jones, Jim Kelly, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Phil Simms, Michael Strahan, Lawrence Taylor, Thurmon Thomas, New York Giants.

-Basketball: 1977-78 through 2009-10 Topps, 1986-1995 for everything else. PC: Charles, Barkley, Stephen Curry, Patrick Ewing, Walt Frazier, Allen Iverson, Karl Malone, Shaquille O'Neal, Pat Riley, David Robinson, Detlef Schrempf, John Starks, New York Knicks.

-Whatever Hockey I happen to come across. Focus on Topps and Upper Deck. PC: Mark Messier, Chris Kreider, Mika Zibenajad, Adam Fox, Mike Richter, Marc-Andre Fleury, Brian Leetch, Dylan Larkin, Steve Yzerman, Igor Shesterkin, Henrik Lundquist, New York Rangers.

-Various Non-Sport sets including: Marvel, 80's Batman, Jurassic Park, GI Joe, 80's movies, Desert Storm, etc. 

-Multi-sport sets if they include baseball.

-Mattingly Doubles PC collection are doubles based on my main collection. (If it's not in the main, collection I don't own it.)

Happy to be here and excited to find a tool to catalog my cards. I have wanted something like this for 38 years.  

Joe