[7guns]

promodeltodd Wrote:I have a small order due today so I will try my first contest. All entries will be final at the end of the day on Friday July Fourth at 6PM. This will be a tough one.

This is a 103 card order, 9 additional cards were re slabs that were damaged but are included when I list them. I did not really look at these cards too closely and once the order is revealed, you will understand why. I will say there was an extremely condition sensitive set submitted so keep that in mind.

Here are the questions:

1. How many 10s? (2 points for exact correct answer/1 point for closest if no one got the exact correct)1
2. How many 9.5s? (2 points for exact number/1 point for each person that is one off the correct number)23
3. What was the lowest grade? (2 points for exact/1 point for the closest if there is no one that got the exact correct)6
4. How many registry sets were completed with this order? (exact number gets 5 points/each person that gets next closest gets 2 points)3
5. Were there any rejected cards not graded? If so how many? This includes altered, questionable authenticity, etc. I do not set minimum so that does not count. (exact amount gets 5 points/each person with the next closest gets 2 points)3

Winner with the most points gets 2 free grades. Just quote this with your answers after each one in bold. The most anyone can score is 16 points. Anyone that scores exactly right with 16 points gets 3 extra free grades on my next order.

Good luck!

Thanks and I hope you do better than I guess.

[daredevil0301]

promodeltodd Wrote:I have a small order due today so I will try my first contest. All entries will be final at the end of the day on Friday July Fourth at 6PM. This will be a tough one.

This is a 103 card order, 9 additional cards were re slabs that were damaged but are included when I list them. I did not really look at these cards too closely and once the order is revealed, you will understand why. I will say there was an extremely condition sensitive set submitted so keep that in mind.

Here are the questions:

1. How many 10s? (2 points for exact correct answer/1 point for closest if no one got the exact correct) 10
2. How many 9.5s? (2 points for exact number/1 point for each person that is one off the correct number) 30
3. What was the lowest grade? (2 points for exact/1 point for the closest if there is no one that got the exact correct)6.5
4. How many registry sets were completed with this order? (exact number gets 5 points/each person that gets next closest gets 2 points) 3
5. Were there any rejected cards not graded? If so how many? This includes altered, questionable authenticity, etc. I do not set minimum so that does not count. (exact amount gets 5 points/each person with the next closest gets 2 points) 10

Winner with the most points gets 2 free grades. Just quote this with your answers after each one in bold. The most anyone can score is 16 points. Anyone that scores exactly right with 16 points gets 3 extra free grades on my next order.

Good luck!

Thanks for the contesT!!!

[sportsfan2365]

promodeltodd Wrote:I have a small order due today so I will try my first contest. All entries will be final at the end of the day on Friday July Fourth at 6PM. This will be a tough one.

This is a 103 card order, 9 additional cards were re slabs that were damaged but are included when I list them. I did not really look at these cards too closely and once the order is revealed, you will understand why. I will say there was an extremely condition sensitive set submitted so keep that in mind.

Here are the questions:

1. How many 10s? (2 points for exact correct answer/1 point for closest if no one got the exact correct)2
2. How many 9.5s? (2 points for exact number/1 point for each person that is one off the correct number)20
3. What was the lowest grade? (2 points for exact/1 point for the closest if there is no one that got the exact correct)5
4. How many registry sets were completed with this order? (exact number gets 5 points/each person that gets next closest gets 2 points)2
5. Were there any rejected cards not graded? If so how many? This includes altered, questionable authenticity, etc. I do not set minimum so that does not count. (exact amount gets 5 points/each person with the next closest gets 2 points) 8

Winner with the most points gets 2 free grades. Just quote this with your answers after each one in bold. The most anyone can score is 16 points. Anyone that scores exactly right with 16 points gets 3 extra free grades on my next order.

Good luck!

thanks for the contest

[jplarson]

promodeltodd Wrote:I have a small order due today so I will try my first contest. All entries will be final at the end of the day on Friday July Fourth at 6PM. This will be a tough one.

This is a 103 card order, 9 additional cards were re slabs that were damaged but are included when I list them. I did not really look at these cards too closely and once the order is revealed, you will understand why. I will say there was an extremely condition sensitive set submitted so keep that in mind.

Here are the questions:

1. How many 10s? (2 points for exact correct answer/1 point for closest if no one got the exact correct) 0
2. How many 9.5s? (2 points for exact number/1 point for each person that is one off the correct number) 8
3. What was the lowest grade? (2 points for exact/1 point for the closest if there is no one that got the exact correct) 5.5
4. How many registry sets were completed with this order? (exact number gets 5 points/each person that gets next closest gets 2 points) 2
5. Were there any rejected cards not graded? If so how many? This includes altered, questionable authenticity, etc. I do not set minimum so that does not count. (exact amount gets 5 points/each person with the next closest gets 2 points) Yes - 2

Winner with the most points gets 2 free grades. Just quote this with your answers after each one in bold. The most anyone can score is 16 points. Anyone that scores exactly right with 16 points gets 3 extra free grades on my next order.

Good luck!

I hope you have a bunch of your early questions and none of question 5. Good luck!

[shamrock77s]

promodeltodd Wrote:I have a small order due today so I will try my first contest. All entries will be final at the end of the day on Friday July Fourth at 6PM. This will be a tough one.

This is a 103 card order, 9 additional cards were re slabs that were damaged but are included when I list them. I did not really look at these cards too closely and once the order is revealed, you will understand why. I will say there was an extremely condition sensitive set submitted so keep that in mind.

Here are the questions:

1. How many 10s? 1
2. How many 9.5s? 7
3. What was the lowest grade? 5.5
4. How many registry sets were completed with this order? 3
5. Were there any rejected cards not graded? If so how many? This includes altered, questionable authenticity, etc. I do not set minimum so that does not count. 3 total

Winner with the most points gets 2 free grades. Just quote this with your answers after each one in bold. The most anyone can score is 16 points. Anyone that scores exactly right with 16 points gets 3 extra free grades on my next order.

Good luck!

Best of luck with your order. It's nice to complete a registry even if some of the cards didn't get the best grade-slabs still make them pretty!

[promodeltodd]

Entries are closed now, thanks to all who tried to guess at all the questions. I can say that next time it will be easier since more of you will be more familiar with my grading habits.

There was 17 entries and absolutely NO ONE got them all right. In fact looking real quick, I think there was a few that got the same question right, and only one other question was answered exactly correct. It was tough, I know, but that is why I placed points on all them.

Here are the official entries with the numbers in the order of the questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5:
muskiesfan - 0 - 16 - 6 - 4 - 0
952 melvin - 0 - 6 - 6.5 - 3 - 1
deez283 - 1 - 19 - 7.5 - 4 - 0
gregbara - 0 - 0 - 5 - 1 - 3
Byronscott4ever - 0 - 0 - 6.5 - 2 - 4
SportsCardCollector - 0 - 8 - 7 - 3 - 0
jamesmc13 - 0 - 1 - 3.5 - 2 - 1
matherman - 3 - 37 - 7.5 - 3 - 2
jeffvmasters96 - 6 - 63 - 8 - 3 - 1
07728bobafett - 0 - 24 - 7.5 - 2 - 0
alifaxwa2 - 0 - 43 - 7 - 4 - 2
drkicker - 0 - 34 - 7 - 2 - 0
7guns - 1 - 23 - 6 - 3 - 3
daredevil10301 - 10 - 30 - 6.5 - 3 - 10
sportsfan2365 - 2 - 20 - 5 - 2 - 8
jplarson - 0 - 8 - 5.5 - 2 - 2
shamrock77s - 1 - 7 - 5.5 - 3 - 3

Most wishful thinking award - Jeff!

I will try to update as the weekend goes on. I may enter them early, but trying not to since most are serial numbered cards that I put in the descriptions so entering them without the cards means I have to go through again once they come.

[drkicker]

Any results ?

A little teaser on how many gems ?

[promodeltodd]

Update!

cards did not arrive today due to Beckett having my address wrong, AGAIN! This is the second order in a row. I know one of the regulars here had that problem not to long ago. Sadly, I have had a lot of orders since I lived at this location, now, all of a sudden, they have my address wrong in the system, and they assured me it was taken care of the last time. Now I do not know when I will get the cards, and I went out of my way to be home today where I can't do that the next couple of days should they decide to get the address right.

I did start going through the cards and entering them, I should have results tomorrow on who won. There were only a couple cards I can't enter due to the colors of patches I need to enter for duplicate cards that have different patches, and all the serial numbers I had on file so I can determine the out come.

[promodeltodd]

promodeltodd Wrote:Entries are closed now, thanks to all who tried to guess at all the questions. I can say that next time it will be easier since more of you will be more familiar with my grading habits.

There was 17 entries and absolutely NO ONE got them all right. In fact looking real quick, I think there was a few that got the same question right, and only one other question was answered exactly correct. It was tough, I know, but that is why I placed points on all them.

Here are the official entries with the numbers in the order of the questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5:
muskiesfan - 0 - 16 - 6 - 4 - 0 = 6 points
952 melvin - 0 - 6 - 6.5 - 3 - 1 = 3
deez283 - 1 - 19 - 7.5 - 4 - 0 = 5
gregbara - 0 - 0 - 5 - 1 - 3 = 2
Byronscott4ever - 0 - 0 - 6.5 - 2 - 4 = 1
SportsCardCollector - 0 - 8 - 7 - 3 - 0 = 3
jamesmc13 - 0 - 1 - 3.5 - 2 - 1 = 1
matherman - 3 - 37 - 7.5 - 3 - 2 = 3
jeffvmasters96 - 6 - 63 - 8 - 3 - 1 = 2
07728bobafett - 0 - 24 - 7.5 - 2 - 0 = 1
alifaxwa2 - 0 - 43 - 7 - 4 - 2 = 6
drkicker - 0 - 34 - 7 - 2 - 0 = 1
7guns - 1 - 23 - 6 - 3 - 3 = 2
daredevil10301 - 10 - 30 - 6.5 - 3 - 10 = 2
sportsfan2365 - 2 - 20 - 5 - 2 - 8 = 2
jplarson - 0 - 8 - 5.5 - 2 - 2 = 1
shamrock77s - 1 - 7 - 5.5 - 3 - 3 = 2

Most wishful thinking award - Jeff!

I will try to update as the weekend goes on. I may enter them early, but trying not to since most are serial numbered cards that I put in the descriptions so entering them without the cards means I have to go through again once they come.

Here is the the results despite not having the cards yet.

10s - 0
9.5s - 39
9.0s - 34
8.5s - 11
8.0s - 7
7.5s - 4
4.5s - 1

The people with numbers in bold got points for their answer and totals for each person are allocated after each line.
The condition sensitive minis relics are hard to find centered, the lowest sub grades on those were the surface, so I will have to take another look at those to see about finger prints.
The 4.5 was a big surprise, not sure what happened there.
The questionable authenticity was all on patches where I thought three were suspect, not seven. I do believe due to a number of patch fakes over the years that are getting slabbed, they are cracking down on this and anything that looks suspect they are not touching. I guess this is better to be safe than sorry, I can't blame them.
Due to the patches being QA, I failed to complete the Patch Place set by two cards.

The correct answers to the questions were:
1. 10s = 0
2. 9.5s= 39
3. lowest grade=4.5
4. completed sets=4
5. Rejected/not graded=7

Muskiesfan and gregbara tie for first and each get 2 free grades. You can email me or PM me about getting your prizes taken care of. Sorry for being difficult, I thought it would be more challenging than other contests and we would have more contestants. Hope to do another one soon.

thanks

Todd

[alifaxwa2]

promodeltodd Wrote:

promodeltodd Wrote:Entries are closed now, thanks to all who tried to guess at all the questions. I can say that next time it will be easier since more of you will be more familiar with my grading habits.

There was 17 entries and absolutely NO ONE got them all right. In fact looking real quick, I think there was a few that got the same question right, and only one other question was answered exactly correct. It was tough, I know, but that is why I placed points on all them.

Here are the official entries with the numbers in the order of the questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5:
muskiesfan - 0 - 16 - 6 - 4 - 0 = 6 points
952 melvin - 0 - 6 - 6.5 - 3 - 1 = 3
deez283 - 1 - 19 - 7.5 - 4 - 0 = 5
gregbara - 0 - 0 - 5 - 1 - 3 = 2
Byronscott4ever - 0 - 0 - 6.5 - 2 - 4 = 1
SportsCardCollector - 0 - 8 - 7 - 3 - 0 = 3
jamesmc13 - 0 - 1 - 3.5 - 2 - 1 = 1
matherman - 3 - 37 - 7.5 - 3 - 2 = 3
jeffvmasters96 - 6 - 63 - 8 - 3 - 1 = 2
07728bobafett - 0 - 24 - 7.5 - 2 - 0 = 1
alifaxwa2 - 0 - 43 - 7 - 4 - 2 = 6
drkicker - 0 - 34 - 7 - 2 - 0 = 1
7guns - 1 - 23 - 6 - 3 - 3 = 2
daredevil10301 - 10 - 30 - 6.5 - 3 - 10 = 2
sportsfan2365 - 2 - 20 - 5 - 2 - 8 = 2
jplarson - 0 - 8 - 5.5 - 2 - 2 = 1
shamrock77s - 1 - 7 - 5.5 - 3 - 3 = 2

Most wishful thinking award - Jeff!

I will try to update as the weekend goes on. I may enter them early, but trying not to since most are serial numbered cards that I put in the descriptions so entering them without the cards means I have to go through again once they come.

Here is the the results despite not having the cards yet.

10s - 0
9.5s - 39
9.0s - 34
8.5s - 11
8.0s - 7
7.5s - 4
4.5s - 1

The people with numbers in bold got points for their answer and totals for each person are allocated after each line.
The condition sensitive minis relics are hard to find centered, the lowest sub grades on those were the surface, so I will have to take another look at those to see about finger prints.
The 4.5 was a big surprise, not sure what happened there.
The questionable authenticity was all on patches where I thought three were suspect, not seven. I do believe due to a number of patch fakes over the years that are getting slabbed, they are cracking down on this and anything that looks suspect they are not touching. I guess this is better to be safe than sorry, I can't blame them.
Due to the patches being QA, I failed to complete the Patch Place set by two cards.

The correct answers to the questions were:
1. 10s = 0
2. 9.5s= 39
3. lowest grade=4.5
4. completed sets=4
5. Rejected/not graded=7

Muskiesfan and gregbara tie for first and each get 2 free grades. You can email me or PM me about getting your prizes taken care of. Sorry for being difficult, I thought it would be more challenging than other contests and we would have more contestants. Hope to do another one soon.

thanks

Todd

I believe it should be myself and muskiesfan.

PM sent and thanks for the contest