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RE: What's your worst collecting mistake EVER!!! - 705-janveaux - 05-31-2012 (05-31-2012, 08:03 PM)bruinsfan08 Wrote: My biggest mistake was storing ALL of my cards, about a dozen 5,000 count boxes worth, everything but my Bruins collection in the basement while we refinished my bedroom and den. A water main broke in the street while the city worked on the sewer system. Here's the view from my front porch...I seriously would have cried, no lie, i think i would've cried then made a big paper mache ***** out of the cards and dropped it off at city hall. but hey thats just me! RE: What's your worst collecting mistake EVER!!! - thundercats12 - 05-31-2012 Thats a real life nightmare on elm street ( sorry couldnt resist ). I had something similar happen to me. Had our sewer back up in the basement suite I was staying in after a vicious storm one night. Water got to be about 2 feet deep before we got a gas-powered pump running. Lost about 5000 base cards along with pictures, antiques, and everything else you keep in a basement. Thankfully I was fully insured and was able to replace the cards along with everything else that was damaged. RE: What's your worst collecting mistake EVER!!! - forsbergfan1 - 05-31-2012 Bought a case of SPX from an a-hole in germany. He had 100% feedback, but took my money and never shipped it. Refused to answer my emails and this was back when people could still send money orders on ebay so no paypal protection. People who just steal money blatantly like that deserve hard jail time. RE: What's your worst collecting mistake EVER!!! - Bossy4Life - 06-02-2012 I have several but buying an autograph Joe Montana S.F jersey for $600.00 from the Collectors Journal has to rank as my number one. I knew it was a huge risk and it was purely an impulse buy but as soon as I seen the C.O.A I realized what I had done. 3 years after purchasing the jersey I traded it for a Gretzky card that booked for $300.00. No word of a lie, the very next month the card dropped to $150.00; then the month after that $75.00. I think I ended up selling the card on E-Bay for $45.00 or something like that. I had to put that nightmare out of its misery. RE: What's your worst collecting mistake EVER!!! - madmack29 - 06-03-2012 (05-31-2012, 05:35 PM)onoxxxregretso Wrote: A lot of you know about mine. It happened right around the time I first started posting here, about ten months ago when I got back into collecting. I might be interested in the movie and wrestling cards - depending on what they are. Send me a PM if you know what you have. Thanks, Nathan RE: What's your worst collecting mistake EVER!!! - dam1057 - 06-03-2012 Selling all my 1950 and 1960 Willie Mays and Willie McCovey cards in addition to complete Topps baseball sets from 1968-1980. I git about $300 in the early 80s for them.... I, of course, hate myself (but only in a collecting way) RE: What's your worst collecting mistake EVER!!! - bonnev659 - 06-04-2012 we learned from all of them mind is trading with 1 guy online who i got ripped off (not on beckett).... back on the dial up days |