[roger rabbit]

Derek, I totally hear you on the negativity on the boards, people like to complain when all isn't in their favour, so they take to message boards and spew their grievances in message form - certainly not exclusive to this site. Those are the posts you can skip so you get to the positive ones, or the interesting trade threads, or the great opportunities to help other collectors out, and so on and so forth.

I get that you're not trading as much given your very specific needs list, and if I get a second Ashburn auto, you'll be the first one I contact, but for you to step away from the site would be a big loss for the community that you've been an active part of fostering, and that just seems like a waste to me. I'm not suggesting you need to be the coordinator of all special projects, but your two cents worth are always welcome in my books.

The negative BS can only affect you as much as you read it and let it. I get that the accusations didn't help, but it sounds like the accuser has realized those accusations were a little unfounded, and the rest of us know who you are better than that.

I'm hoping you stick around, that we can have a trade go back an forth 20 times again in the future, that I can trade down $30 on a card so I can get a much-desired PC auto, that we can vehemently disagree on BV vs SV, it's all a fun part of the hobby, and Beckett is a better place with you as part of it.

All that said, if you still decide to leave, it's been a fun ride, and all the best with all your future projects. Cheers.