I can hear it now. But I ain't listening. When you're in love it doesn't matter what people say.
I received an unexpected-but-long-overdue email in my inbox a couple of days ago from that formerly efficient cardboard shop, COMC.
I had placed my order on April 22, fully expecting it to take months to arrive. Ever since the pandemic and COMC's sudden inability to fill and ship orders in a timely fashion, I have either avoided the place or, in times of impatience, shelled out for rushed shipping.
But I wanted to see how long a placed order took to arrive "organically." So I pressed "ship" and set my timer.
I admit, I kind of fell asleep on my watch because this notice surprised me:
Holy crap.
A couple of days later it arrived -- today, in fact.
So, it took four months, one week and five days to materialize. That's not good, but I've heard of collectors waiting far longer. Maybe I had an advantage because I was ordering just seven cards.
Yeah, that's really not good.
These are the cards:
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!
More '75 buybacks!
A lot of catchers in this group! And, of course, the star of the show is the Barry Foote card, which I have loved ever since '75. On a down note, Bill Freehan passed away while I waited for his card. Not cool, COMC.
So, yeah, I waited almost five months for cards I actually have already. Don't care if it doesn't make sense when it makes me happy.
These cards bring me to 444 cards of the 1975 set in buyback form. That is 67 percent.
This buyback pursuit is starting to slow down now. I've mentioned already that I will be happy if I get to 75 percent and I think that's reachable but even that will take a long time.
The sudden uncertainty of the Heritage brand -- particularly being a thing in 2024 when Topps was supposed to display the 1975 design and issue random buybacks along with it -- puts a damper on the possibility of finding new '75 buybacks that I haven't spotted in other places.
But I haven't given up hope yet. This project requires patience.
Especially if COMC is involved.
Comments
Also, my pursuit of sets that may never be completed made me think of your buyback chase (and Shane's) Nice to see you pass 2/3 completion, these '75s were surely worth the wait.
He just purchased a big binder full of '75 Topps Baseball.
He is going to want to flip them - anyways, just letting you know.
I haven't found anything on Amazon that wasn't overpriced. Also, the reason I bought these on COMC is because it was the only place I could find THESE CARDS. I wasn't born yesterday.
@Anonymous ~
I've completed the 1975 Topps set. Unless they're buybacks, I don't need them.