Today I received the cards from my first Trading Card Database trade.
I know. You thought I'd never do this.
Well, I sure didn't expect it to happen so quickly, but I never said I'd never trade on the site. I said it wasn't a priority. Cataloging my collection is the best part of that site in my wee opinion. If trades come, I am open to them.
I've started placing some of my extra inventory on the site. The vast majority of that are Dodger cards and it's going to take me probably years to add it all. So I knew that maybe somebody might see something they want, but I had no idea how soon that would happen. It could've been months from now as far as my thinking.
But someone with the handle "yrrcwc" reached out with a minor trade proposal and it was a no-brainer for me. Three of my 2002 Upper Deck Dodgers extras for five cards I need from 2005 Topps. That's why people transact on there. Duh.
These are the cards that I landed:
Not very thrilling. In fact any time I see one of those Draft Pick cards in 2005 Topps I wonder why I'm trying to collect this.
But they fill five holes in the binder, so that's all that counts!
I probably should have waited until the cards I sent arrive at their destination before I posted these. I just mailed them out yesterday. But I couldn't help myself.
I don't expect to be showing off every TCDB deal that happens in the future and I still don't expect them to occur all that frequently. That's because I have less time for trades than ever before. But it's also because I don't see myself being the type to make offers on there. If a deal is going to happen, it's probably going to be like this. But who knows.
There are a bunch of bloggers/former bloggers on the site so I'd welcome some of those deals, too. After all, I know those folks.
Comments
I pulled a big stack of baseball Cardinals for a guy on there and only wanted a small bunch in return, but he rejected the offer because of the data entry even though I pulled them directly from his want lists, which included a few serial numbered ones.
There were two times recently where I got a big spurt of requests. One was from junk wax, for the variations. The other time was when I started putting in my late-60s early-70s needs. Both of those brought traders out of the woodwork.
I've also traded with yrrcwc a couple of times. He's great...tends to reach out first and ship quickly. It can quickly get addicting when you realize how many people have things you need and how easy it is to set up trades. Have stamps and shipping materials ready.