I am Joe Collector

I love how they made the "fake" Lincy a ...

2012-04-28T06:38:40.970-07:00

I love how they made the "fake" Lincy a sticker auto. You know the hobby is in trouble when scam artist are using band aids.

I redeemed my winner cards and have the entire A-D...

2012-04-18T06:14:00.695-07:00

I redeemed my winner cards and have the entire A-D set, unopened. Any idea on value? Mike

Great reference for our hobby... thanks for sharin...

2012-04-08T20:34:58.216-07:00

Great reference for our hobby... thanks for sharing!

Well, they don't NOT look good. :D

2012-04-02T18:09:57.397-07:00

Well, they don't NOT look good. :D

Hey Jeff. You should pick up a case of 2010 Upper ...

2012-03-06T13:03:25.159-08:00

Hey Jeff. You should pick up a case of 2010 Upper deck hobby. Dave and Adam's has it for $350 a case. People are pulling some really nice Exquisite cards out of them. Just an Idea. Cheers!

Let me take a look.

2012-02-17T22:34:04.959-08:00

Let me take a look.

well said bud. hey, did you get my email a week ...

2012-02-17T22:20:43.471-08:00

well said bud.

hey, did you get my email a week or so ago?

"...todays base is on terrible card stock and...

2012-02-17T04:46:40.295-08:00

"...todays base is on terrible card stock and cares more about gloss, foil stamping, gimmicks, inserts and crappy hits than just making a fucking baseball card."

So true. And you're right about the shitty card stock too.

Hi, I liked your blog and I invite you to join our...

2012-02-09T02:45:37.555-08:00

Hi, I liked your blog and I invite you to join our website http://www.coollectors.com - The World's Free Collectors Zone.
Hope to see you soon -:)
Thanks,
Shelly

Go with the bulk rate. They do a good job with th...

2012-02-07T20:43:37.181-08:00

Go with the bulk rate. They do a good job with this. Heck, call and talk to Jen and see if you can get a deeper discount, all they can say is no.

Fake, I saw this the other day and immediately tho...

2012-01-23T17:32:17.777-08:00

Fake, I saw this the other day and immediately thought...what a great fake.

Adam, that is a trade secret......let's just s...

2012-01-22T19:58:23.279-08:00

Adam, that is a trade secret......let's just say it was more than $10.

Actually the question I was thinking was what was ...

2012-01-22T19:55:11.998-08:00

Actually the question I was thinking was what was the high bid you entered when you finally saw the card?

Thanks, it was long overdue.

2012-01-22T19:13:03.426-08:00

Thanks, it was long overdue.

Congrats on landing the Tyree!

2012-01-22T18:36:53.646-08:00

Congrats on landing the Tyree!

Do you now consider yourself the luckiest man on t...

2012-01-12T12:06:38.839-08:00

Do you now consider yourself the luckiest man on the face of the earth?

real nice card!

2012-01-12T08:11:25.197-08:00

real nice card!

Nice.

2012-01-11T21:56:16.691-08:00

Nice.

Congrats!

2012-01-06T13:58:51.195-08:00

Congrats!

Nice haul... can't believe you've built 5 ...

2012-01-01T16:54:21.622-08:00

Nice haul... can't believe you've built 5 captured on canvas "patch" sets... that's insane! Have a safe and positive 2012.

good to hear from ya bud...

2011-12-30T16:32:47.744-08:00

good to hear from ya bud...

I enjoy following your Masterpieces exploits. Hop...

2011-12-30T16:14:03.780-08:00

I enjoy following your Masterpieces exploits.
Hope to see more Joe C. posts.
Peace.

I love masterpieces - I have about 10 or so 24 pac...

2011-12-21T11:28:27.754-08:00

I love masterpieces - I have about 10 or so 24 pack retail boxes sitting here - after seeing this page, I'm considering busting one or two.

This brings back so many memories. I remember loo...

2011-12-14T22:03:10.728-08:00

This brings back so many memories. I remember looking at an Elite card at a card shop and noticing that the card stock was bright white and thicker than the base cards. I figured out that you could search packs without opening them by pressing against the white baseball on the wax pack and looking for the bright white edge. I was 15 and my brother was 14 at the time. We wound up taking the bus all over the city going store to store searching the packs. We wound up finding 5 Elite cards and the Nolan Ryan Legends card. We had a great time. We got some strange looks from the store employees, but they did not mind since we were not opening the packs and we were putting everything back. By the way every Elite Card/Living Legends Card was inserted between the puzzle piece and the stack of base cards.

The really sad thing is that it doesn't matter...

2011-12-12T18:47:29.640-08:00

The really sad thing is that it doesn't matter if you purchase from an "Authorized Retailer" or not, Upper Deck STILL will not replace defective and damaged merchandise. I spent $1400 on a case of UD Black from one of Upper Deck's "Authorized Internet Retailers" and after 3 months they have yet to refund my money or send product replacements statng that "they are working on it" [despite the 8-12 weeks I was initially quoted]. Perhaps the "Hobby Police's" time would be better off in the quality assurance department or assisting customer service with the [over 3 month] back log of damaged merchandise claims which are supposedly the reason they haven't gotten around to adressing my defective product yet. Buy from whoever you want. Upper Deck won't do anything for you regardless of where you purchase the product. They can't even send redemptions correctly. From the $1400 I spent on defective cards [inside a factory sealed case] I had 4 redemptions. They only sent 3 of them marking the 4th as "completed" despite not having sent it. Leaving me with 3 of 38 cards for $1400. SO much for purchasing from an "Authorized Retailer".