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Bill Menard
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Hello All -
New box composed of strictly game used and autograph cards has been born! It weighs in at 8 lbs 11 ounces and on its way to Ashburn Alley for the first viewing!
As it travels around and gets to you, please take whatever you'd like out of it, add more cards to improve content, and then send to the next person.
Your job as a participant is simple:
1) Take what you want from the box. I want to be clear on this - there is no "requirement" that you have to collect something to take it from the box. Maybe you see something you want to sit on for an investment, or something for a friend or fellow board member you want to send along, or something that just catches your eye and you want to keep it around the house to admire it for a while. I don't care, so long as you are improving the box contents along the way and thinking of the people coming after you who are still to go through it (so don't be a dink and take a Jay Bruce 2005 Bowman Sterling Game Used Auto RC Red 1/1 from the box when you know it's the main collecting interest of fordman and he hasn't seen the box yet! Sorry Mick - I don't think this card will be in there and that was probably a mean example, but hey, you never know!)
2) Add content to the box that makes the box BETTER than it was when it got to you. Don't take good stuff and replace it with lesser items!!!!
3) Try to think of those coming after you when you fill the box and include what you can that you think they will like (see list below of interests).
RULES:
1) Be timely! Don't keep the box for more than 48 hours in your possession. That should be PLENTY of time to go through and pull stuff out. Think ahead and have what you are going to add to the box ready to go before you even get it. This should allow the box to do the full circuit in about a month.
2) Don't be greedy - give more than you take. I'd like to emphasize quality over quantity here. It is vital to the future success of this project. If you take 5 $5 cards and replace with 3 $15 cards, that cool. If you replace it with 5 $2 cards, that's not cool.
3) Feel free to add a "for user id" on stuff that you want to go specifically to someone. Please be respectful of this and don't take something that says it is specifically for someone else.
4) 500 posts and/or 1 year FCB membership to participate.
5) You have $15-$20 at your disposal to ship the box off to the next person. The box is a medium flat rate and currently insured for $300 - I'd guess this is way under the actual value, but I think suitable for some protection that doesn't kill us in terms of cost. If you wish to insure for more or feel we should increase this, please let me know.
6) Follow the shipping order!!! Don't send it off to anyone other than the person next on the list after you, which you can find below.
Please post in this thread what you remove and what you add to the box along the way.
If you are interested in the next round, post in here that you are interested and then send me a PM with the following:
Your Name
Your Address
Your Phone Number
What you Collect
3 Favorite Players
2 Favorite Teams
This will allow me to pick some participants and keep the overlap to a minimum. I'd like to keep it baseball related or at least dominated. But feel free to add a few other sports and items that are specific for participants you know will appreciate them. I hope we can all have fun with this! I am being selective on the participants. If I don't approve you or if others participating don't want you to participate, then I will honor that request. The comfort level of all involved is extremely important to me in this project.
Questions? Fire away!
Bill
List of Participants for Round 1:
Hawk8 - - -Dustin P.
Players: Andre Dawson, Sammy Sosa HR chase stuff, Ryne Sandberg, Shawon Dunston Cubs Uni, Kerry Wood Cubs Uni, Mark Prior Cubs Uni, Starlin Castro, Corey Patterson Cubs Uni
Teams: Cubs, New Orleans Saints, LSU tigers
gmarutiak - - - Gary M.
Players: Andrew McCutchen, Dale Murphy, Kirby Puckett, Jack Clark
Teams: Pirates, Orioles, Steelers,
Other: 2011 Panini Contenders baseball autographs (no matter how lousy the player)
Ashburn Alley - - -Greg M.
Players: Darren Daulton, Chase Utley, Brian Westbrook, Jameer Nelson, Bernard Pierce
Teams: Phillies, Eagles, Flyers
Bill Menard - - -Bill M.
Players: Paul Goldschmidt, Michael Wacha, Shelby Miller, Dustin Pedroia, Stephen Strasburg, Bryce Harper, Rocco Baldelli
Teams: Diamondbacks, Red Sox, Nationals, Cardinals
Other: 2011-2013 Bowman Chrome Autographs
200lbhockeyplayer - - - Mike B.
Players Collected: Randy Johnson, Andy Pettitte, Dick Porter
Teams: Angels, Mets, Blackhawks, Bears
Other: HOF autos, signed memorabilia, signed 2008 A&G cards, anything he can cut up and make a custom out of
wildcat4 - - - Steve W.
Teams: Cardinals, Rams, Blues, Bulls
fordman - - - Mick P.
Players Collected: Jay Bruce, Barry Larkin, Johnny Bench
Teams: Reds, Tigers
rum151man - - - Jeff W.
Players Collected: Jemile Weeks, Bo Jackson, Will Clark
Teams: Giants, Athletics
Shipping order and rough estimate of the timeline:
New box composed of strictly game used and autograph cards has been born! It weighs in at 8 lbs 11 ounces and on its way to Ashburn Alley for the first viewing!
As it travels around and gets to you, please take whatever you'd like out of it, add more cards to improve content, and then send to the next person.
Your job as a participant is simple:
1) Take what you want from the box. I want to be clear on this - there is no "requirement" that you have to collect something to take it from the box. Maybe you see something you want to sit on for an investment, or something for a friend or fellow board member you want to send along, or something that just catches your eye and you want to keep it around the house to admire it for a while. I don't care, so long as you are improving the box contents along the way and thinking of the people coming after you who are still to go through it (so don't be a dink and take a Jay Bruce 2005 Bowman Sterling Game Used Auto RC Red 1/1 from the box when you know it's the main collecting interest of fordman and he hasn't seen the box yet! Sorry Mick - I don't think this card will be in there and that was probably a mean example, but hey, you never know!)
2) Add content to the box that makes the box BETTER than it was when it got to you. Don't take good stuff and replace it with lesser items!!!!
3) Try to think of those coming after you when you fill the box and include what you can that you think they will like (see list below of interests).
RULES:
1) Be timely! Don't keep the box for more than 48 hours in your possession. That should be PLENTY of time to go through and pull stuff out. Think ahead and have what you are going to add to the box ready to go before you even get it. This should allow the box to do the full circuit in about a month.
2) Don't be greedy - give more than you take. I'd like to emphasize quality over quantity here. It is vital to the future success of this project. If you take 5 $5 cards and replace with 3 $15 cards, that cool. If you replace it with 5 $2 cards, that's not cool.
3) Feel free to add a "for user id" on stuff that you want to go specifically to someone. Please be respectful of this and don't take something that says it is specifically for someone else.
4) 500 posts and/or 1 year FCB membership to participate.
5) You have $15-$20 at your disposal to ship the box off to the next person. The box is a medium flat rate and currently insured for $300 - I'd guess this is way under the actual value, but I think suitable for some protection that doesn't kill us in terms of cost. If you wish to insure for more or feel we should increase this, please let me know.
6) Follow the shipping order!!! Don't send it off to anyone other than the person next on the list after you, which you can find below.
Please post in this thread what you remove and what you add to the box along the way.
If you are interested in the next round, post in here that you are interested and then send me a PM with the following:
Your Name
Your Address
Your Phone Number
What you Collect
3 Favorite Players
2 Favorite Teams
This will allow me to pick some participants and keep the overlap to a minimum. I'd like to keep it baseball related or at least dominated. But feel free to add a few other sports and items that are specific for participants you know will appreciate them. I hope we can all have fun with this! I am being selective on the participants. If I don't approve you or if others participating don't want you to participate, then I will honor that request. The comfort level of all involved is extremely important to me in this project.
Questions? Fire away!
Bill
List of Participants for Round 1:
Hawk8 - - -Dustin P.
Players: Andre Dawson, Sammy Sosa HR chase stuff, Ryne Sandberg, Shawon Dunston Cubs Uni, Kerry Wood Cubs Uni, Mark Prior Cubs Uni, Starlin Castro, Corey Patterson Cubs Uni
Teams: Cubs, New Orleans Saints, LSU tigers
gmarutiak - - - Gary M.
Players: Andrew McCutchen, Dale Murphy, Kirby Puckett, Jack Clark
Teams: Pirates, Orioles, Steelers,
Other: 2011 Panini Contenders baseball autographs (no matter how lousy the player)
Ashburn Alley - - -Greg M.
Players: Darren Daulton, Chase Utley, Brian Westbrook, Jameer Nelson, Bernard Pierce
Teams: Phillies, Eagles, Flyers
Bill Menard - - -Bill M.
Players: Paul Goldschmidt, Michael Wacha, Shelby Miller, Dustin Pedroia, Stephen Strasburg, Bryce Harper, Rocco Baldelli
Teams: Diamondbacks, Red Sox, Nationals, Cardinals
Other: 2011-2013 Bowman Chrome Autographs
200lbhockeyplayer - - - Mike B.
Players Collected: Randy Johnson, Andy Pettitte, Dick Porter
Teams: Angels, Mets, Blackhawks, Bears
Other: HOF autos, signed memorabilia, signed 2008 A&G cards, anything he can cut up and make a custom out of
wildcat4 - - - Steve W.
Teams: Cardinals, Rams, Blues, Bulls
fordman - - - Mick P.
Players Collected: Jay Bruce, Barry Larkin, Johnny Bench
Teams: Reds, Tigers
rum151man - - - Jeff W.
Players Collected: Jemile Weeks, Bo Jackson, Will Clark
Teams: Giants, Athletics
Shipping order and rough estimate of the timeline:
ID | Name | State | Receive By | Ship By |
Ashburn Alley | Greg | PA | -- | -- |
fordman | Mick | OH | -- | -- |
wildcat4 | Steve | IL | -- | -- |
rum151man | Jeff | CA | -- | -- |
200lbhockeyplayer | Mike | CA | -- | -- |
Hawk8 | Dustin | LA | -- | -- |
gmarutiak | Gary | PA | -- | -- |
Bill Menard | Bill | RI | -- |
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