Suggestions for unloading unwanted cards....

Babbaloie · Mar 25, 2011

Hey all,
I've got sort of an on-again/off-again relationship with the hobby at large that mostly corresponds to how grouchy my wife is regarding how much space cards take up. My current "on-again" goal is to really focus my collection on the two aspects that I really love through the purchase of singles in lieu of wax. The Texas Rangers and prospects will be my focus. That said, I've got several boxes full of "stuff/junk" that's just taking up space. Short of just throwing them out, what do you guys suggest I do with them?

What do you do with your unwanted cards?

maryvillereb2003 · Mar 25, 2011

you could take them to the local boys and girls club

brumbach · Mar 25, 2011

My initial thought usually involves building a trebuchet first.

tramers · Mar 25, 2011

what do you have? interested in minor league Rangers ?

bigpapiMA32 · Mar 25, 2011

Boys and girls club, children's hospital, Halloween

nosterbor · Mar 25, 2011

bigpapiMA32 said:
Boys and girls club, children's hospital, Halloween

YES! " children's hospital " IN YOUR AREA. that is an outstanding idea.

Babbaloie · Mar 25, 2011

tramers said:
what do you have? interested in minor league Rangers ?

I have a sizeable pile of 2010 Bowman base (like the rest of the world) and a great deal of odds and ends, just stuff I've pulled from Random pack breaks here and there over the course of 2009/2010 mostly.

Is there anything in particular you'd be interested in? I could send a good bit of it in the direction of anyone who wanted it provided they'd either (a) give something in return or (b) help cover shipping. Otherwise, I'm going to take the prevoius poster's suggestions and either donate them or build a trebuchet and launch them....though I suspect that would be littering.

Minor league Rangers? Hellz yes. It's the intersection of my two favorite parts of the hobby.

I'll tell you what, not buying wax is going to take some serious willpower on my part. The 2011 goal is to collect....not accumulate.

Yogi 10 rings Berra · Mar 25, 2011

find an auction house around you...have them sell the cards...

http://www.auctionzip.com/

TBTwinsFan · Mar 25, 2011

It really depends what you want the initial goal to be IMO.

TTMers/IPers will be all over the Bowman cards.

If you are willing to sort, team lots (especially more-current ones) sell really well on FCB.

If you are willing to spend the shipping money, free cards can be sent out very easily here.

craiger122003 · Mar 25, 2011

If you have any Pujols cards PM me what you
have and we will work out a deal Thanks

jbhofmann · Mar 25, 2011

Throw 'em in a wood chipper and mulch some trees at your house.

tramers · Mar 26, 2011

I'll pay some shipping and will send some Hickory Crawdad items

Son was batboy

bojacksoncollector · Mar 26, 2011

Got any Bo Jackson or Frank Thomas cards? I'd pay s/h. Thanks

TBTwinsFan · Mar 26, 2011

Willing to trade for any Glen Perkins you dig up.

fkw · Mar 26, 2011

Why did you buy them all if you dont want them all?????

...makes no sense at all.

If you like baseball... keep them, read them, trade them, enjoy them... thats what they were made for.... but if you think youre going to get rich with cards and only see $ signs, then your in the "hobby" for all the wrong reasons, like most are nowadays.

Give them to a kid who enjoys playing little league or tee-ball, ....a young baseball lover usually like all cards.

Ive been collecting/dealing for over 30 years daily, I have never owned more than 10,000 cards ever at one time... I only buy or trade for what I like...Old Baseball (Topps is not old), and some 19th Century WildWest/Indian cards
...thats why I have never owned a football card, basketball card, or new card (post 1970s), I dont like them so dont buy them.

PS this is probably the 100th time I heard this same story.... very common post/subject on all new card message boards

autorook · Mar 26, 2011

You can do what I did, the boxes I've busted I would gather lots of players I didn't collect and start them around $2-3 dollar bidding. You probably won't get much but atleast you got your shipping covered and a potential positive feedback

Babbaloie · Mar 27, 2011

fkw said:
Why did you buy them all if you dont want them all?????

...makes no sense at all.

If you like baseball... keep them, read them, trade them, enjoy them... thats what they were made for.... but if you think youre going to get rich with cards and only see $ signs, then your in the "hobby" for all the wrong reasons, like most are nowadays.

Give them to a kid who enjoys playing little league or tee-ball, ....a young baseball lover usually like all cards.

Ive been collecting/dealing for over 30 years daily, I have never owned more than 10,000 cards ever at one time... I only buy or trade for what I like...Old Baseball (Topps is not old), and some 19th Century WildWest/Indian cards
...thats why I have never owned a football card, basketball card, or new card (post 1970s), I dont like them so dont buy them.

PS this is probably the 100th time I heard this same story.... very common post/subject on all new card message boards

You've hit the nail on the head. Having all of these things laying around makes no sense. Frankly, purchasing them made no sense, they were mostly ill-advised "impulse-buys", which is what I said in my OP. I'm trying to re-focus my collection and not buy a bunch of stuff I don't want to collect....

I don't expect to make ANY money off of them...hence my willingness to give most of them away!

tramers · Mar 27, 2011

I'm still interested in a box .

jeff550 · Mar 27, 2011

I will take any current Washington Nationals.

G $MONEY$ · Mar 27, 2011

In one of my jobs, i work with a few single mothers that have children in the 6-14 age range. Usually once every 3 months or so i will buy a few of the 400 card count boxes and then i will package up all the cards i dont want or need from the boxes ive broken the months prior. A few of the kids ive met and talked to a few times so i know what sports and teams are their favorites, so i try and give them as many cards of that team or sport as i can.

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