Drinking and cards: Bad combo!

[gt2590]

Posted online but seems to be verified by card’s new owner.

Ouch!

 

[finestkind]

 

[banjar]

That's rough. Sweet Jesus.

Posted online but seems to be verified by card’s new owner.

Ouch!

 

[mrmopar]

I've seen photos and videos of card "sorting" areas where people are drinking anything (beer, coffee, water, etc.). Liquid and paper don't go well together, so why even take the chance, but people do all the time.

I'll admit i have consumed liquids while sorting cards, but I am also ultra careful and aware at all times. Its also not around anything good.

 

[smapdi]

I've spilled champagne on cards twice. Only a couple valuable ones, and they were MTG and they were still sleeve-playable.

What's really dangerous are intoxicants and ebay. I've EWI'd a few times but never really gotten myself in trouble.

 

[banjar]

Oh man. EWI. Good thing that's not against the law. But it is dangerous. The other day I was bidding on a card after a couple beers, and decided to up my max bid from $15 to $16. Pretty harmless, right?

Well, only harmless if you actually hit those keystrokes right. Instead of deleting the 5 and typing in a 6, I missed the delete key and just typed in the 6, making my max bid $156. Now the card itself was nothing much, probably not worth even $15. But you never know when an auction is being shilled...so I was happy to see the auction end at something like $12.

I've spilled champagne on cards twice. Only a couple valuable ones, and they were MTG and they were still sleeve-playable.

What's really dangerous are intoxicants and ebay. I've EWI'd a few times but never really gotten myself in trouble.

 

[Dilferules]

I have never in my life been drunk enough to even take a $100 card out of the one-touch to "admire it." And I've been pretty drunk.