CatdaddysCards
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Re: ------OFFICIAL PAY-IT-FORWARD THREAD (Card Posted)-----------
I will take this. Will go to a Pirates PC for my SS in another group. I am off work in an hour, will post the next card then.
Thanks Syd and that's an awesome story. Those are the things this hobby SHOULD be all about.
This is totally unrelated to FCB, but I figured I should share my story somewhere. I recently decided I was going to try and put together the Eric LeGrand Topps Chrome rainbow, and I made a post over on blowout saying that I was trying to put together the rainbow. I figured because he's the only person to ever be featured on a massively produced sports card and he is in a wheelchair it was my job to try and put it together. Fast-forward four days after my initial post and I had easily acquired all but three of the cards (gold refractor, red refractor and super) when Houdini pulled the super in a group break. I sent the person who had Tampa Bay a private message letting him know I was trying to put together the rainbow. He told me he was going to put it on eBay, unfortunately it was the wrong time of the month but we worked out a deal where I could bid and pay later. The day came where he placed it on the bay and within the hour it was over $91. Frankly, I simply don't have the kind of money for my personal collection that it probably would have sold for; I have a limited income and thereby supplement it with cards I can flip, unfortunately this hobby has turned into a job. All of a sudden, it wasn't on eBay anymore and I get a private message asking me for my address. After a few inquisitive messages back-and-forth I was informed that he was just going to give it to me, with the only condition that I paid it forward. Needless to say, I plan to do so in spades. I would like to participate in this somehow, but I do not want to receive anything in return.
I know it really isn't much, but hopefully this Pirates card of one of their most promising prospects can go to someone in a similar situation.
EDIT: I recently packed the majority of my cards that were in my PC, it might take the day or so to find it and ship it out, just a heads up.
I will take this. Will go to a Pirates PC for my SS in another group. I am off work in an hour, will post the next card then.
Thanks Syd and that's an awesome story. Those are the things this hobby SHOULD be all about.