When do you throw away it all away?

[WillBaseball]

I used to save every single card and insert and sort them all into piles, but it all just takes too much precious time, time is money, there's way too many commons, and neither the orphans nor any other kiddos want them. It sucks because it makes ripping feel even more than Fanatics is already making cards like gambling. Ordering singles is nowhere near as enjoyable to me and ripping has always been my favorite part of cards.

When I open packs and boxes now (getting rarer with every release), I'm to the point where I usually just throw away/recycle everything except… base rc’s under the age of 25 or so, color or numbered rc’s, hof’ers, or best sophomores and players. Bowman is different, but after being boxed for a couple years; flop rc's and non-starter, non-elite pitchers, older rc’s, non 1st prospects; most all paper (with some exceptions on those based on where they were drafted, etc) all just get tossed without much hesitation.

If you open card boxes and packs…
Do you have a similar system?
Do you think this is extreme?
Are you a hoarder?
When do you throw it away, or if not, what do you do with it all?

[smapdi]

The only time I've ever gotten rid of cards in bulk was when I left college. I had gotten back into cards before my senior year and ripped a lot of packs during the year. When it came time to fly out of town I just couldn't take it all so I left the new base dupes behind in my rental. It would never occur to me to simply throw them away.

I keep everything sorted to some extent, even if it's in a monster box I have for abandoned sets or random blaster boxes. A box for COMC submissions, a box for future ebay listings (this one keeps growing), a box for things like Bowman Draft to dig through when someone gets hot. I don't break it down further, but I keep things organized just enough that I know what box to look in when I need something.

[rms13]

I rarely open packs these days. But when I do, non RC base commons all go immediately into the trash.

[panamamyers]

Originally Posted by rms13

I rarely open packs these days. But when I do, non RC base commons all go immediately into the trash.

Same for me

[Cardsandcoffee]

When I first got back, I ripped a lot and then I tossed/recycled a lot. Now I just buy singles

[premium1981]

Flat rate box and auction on eBay. Takes almost no time.. I’ll never understand throwing away money.

[rms13]

Originally Posted by premium1981

Flat rate box and auction on eBay. Takes almost no time.. I’ll never understand throwing away money.

How much are you making? I sell some some lots of parrells,refractors, rookies and numbered cards and they usually sell for $0.99 with one bid. After ebay fees, packing and going to the post office it's definitely not worth my time but I don't throw those out because I figure someone wants them. A lot of lots I list sit there for months unsold. If you are making money selling lots of base cards then I'd love to know your secret

[SoCalsFinest]

Originally Posted by rms13

How much are you making? I sell some some lots of parrells,refractors, rookies and numbered cards and they usually sell for $0.99 with one bid. After ebay fees, packing and going to the post office it's definitely not worth my time but I don't throw those out because I figure someone wants them. A lot of lots I list sit there for months unsold. If you are making money selling lots of base cards then I'd love to know your secret

When a new release comes out, you gotta sell those lots within days to a few weeks of the release or they'll sit most of the time.

Especially if you can get in on a pre-order and get a new release before most people.

[WillBaseball]

Originally Posted by SoCalsFinest

When a new release comes out, you gotta sell those lots within days to a few weeks of the release or they'll sit most of the time.

Especially if you can get in on a pre-order and get a new release before most people.

See that’s another thing. Typically I DO NOT open brand new 2 weeks or less products. Good way to pay way too much. I wait, and I like the hits of flagship and Bowman, not other products, and I want to hit them myself.

[premium1981]

Originally Posted by rms13

How much are you making? I sell some some lots of parrells,refractors, rookies and numbered cards and they usually sell for $0.99 with one bid. After ebay fees, packing and going to the post office it's definitely not worth my time but I don't throw those out because I figure someone wants them. A lot of lots I list sit there for months unsold. If you are making money selling lots of base cards then I'd love to know your secret

I usually break things down to where I don’t have to do it this way. But I know a lot of people have success with it. I have in the past too when I was doing things differently. Sounds like you are just talking about small lots, I’m talking about moving bulk. You aren’t going to list a medium flat rate box of inserts and parallels and numbered and end with only a single bid. Even base commons get you more than that. You will get a nice chunk for it with inserts and such. My point is, even if you clear $10 it’s worth the 5 minutes of packaging and dropping off as you drive by the post office. When I first started doing large scale I would chunk very large quantities of base cards in the dumpsters near me. Now that I know better, I always think about how much money I threw away. Furthermore, I think someone else may have already said this, but I don’t know why anyone would open flagship or heritage type products if they don’t like base cards.

[yoadrian49]

Originally Posted by premium1981

Flat rate box and auction on eBay. Takes almost no time.. I’ll never understand throwing away money.

When you sell lots of inserts, do you try to sell each insert set lot by itself or all of the insert sets as one lot?

[Raleigh504]

Originally Posted by premium1981

Flat rate box and auction on eBay. Takes almost no time.. I’ll never understand throwing away money.

This is what I do (non-new releases), never have enough to get a whole box of a certain set/year. Add this to collections I buy that aren't worth listing individually too.

After awhile I go through listings and remove some that don't make sense anymore.

[DioBrando]

Bonfire. That's what I did years ago with all the 88-93 junk cards I had sitting in my parents basement. Haven't bought wax in years, so now the only random cards I get are when people use them as protection for another card and they get out through the shredder

[KSIGN]

Originally Posted by DioBrando

Bonfire. That's what I did years ago with all the 88-93 junk cards I had sitting in my parents basement. Haven't bought wax in years, so now the only random cards I get are when people use them as protection for another card and they get out through the shredder

I did the exact same thing about 20 years ago with about 25,000 common hockey and baseball cards that I accumulated from 1988 thru 2000.

[DioBrando]

Originally Posted by KSIGN

I did the exact same thing about 20 years ago with about 25,000 common hockey and baseball cards that I accumulated from 1988 thru 2000.

I found it strangely therapeutic. The people who are against throwing away cards are weird. Everyone on this board could trash all of their junk wax era commons and it wouldn't make a dent in the existing supply

[KSIGN]

Originally Posted by DioBrando

I found it strangely therapeutic. The people who are against throwing away cards are weird. Everyone on this board could trash all of their junk wax era commons and it wouldn't make a dent in the existing supply

Agreed. If you didn’t live in the era of junk wax and over production, you have ZERO idea how many cards were out there. EVERY STORE SOLD SPORTS CARDS by the truckload. I remember seeing a guy with 30 cases of stadium club football at a flea market in Lafayette, IN and he couldn’t give them away at $150 a CASE!!!

Myself and 2 friends bought about 70+ boxes of ProSet hockey from 91 to 95 at no more than $10 a box looking for the elusive Stanley Cup Hologram. Found 1, rock, paper, scissors 3 outta 5 and I lost first round. Oh welll. I still have a few sets and about 500 cards.

We also did this with about 20-25 other releases over that time - including 7th inning sketch, collectors choice, fleer, pro set, and even upper deck, we’d just kept the stuff we wanted and years later we burned the rest one weekend after we all realized we’d been lugging this crap from our parents to our apartments and homes for far too long.

BTW, whomever said those who throw away cards are morons; that’s hardly the case. At some point, you have to realize, it’s time to move on.

[bub838]

I make sets, then I’ll sell bulk lots, then I’ll use them for rigid support shipping singles, then I will recycle what’s left.

[bigdog2003]

If I open a lot of 1 product, I build the set to keep. If I open a small amount, I give most of the stuff away I don't need/want. Plenty of people collect players/teams.

[mnvikingstwins]

Find a local shop that buys bulk and just get something there

[oldgoldy97]

Originally Posted by mnvikingstwins

Find a local shop that buys bulk and just get something there

Does anyone around here to that?

[crazy4kinsler]

There's an LCS about 15 minutes here that'll give like $10-$15 trade credit for large 3200 count boxes of base. More if it's got hot brands or hot players. Less if it's like 1990s junk. They then sell those cards for 10 cents each or $20 for the box.

Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

Does anyone around here to that?

[WillBaseball]

Originally Posted by crazy4kinsler

There's an LCS about 15 minutes here that'll give like $10-$15 trade credit for large 3200 count boxes of base. More if it's got hot brands or hot players. Less if it's like 1990s junk. They then sell those cards for 10 cents each or $20 for the box.

You’re trying to get to a million? I guess everything is bigger in tx including your space for all these cards! LOL.
Do doubles count? Like 100x the same card of whatever common from whatever set would work for you and whatever you’re trying to do?

[theredmenace]

Never. My will states that I shall be mummified, wrapped in a special linen woven with 1997 Finest embossed refractors, and buried in a base card paper mache sarcophagus, the interior and exterior of which shall be lined with my personal collection. The cards shall be laid in chronological order, telling the story of a pantheon of club and ball wielding Gods, through images and numbers.

5000 years in the future, humans of the second ice age will uncover my tomb while scavenging for lichen on the barren Salinian Block tundra. My sarcophagus will be dragged back to the village, the prospect of bounty or riches irresistible for our austere descendants.

Within 18 moon cycles of this discovery, the village will be ash, it's former inhabitants dead, dying, or thrown in all directions on the icy steppe. The exact sequence of events are not predictable, but the impetus will be a familiar one. Late at night, comforted by the communal fire and buoyed with fermented drink, a curious thinker will unknowingly seal the fate of the village with a simple question, "Who sat atop this pantheon?".

[hxcmilkshake]

Originally Posted by theredmenace

Never. My will states that I shall be mummified, wrapped in a special linen woven with 1997 Finest embossed refractors, and buried in a base card paper mache sarcophagus, the interior and exterior of which shall be lined with my personal collection. The cards shall be laid in chronological order, telling the story of a pantheon of club and ball wielding Gods, through images and numbers.



5000 years in the future, humans of the second ice age will uncover my tomb while scavenging for lichen on the barren Salinian Block tundra. My sarcophagus will be dragged back to the village, the prospect of bounty or riches irresistible for our austere descendants.



Within 18 moon cycles of this discovery, the village will be ash, it's former inhabitants dead, dying, or thrown in all directions on the icy steppe. The exact sequence of events are not predictable, but the impetus will be a familiar one. Late at night, comforted by the communal fire and buoyed with fermented drink, a curious thinker will unknowingly seal the fate of the village with a simple question, "Who sat atop this pantheon?".

You had me at "mummified"

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[wiper]

Originally Posted by theredmenace

Never. My will states that I shall be mummified, wrapped in a special linen woven with 1997 Finest embossed refractors, and buried in a base card paper mache sarcophagus, the interior and exterior of which shall be lined with my personal collection. The cards shall be laid in chronological order, telling the story of a pantheon of club and ball wielding Gods, through images and numbers.

5000 years in the future, humans of the second ice age will uncover my tomb while scavenging for lichen on the barren Salinian Block tundra. My sarcophagus will be dragged back to the village, the prospect of bounty or riches irresistible for our austere descendants.

Within 18 moon cycles of this discovery, the village will be ash, it's former inhabitants dead, dying, or thrown in all directions on the icy steppe. The exact sequence of events are not predictable, but the impetus will be a familiar one. Late at night, comforted by the communal fire and buoyed with fermented drink, a curious thinker will unknowingly seal the fate of the village with a simple question, "Who sat atop this pantheon?".

me and you would get along.