The greatest card you've ever ruined?

[TheFrenzy]

Both of mine came from the same set.

I was in the midst of slipping a Ryan Broyles Upper Deck '93 foil insert into a soft sleeve when I dropped the card and dinged the bottom left corner so bad that I might have as well torn the card in half.

Again, I was attempting to slide a DeMarco Murray Upper Deck SP into a sleeve when I dropped it and dinged the top left corner to the point where it went from being a $40 BV card to a $20 one.

Nothing too serious, but those are my biggest "oops."

(so far....)

[tolrobb]

i sold a tom brady auto on ebay once and when i was taking it out of it's new magnetic case to put it in a scratched up yellowing toploader i dropped it and it landed right on it's bottom left corner. the corner got all wrinkled up so i used a flat iron to make it straight and flat again. it worked to perfection as i shipped the card and fist pumped when the buyer left me positive feedback.

[Birdmandig]

Originally Posted by tolrobb

i sold a tom brady auto on ebay once and when i was taking it out of it's new magnetic case to put it in a scratched up yellowing toploader i dropped it and it landed right on it's bottom left corner. the corner got all wrinkled up so i used a flat iron to make it straight and flat again. it worked to perfection as i shipped the card and fist pumped when the buyer left me positive feedback.

[hagrin]

I store most of my collection in a safe, secure, climate controlled location.

But the sets I am actively working on, I had two places one being at the bottom of my walk-in closet for easy access. I was building out a full set of serialed 2011 Chrome Refractors /50 and above.

Welp, my husky/samoyed mix wasn't feeling well and had diarrhea for a few days. One day I went out to get lunch, came back and he decided he couldn't hold it in anymore and went in the box. Now, every card was in a top loader + penny sleeve, but ummm ... some just couldn't be saved.

Lesson - never store any cards below poop level.

[iBLeeDBaTTLeReD]

Originally Posted by hagrin

I store most of my collection in a safe, secure, climate controlled location.

But the sets I am actively working on, I had two places one being at the bottom of my walk-in closet for easy access. I was building out a full set of serialed 2011 Chrome Refractors /50 and above.

Welp, my husky/samoyed mix wasn't feeling well and had diarrhea for a few days. One day I went out to get lunch, came back and he decided he couldn't hold it in anymore and went in the box. Now, every card was in a top loader + penny sleeve, but ummm ... some just couldn't be saved.

Lesson - never store any cards below poop level.

Pics or it didn't happen!

[TheFrenzy]

Originally Posted by hagrin

I store most of my collection in a safe, secure, climate controlled location.

But the sets I am actively working on, I had two places one being at the bottom of my walk-in closet for easy access. I was building out a full set of serialed 2011 Chrome Refractors /50 and above.

Welp, my husky/samoyed mix wasn't feeling well and had diarrhea for a few days. One day I went out to get lunch, came back and he decided he couldn't hold it in anymore and went in the box. Now, every card was in a top loader + penny sleeve, but ummm ... some just couldn't be saved.

Lesson - never store any cards below poop level.

For some reason i'm picturing you as Jeff Daniels....

[pejc300]

I once bought a Joe Montana rookie BGS 9.5 for $2,125. Busted it out of the case to send as a crossover to PSA. PSA sent it back and said it was trimmed. I sent it back to BGS, told them it was originally graded by BGS as a 9.5 and I included the gold label with it. BGS sent it back and said it was trimmed. So basically I lost $2,175. I put the card in a toploader and back in a bubble mailer I had laying around, thinking I would send it to SGC or something. At the time I was sending out tons of cards every week and I accidentally grabbed that bubble mailer, put another card in it, and sent it off. So someone got a free, possible 9.5 BGS gem mint Montana rookie. Of course, whoever got it never messaged me...

If you're familiar at all with Dave Ramsey, you could call this whole incident "stupid tax."

[TheFrenzy]

Originally Posted by pejc300

I once bought a Joe Montana rookie BGS 9.5 for $2,125. Busted it out of the case to send as a crossover to PSA. PSA sent it back and said it was trimmed. I sent it back to BGS, told them it was originally graded by BGS as a 9.5 and I included the gold label with it. BGS sent it back and said it was trimmed. So basically I lost $2,175. I put the card in a toploader and back in a bubble mailer I had laying around, thinking I would send it to SGC or something. At the time I was sending out tons of cards every week and I accidentally grabbed that bubble mailer, put another card in it, and sent it off. So someone got a free, possible 9.5 BGS gem mint Montana rookie. Of course, whoever got it never messaged me...

If you're familiar at all with Dave Ramsey, you could call this whole incident "stupid tax."

*this is me, beside myself* wow......

[chipmaster]

Originally Posted by pejc300

I once bought a Joe Montana rookie BGS 9.5 for $2,125. Busted it out of the case to send as a crossover to PSA. PSA sent it back and said it was trimmed. I sent it back to BGS, told them it was originally graded by BGS as a 9.5 and I included the gold label with it. BGS sent it back and said it was trimmed. So basically I lost $2,175. I put the card in a toploader and back in a bubble mailer I had laying around, thinking I would send it to SGC or something. At the time I was sending out tons of cards every week and I accidentally grabbed that bubble mailer, put another card in it, and sent it off. So someone got a free, possible 9.5 BGS gem mint Montana rookie. Of course, whoever got it never messaged me...

If you're familiar at all with Dave Ramsey, you could call this whole incident "stupid tax."

That whole story is freakin horrible!

I'll add: I've accidentally thrown away cards in bubble mailers that I just slit open to verify the contents of, not knowing I forgot to remove the cards. Did that to a Sidney Crosby Young Guns and an Ovechkin Beehive Auto - in the same day. This was back in the 20+ item maildays I used to have.

[Texans81]

Originally Posted by iBLeeDBaTTLeReD

Pics or it didn't happen!

I find the fact that you'd actually want to see pics of cards covered in runny dogshit quite disturbing sir...

[Texans81]

I can't remember what the card was...it wasn't anything real high end or anything, but I do remember one occasion where a guy mailed me a card in a bubble mailer, and I used some scissors to cut open the bubble mailer and ended up cutting the corner off the card in the process...

oops...