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Post by freezeover98 on Jun 29, 2009 13:28:10 GMT -5
etopps.com
I used to be into a lot (back when I had a good paying job and my wallet wasn't empty). Its kinda like the Stock market for cards. You buy the card, you can either keep it in your online portfolio, or have it delivered.
If you leave it in your portfolio, you can trade it, or sell it (sometimes for profit). I bought an Albert Pujols and sold it for 4 times what I paid.
I bought a couple Chase Headley rookies, and he traded me his glove for one.
They also offer autograph signings sometimes. Thats how I got my Morneau, Johan Santana, BJ Upton, Nick Markakis, and Howie Kendrick.
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Post by bryce harper on Jun 29, 2009 15:15:58 GMT -5
i have an account but i dont have any $ to fuel the account
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Post by Josh on Jun 29, 2009 15:21:20 GMT -5
I've been wanting to, but I keep forgetting. What I REALLY want to start is TTMing, but I'd need a lot of help to start that lol.
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Post by Josh on Jun 29, 2009 15:22:08 GMT -5
etopps.com I used to be into a lot (back when I had a good paying job and my wallet wasn't empty). Its kinda like the Stock market for cards. You buy the card, you can either keep it in your online portfolio, or have it delivered. If you leave it in your portfolio, you can trade it, or sell it (sometimes for profit). I bought an Albert Pujols and sold it for 4 times what I paid. I bought a couple Chase Headley rookies, and he traded me his glove for one. They also offer autograph signings sometimes. Thats how I got my Morneau, Johan Santana, BJ Upton, Nick Markakis, and Howie Kendrick. I don't think I'd call it the stock market for cards. I'd call thepit, the stock market for cards. BTW, how did you contact Headley to make that trade? That's sick! |
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Post by freezeover98 on Jun 29, 2009 17:14:33 GMT -5
etopps.com I used to be into a lot (back when I had a good paying job and my wallet wasn't empty). Its kinda like the Stock market for cards. You buy the card, you can either keep it in your online portfolio, or have it delivered. If you leave it in your portfolio, you can trade it, or sell it (sometimes for profit). I bought an Albert Pujols and sold it for 4 times what I paid. I bought a couple Chase Headley rookies, and he traded me his glove for one. They also offer autograph signings sometimes. Thats how I got my Morneau, Johan Santana, BJ Upton, Nick Markakis, and Howie Kendrick. I don't think I'd call it the stock market for cards. I'd call thepit, the stock market for cards. BTW, how did you contact Headley to make that trade? That's sick! He was in AA when I got him to sign one, and He'd never seen it before. If it had been a regular card, I would have just given it to him. But it cost $8 each when I ordered them, then UPS shipping. The prices have gone down this year at least. I say its like the stock market because they run it like it is, but unfortunately its only for etopps cards. They release them in IPOs (like stocks) and they track the value of the card as they sell on ebay. And you can also trade them directly on the site with the other members. |
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Post by Josh on Jun 29, 2009 17:44:24 GMT -5
I don't think I'd call it the stock market for cards. I'd call thepit, the stock market for cards. BTW, how did you contact Headley to make that trade? That's sick! He was in AA when I got him to sign one, and He'd never seen it before. If it had been a regular card, I would have just given it to him. But it cost $8 each when I ordered them, then UPS shipping. The prices have gone down this year at least. I say its like the stock market because they run it like it is, but unfortunately its only for etopps cards. They release them in IPOs (like stocks) and they track the value of the card as they sell on ebay. And you can also trade them directly on the site with the other members. That's awesome! But, it's harder to compare it to the stock market than thepit because it only deals with Etopps, which is a very very small portion of cards. Thepit deals with many more cards, and it has symbols for each card, and you are able to view trends of sales of the cards. |
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Post by freezeover98 on Jun 29, 2009 19:34:16 GMT -5
He was in AA when I got him to sign one, and He'd never seen it before. If it had been a regular card, I would have just given it to him. But it cost $8 each when I ordered them, then UPS shipping. The prices have gone down this year at least. I say its like the stock market because they run it like it is, but unfortunately its only for etopps cards. They release them in IPOs (like stocks) and they track the value of the card as they sell on ebay. And you can also trade them directly on the site with the other members. That's awesome! But, it's harder to compare it to the stock market than thepit because it only deals with Etopps, which is a very very small portion of cards. Thepit deals with many more cards, and it has symbols for each card, and you are able to view trends of sales of the cards. Yeah, you can. you can view the original IPO price (which other cards don't have), and how much it was selling for after that... It shows you a graph of its sales prices from when it was released to current time. |
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Post by Josh on Jun 29, 2009 20:49:06 GMT -5
That's awesome! But, it's harder to compare it to the stock market than thepit because it only deals with Etopps, which is a very very small portion of cards. Thepit deals with many more cards, and it has symbols for each card, and you are able to view trends of sales of the cards. Yeah, you can. you can view the original IPO price (which other cards don't have), and how much it was selling for after that... It shows you a graph of its sales prices from when it was released to current time. Oh, cool! I was not aware of this. |
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Post by freezeover98 on Jun 29, 2009 21:08:02 GMT -5
Yeah.. its pretty cool... But expensive... Unless you do Like i used to and buy only cards you know are going to go up in price, sell them for profit.
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Post by dodgergirl on Jul 7, 2009 19:53:24 GMT -5
whatss the difference?
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Post by freezeover98 on Jul 7, 2009 20:44:11 GMT -5
The difference between what? |
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Post by dodgergirl on Jul 7, 2009 20:45:29 GMT -5
etopps and topps?
i accidently clicked etopps while on topps one
time but i had no idea what it was.
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Post by freezeover98 on Jul 7, 2009 21:12:32 GMT -5
etopps and topps? i accidently clicked etopps while on topps one time but i had no idea what it was. Well, Topps, you can go to the store and buy packs and boxes of. And theres almost an unlimited print run on the commons. eTopps, are available only through the website, and can only be bought from the website itself (unless you do second-hand). They release just a few cards at a time for one week only, each one has a limited print run, (like 500 cards each, or so). You place you're orders, and at the end of the week, they add up the totals sold. if you got your order in before the print run is out, then you get the card, if not then you don't get charged. Every card is Guaranteed to be Mint condition or better. And you can either choose to have it delivered, or keep it in an online portfolio. (I've got both). The ones in your portfolio, can either be traded on the etopps site, or sold on ebay. (or just stored there forever). |
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Post by baseball24 on Jul 7, 2009 21:15:33 GMT -5
I signed up for e-Topps newsletters by e-mail. This weeks cards are Nick Swisher, Casey McGehee, Andrew Bailey, and Mark Derosa. I also have never bought anything even though I have an account. They are pretty expensive. But if a Cabrera floats around sometime, I'll go for it.
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Post by freezeover98 on Jul 7, 2009 21:24:19 GMT -5
I signed up for e-Topps newsletters by e-mail. This weeks cards are Nick Swisher, Casey McGehee, Andrew Bailey, and Mark Derosa. I also have never bought anything even though I have an account. They are pretty expensive. But if a Cabrera floats around sometime, I'll go for it. I'm sure theres some floating around from previous years. If you have an account for e-topps, you can get them on ebay for cheaper than the original price. You just have to set up your etopps account with your ebay account, so when you win, you can claim the cards into your portfolio. Or just find them "in hand" and have the seller send them to you directly. |
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