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  • #1

    What do you do with "commons"?

    Was wondering what you guys do with commons.

    I have been collecting for close to 20 years, and even though I don't buy much newer stuff, I seem to always accumulate a large quantity of commons.

    Probably 10 years ago, I sold many thousand commonds (probaby 30,000 total cards) on eBay, but the shipping costs associated with shipping the cards meant I got barely enough for the cards to make hauling them to the post office worth it.

    I've thought of donating them, but not sure anyone would want them...they're mostly 1980s-1995 or so, not NEW enough to have much interest for most folks. They're also getting a bit old for a lot of TTM stuff.

    I have probably 5,000-10,000 commons right now I'd love to get rid of...any thoughts? I thought about throwing an ad up on craigslist and seeing if anyone would give me $10-20 for them local, so I wouldn't have to ship them.

    Suggestions appreciated!
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    Send them to me..I'll pay for the shipping.
    "I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it."
    Carl Yastrzemski

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    • #3
      Donate them to a children's hospital, it might give the kids something to do?
      Mythical SF Chronicle scouting report: "That Jeff runs like a deer. Unfortunately, he also hits AND throws like one." I am Venus DeMilo - NO ARM! I can play like a big leaguer, I can field like Luzinski, run like Lombardi. The secret to managing is keeping the ones who hate you away from the undecided ones. I am a triumph of quantity over quality. I'm almost useful, every village needs an idiot.
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      • #4
        Originally posted by RuthMayBond
        Donate them to a children's hospital, it might give the kids something to do?
        Great Idea.

        I was kidding.

        I don't even want to think about what it would cost to ship them here.
        "I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it."
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        • #5
          Originally posted by RuthMayBond
          Donate them to a children's hospital, it might give the kids something to do?
          I'm in an on-line collecting group that includes a couple of Doctors and every year they collect cards for the kids in the hospital. It's called "Kards for Kids" or something like that. If you want I can send you their names off-line. One's in Pennsylvania and the other is in Illinois. Another guy in the group is a youth minister in Georgia.

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          • #6
            The hospital donation is a wonderful idea.
            I know of a certain local sports memorbilia auction that used to be around the Dayton, Ohio area where whatever wasn't sold was donated to a couple local schools. I can't remember, but I think the auctioneer/owner of the memorbilia in the auction said the cards would be distributed to students as some sort of incentive.
            Are the commons sorted at all?
            Dave Bill Tom George Mark Bob Ernie Soupy Dick Alex Sparky
            Joe Gary MCA Emanuel Sonny Dave Earl Stan
            Jonathan Neil Roger Anthony Ray Thomas Art Don
            Gates Philip John Warrior Rik Casey Tony Horace
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Utter Chaos
              I'm in an on-line collecting group that includes a couple of Doctors and every year they collect cards for the kids in the hospital. It's called "Kards for Kids" or something like that. If you want I can send you their names off-line. One's in Pennsylvania and the other is in Illinois. Another guy in the group is a youth minister in Georgia.
              If children's hospitals could actually use my older cards, that's probably the way to go. Let me poke around locally and see if I can find someone who wants them...if not, I'd love to get the info of the doctors you know.

              Thanks!
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              • #8
                Originally posted by Captain Cold Nose
                The hospital donation is a wonderful idea.
                I know of a certain local sports memorbilia auction that used to be around the Dayton, Ohio area where whatever wasn't sold was donated to a couple local schools. I can't remember, but I think the auctioneer/owner of the memorbilia in the auction said the cards would be distributed to students as some sort of incentive.
                Are the commons sorted at all?
                I wonder if that's where my sister-in-law takes what I give her (the one that works at 5th 3rd Field)
                Mythical SF Chronicle scouting report: "That Jeff runs like a deer. Unfortunately, he also hits AND throws like one." I am Venus DeMilo - NO ARM! I can play like a big leaguer, I can field like Luzinski, run like Lombardi. The secret to managing is keeping the ones who hate you away from the undecided ones. I am a triumph of quantity over quality. I'm almost useful, every village needs an idiot.
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by RuthMayBond
                  I wonder if that's where my sister-in-law takes what I give her (the one that works at 5th 3rd Field)
                  It's possible. The school the guy gave the unsold stuff too is in the south suburbs. Centerville, if I remember correctly.
                  Dave Bill Tom George Mark Bob Ernie Soupy Dick Alex Sparky
                  Joe Gary MCA Emanuel Sonny Dave Earl Stan
                  Jonathan Neil Roger Anthony Ray Thomas Art Don
                  Gates Philip John Warrior Rik Casey Tony Horace
                  Robin Bill Ernie JEDI

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Captain Cold Nose
                    It's possible. The school the guy gave the unsold stuff too is in the south suburbs. Centerville, if I remember correctly.
                    DUDE, my brother lives there!
                    Mythical SF Chronicle scouting report: "That Jeff runs like a deer. Unfortunately, he also hits AND throws like one." I am Venus DeMilo - NO ARM! I can play like a big leaguer, I can field like Luzinski, run like Lombardi. The secret to managing is keeping the ones who hate you away from the undecided ones. I am a triumph of quantity over quality. I'm almost useful, every village needs an idiot.
                    Good traders: MadHatter(2), BoofBonser26, StormSurge

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by RuthMayBond
                      DUDE, my brother lives there!
                      I live in Kettering, but work at what's essentially the Centerville-Miamisburg border. The guy had a store at State Rte. 48/Main St./Dayton-Lebanon Pike just south of 725/Franklin. It's been gone a good 7,8 years. Lots of great memorbilia.
                      Dave Bill Tom George Mark Bob Ernie Soupy Dick Alex Sparky
                      Joe Gary MCA Emanuel Sonny Dave Earl Stan
                      Jonathan Neil Roger Anthony Ray Thomas Art Don
                      Gates Philip John Warrior Rik Casey Tony Horace
                      Robin Bill Ernie JEDI

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by RuthMayBond
                        Donate them to a children's hospital, it might give the kids something to do?
                        That's the best idea, though I doubt they would want 80-86 because just about nobdoy they've heard of would bei n there but the others would incldue players they whave heard of. My firend did that with his when he moved and they loved it. I'd suggest makign sure none of those 85-80 book for anything above a few bucks (like Ripken stuff if you haven't seperated it out). and take those out and then donate them and maek kids eyes light up with joy.

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                        • #13
                          plus if nothing else it's a tax write off... no seriously.. it' s a donation

                          but I would do it just to see happy kids

                          heck take them and donate em personally for a "hey someone cares about me" touch ^.-

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