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Thats what "influencers" are doing. I suppose if you overcharge for your break, focus on content (not cards) you can absorb the cost by getting a "sponsorship" from whatnot/fanatics and let someone else sort it out and/or sell it for you....if you cannot tell I think the "influencers" arent good gor the hobby....smdh

No, but if UberEats would take on home delivery of penny sleeves, top loaders etc,  sign me up.

I wish!

This is exactly what I was coming to post!

There are times when I think I am desperate enough to try it. I think it would be cool if there were some professional sorting company, however the logistics of getting a large lifetime collection to them is frieghtening. I have been disappointed in myself for the last 16 or 17 years aboutt my collection's lack of proper overall organization. Don't ever start a massive reorganization then stop somewhere half way and then move while the reorg is still "in process".

I often wonder how a sorting company would operate. Obviously  there would have to be enough collectors who are willing to have others handle their collection. The responses to in this thread seem to indicate that there are very few. Yet there are many collectors who are compfortable enough to have some of their cards sent to grading companies to get graded and slabbed.  As I said getting the cards to them would be a problem.Shipping a full collectionn is costly and the larger the collection the higher and more ridiculous the costs. If the company was big enough a local offices could in theory pick up the collection to sort. There should also be a basic "menu" of how they are to sort the cards, at least 3 options: The obvious by year/brand/set/card number, Alpha by player last name, Alpha by Team name or team's city. For alphabetical options there need to be rules for mulit-player cards, team specific cards, league leader cards, subset cards.. Also would the company just strictly sort and box or would they also take the time of offer placing the sorted cards into binders before returning? Would they be penny sleeved/ Toploaders as well? Each project would have specifics for just that collection.

To be honest if I were to have someone else organize my collection first they would have to local to me. Maybe even more local than the general DC area. They would have be show that they are reliable in handling cards, no teenagers soriting cards while eating.

Now having someone assist with the sorting might work

I wouldn't pay for someone else to do it. I love organizing my collection so much that I reorganize it a few times a year!

I have! ( Sort of) I have a friend who helps me sort cards that I pay him in cards. He didn't have a big budget for cards and he wouldn't take anything for nothing so he helped me back in the day organize my collection.

Absolutely not. For one, I don't have so much that it's an overwhelming task. Secondly, organizing the collection is part of enjoying the hobby.

I would not.  I would be all over it if I could find a job doing that.

Nope....sorting and doing any card related tasks is therapy for all of my ailments. I've had people pay me to organize their collections though.