Hi everyone, Alan Schwarz here. I'm trying to thin out my collection -- I live in Manhattan and don't have room for everything -- and I have thousands of commons of 2012-2015 Topps base, 2012 and 2016 Heritage, all sorts of Archives years, Diamond Kings, etc. I don't want the bother of selling them on eBay. Trading them here doesn't make sense, either, because I simply don't have the time to enter them in and, even then, trades will be clumsy because all I want is 2017 inserts. SO......
Rather than try to sell them, which is basically impossible, I will essentially GIVE THEM AWAY. I will group things into sets -- 2015 Archives, 2016 Heritage, 2012 Topps base, etc. There will be anywhere between 100 and 600 of each group, probably. They are basically commons, of course, but there are plenty of mid-star players, rookies, etc., which might be worth something someday but no big deal. I doubt there are any short prints, as I try to be careful with those, but I'll bet there are a few I missed. Who knows.
I love this site and the collecting spirit, so what the heck, right? All I would ask is three things:
1) You're a collector, not a dealer. The idea is to either fill in your set or start the base of a new one.
2) The collector pays the postage.
3) The collector, upon receiving the cards, considers the possibility of sending me a little money they think is an in-the-spirit thank-you. IT CAN BE ZERO. NO HARD FEELINGS. But, if you say to yourself, "Hey, this stuff is awesome, I would have paid $20 for it," then maybe throw me $10? I don't know. Again, all in the spirit of collecting -- I'll just put the money toward a 2017 Series Two box or something. I ain't going to Aruba on it, you know?
I wanted to propose this as only an idea first -- perhaps people on the site think this it's not good for some reason, which is fine. Just wanted to throw it out there.
What do you think?
--alan.