I managed to catch my 5 year anniversary on the site so I wanted to make a thank you post to the community.
397 completed trades. 10,165 cards sent. 4,934 cards received. 335 positive feedbacks (and counting haha)
I returned to collecting in 2019 after watching my man LA Beast on YouTube. Seeing him go through the packs brought me back to the days of hoping for a pack full of Yankees and Ken Griffey Jr. cards back in the mid 90's. I collected heavily from around 1993-2000 and especially enjoyed watching and collecting Cal Ripken Jr. on the Iron Man streak and the '98 Home Run chase. Watching the Yankees during that window had a huge impact on me as well and kept me hooked to the team even when I was no longer collecting cards.
When I returned to collecting I had no clue what was going on. When I was younger I never knew, or cared, what the difference between series 1 or 2 or update or whatever meant. Back then it was only what I could afford, which was usually Collector's Choice or last season's Leaf. This time around I got caught up in the hype watching YouTubers like Jabs doing breaks and got myself in a bad spot buying up whatever was available not knowing what was what or even what I wanted to collect. Luckily for me I ended up buying a ton of 2018 Topps Update before things took off but I've finally found my focus on Yankees cards and Japanese born MLB players.
Before I got to that point I knew I needed a way to track my cards and found this website. It took a while to figure it all out but after adding all my cards and realizing I had no where to keep everything I decided I couldn't keep it all. That's when my effort to focus on Yankees cards began and I decided to put most of the other cards on my trade list. Through this database I was able to discover thousands of cards and sets.
I'm now sitting at around 16,000 Yankees + 2,000 Japanese born MLB players cards.
Many thanks to everyone that I have been able to trade with, those who have answered my questions on the forums, those who have added the checklists, those who have uploaded the card scans and everyone else who does what it takes to make this site as great as it is.
Seven Costanza
Assistant to the Traveling Secretary
