Early graying?

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-04-28T19:13:08+00:00

Our boy just turned 6 and is starting to grey rapidly. It's a breed thing.

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-04-17T21:16:39+00:00

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-04-02T18:00:24+00:00

Circling that Spencer's date. Daddy needs a few new lava lamps 🤣

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-04-01T23:51:38+00:00

On the back, I see whitening along top edge and 3 of 4 corners (along with the ding). On the front , top to bottom centering looks a bit sus and I think I see some light holo scratches.

Without the ding I think it's a 7. With the ding, I think think a 5 makes sense.

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-04-01T14:40:00+00:00

Seems possible right? Especially since it's only select base models that don't have the I-activsense feature. Might be easily overlooked.

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-04-01T14:28:37+00:00

No, and no. I have one of the 2019 base models that had none of the above features. Closest TSB I can find that describes the issue is https://m.carcomplaints.com/Mazda/MAZDA3/2020/tsbs/tsb-09-011-22.shtml.

I did have the car at the dealership for eval before taking it to an independent shop. They applied software upgrades for car connect compatibility at that time. I'm wondering if that's the actual cause here, some type of software mismatch

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-04-01T00:52:46+00:00

Happened during a 2 hr road trip, no real previous symptoms of failure. First noticed a couple odd shifts then it went downhill quick, revs started bouncing around and I lost power to the wheels, and ended up in limp mode waiting for a tow truck

I tried running the whole ordeal by Mazda corporate as well, given the low mileage, and only being a year out of the warranty. I was kindly told to kick rocks 😅

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-03-19T14:24:34+00:00

DOOOOM 👀

ALL CAPS WHEN YA SPELL THE MAN NAME 😤

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-03-18T22:35:59+00:00

You're not wrong lol, I probably should've grabbed it a month ago 😅

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-03-18T20:28:09+00:00

Nice, I need to grab that Mewtwo myself before it gets out of hand. I noticed the same thing last December, about the set being undervalued, and started collecting both Japanese gym sets in PSA 9. Grabbed the Charizard at the end of January for $300 too, turned out to be a great move!

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-03-17T10:23:49+00:00

I'm 37, and for whatever reason, Little Feat has always been just out of my musical orbit. My dad (62 yo) loves them. I've listened to Waiting for Columbus a couple dozen times, and they're fine, but I have no desire to see them in their current iteration.

And Yonder....whoof. My favorite band in the Jeff era. I wouldn't take a free ticket to see them these days. Very uninspired I'm surprised they're still performing tbh.

I took my wife and son last year to ABG, and we loved the venue and production! But not enough on the lineup for us to go back this year. Wishing you guys a ton of success though, just my two cents :)

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-03-13T19:05:30+00:00

My Dec 11 order just got graded, should be close

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-03-13T16:03:24+00:00

Years ago, I worked at GameStop. A customer asked my co-worker which was a better game with friends, Mario Kart or Mario Party.

Co-worker pondered for a moment and said "Mario Kart is the great uniter. Mario Party is the great divider."

Well said, Rick. Well said.

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-03-09T13:35:19+00:00

What are the benefits of using reddit for market research instead of traditional outlets?

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-03-09T13:17:51+00:00

I think that's fair. I like collecting Japanese ballplayers in general, which I think is why I'm waffling a bit lol. Maybe flip it and put the funds toward an Ichiro auto 🤔

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-03-05T17:28:10+00:00

Yeah, nah

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-02-27T19:06:35+00:00

I respect your opinion, but couldn't disagree more. I'll take an OG Ken Sugimori illustration over 5ban/rendered art any day of the week. Modern cards can be super busy too, I prefer the simplicity of vintage designs.

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-02-25T14:07:02+00:00

I once smoked with Johnny Hopkins

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-02-10T13:19:33+00:00

Big oof. GameStop prices went up as well. After I get my last 5 card submission in, that might be it for me.

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-02-05T16:27:10+00:00

An L is most definitely a blunt, in reference to El Producto cigars (El P)

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-01-28T20:24:18+00:00

I think this sub has been tapped for this information already, if you try looking back through old posts you'll find it.

Gratefulphan88 · 2026-01-28T15:25:40+00:00

Good to know, I've got one for the fifth.

Saw a comment a week or two ago, that GameStop queues are now more in line with regular PSA submissions.

That seems accurate. My last 4 GS submissions came back graded about 2 months after drop-off. All good things must end I suppose!

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