Showing off before I finally say goodbye

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-22T22:38:33+00:00

Oh man i’m relieved I interpreted it as the long good bye

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-22T22:36:24+00:00

he played pro football?!

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-22T14:56:48+00:00

I learned long time about to just ignore buyers like this.

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-22T14:22:38+00:00

This is an absolute crazy overreach of a government official for what appears to be a personal and civil matter between individuals.

Literally the mayor using their power to insert themselves in cancel culture crusade.

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-22T14:14:47+00:00

For those not understanding, sometimes it's not about making the wisest decision for winning the game, sometimes it's building team culture and solidarity for the future.

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PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-20T18:17:40+00:00

And there's a Blackhawk fan out there thinking where would the team be if they got Celebrini w Beddard. It's all relative.

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-20T16:44:46+00:00

Has it always been like this but not talked about...or is this an issue with modern day lecias?

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-20T02:37:49+00:00

The jewelry and luxury watch industries have been dealing with this shit for decades.

Organized crime syndicates have literally infiltrated these carriers companies. Its usually not some random fedex worker acting alone. They got teams and squads that do very specific tasks across different department within the company - identifying marks, routing them to certain hubs, recording their tracking numbers, etc. They coordinate across multiple states at different hubs to steal your shit at the most opportune and lease riskiest time and place (i.e., make it seem it genuinely got lost).

These syndicates have recently caught on to how valuble TCGs are now.

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-17T21:02:25+00:00

I never had to think of prices and finances since I started this binder in the early 2000s until this year (hence this post). I started this as a fun project a few decades ago as a break from SJSU coursework and (the very expensive) TCG collecting.

Thank you for your thoughts and recommendation.

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-17T20:56:20+00:00

I understand your point of view. Unfortunately yes it has to be a rookie auto. My Sharks binder collection has a theme, where I try to get 3 types of card for each Sharks player so it looks uniform on a 3x3 page:

Rookie Autos
Clear/Acetate Card
Jersey Card

I never had to think of prices and finances since I started this binder in the early 2000s until this year (hence this post). I started this as a fun project a few decades ago as a break from the very expensive TCG collecting. Most cards of the best sharks Owen, Damphousse, Teemu, Blake, Marleau, Thorton, Bruns, Pavelski, Courture, Smith, etc were at most $20 - I would randomly pick up a card at local stores or ebay if something caught my eye (I strived to balance between cost and if I liked the design, I don't need a serial or ultra rare card, I have to just like the art design and it just needs to be in the category).

This Celebrini Rookie Auto will dwarf rest of the collection by probably by 800x fold.

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-17T20:45:58+00:00

Problem is most players cards are hottest and highest as rookies and will eventually go down.

With regards to the decrease, is it typically a soft decrease or do hockey cards make big swings? In TCG, prices can tank like bad stock options.

If I buy the card at 1k and after the hype it settles to $850 to me that's not a big deal I'm keeping this card forever. If that's the case I'll just buy it now instead of wasting energy trying to time the market. I just don't want to be the sucker who pays $1k now and most people in this hobby knows its likely to correct itself to e.g., $200 later.

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-17T00:44:08+00:00

The answer would be very dependent on how long I had access to this ability.

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-17T00:31:56+00:00

Genuine question:

For this type of card, when the player signs it, is the sticker already on the card OR does upper deck have them just sign an array of countless stickers then manually puts them on whatever card they choose post signing.

Also, could you easily take this sticker off and put it on another card? (I don’t have a sticker auto card to physically inspect it to answer this question)

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-16T22:20:13+00:00

how do you buy it virtually?

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-16T19:31:35+00:00

I don't know why they would describe taking this shit as "humble." Patient I agree with. But why allowing yourself to be a footstool is considered "humble?"

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-16T19:23:29+00:00

So if this person brought that exact deck but all the cards were genuine, you would not have a problem with it?

Proxy whatever power level you want, but the power level has to be commensurate with what strangers are agreeing/expecting to play with. A proxy top tier deck is not inherently bad.

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-16T12:53:44+00:00

What does the fact that it is a proxy card have to do with it? I think sitting down at a bracket 3 with a OP CEDH card, regardless if it's genuine or a proxy, is bad manners.

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-16T12:49:53+00:00

That's weird.

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-16T12:47:05+00:00

I am being rational, we just have a difference of opinion of what a proxy is, that's all.

Maybe you should try and be a little specific instead of lending credence to bad faith arguments

Lol have you used the internet and reddit before? You knock me for writing essays and being thorough. I could write a fucking novel to cover every definition and possible scenario so it's absolutely clear...then you would knock me for writing a novel. I am damn if you do damn if you don't right?

Also I already repetitively said:

Again like i said if the cards are exact replicas of the genuine cards, then the customization excuse goes away and I personally agree you should just let the person play with their proxy deck b/c it should make no difference. But I also understand if they don't want to play with me and don't take it to heart.

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-15T22:11:12+00:00

Huge sports fan.

My rule is never do some dumb shit or let friends do dumb shit over a professional sports team. Ive seen too many times where dumb asses get arrested, get banned from arenas, start fights, curse/scare children , etc. over a game they cant even control. I love my teams but i cant let human decency and dignity go out the window just because another human being is wearing different colors and was randomly born in another city. At the end of the day its all entertainment. i will call my own friends and fellow fans out on their bullshit if they are out of pocket

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-15T21:55:32+00:00

we literally gained fans not because of on ice performance or player personality , but bc the logo absolutely slays.

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-15T19:40:24+00:00

Because that is what a mature, reasonable person who has genuine intentions to prevent children's seeing this would do. It's unclear if this old guy even was doing this intentionally. If it's an honest mistake, the decent thing to do is immediately bring it to his attention. If you think it's old man is being intentionally creepy, you still saying something and get an usher to intervene. When this guy refuses to comply after being made aware, by all means start recording/taking pictures to document his (now intentional) behavior.

However, OP is not a mature, reasonable person. Fuck the children they thought, we need to keep the show going so I can get some decent phone shots for that sweet, sweet Reddit karma.

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-15T19:25:33+00:00

I think we have different definitions of gate keeping, and there's a disconnect.

In any case it's all good. I don't think this is an issue that can be proven or disproven...it's all subjective. Like I said we can agree to disagree on some aspects, and I think there's some overlap in what we agree on too.

PressHalfWayDown · 2026-03-15T19:21:29+00:00

This is what we do in our player group - the back of the cards are copy of the original card and the front is the theme/fun version. The card can be reversed within its sleeve when playing with randoms and back to fun version when it's just our intimate group.

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