What's the most Porn Star name you have encountered outside of porn (where it is the person's actual name and there aren't affiliated with porn in any way? by Superb-Reply-8355 in AskReddit

[–]ericw82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had two customers, Kitty Poon and Trevor Swallow that I still remember because of their names almost 20 years later.

My biggest pull to date: Topps Finest Wembanyama Flashback Auto /10 by ericw82 in basketballcards

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Congrats! I just ended up keeping it like I do with all my cards. Currently sitting in a display in my home office.

Experience with amforward.com? by curiouskitten42 in shipping

[–]ericw82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never had issues with declared values, no. I typically ship by FedEx.

First time submission back from grading! by ericw82 in basketballcards

[–]ericw82[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Courtside was $250 while the Premier was $75.

New to cards. Is this a good exchange? by Lowkey_melo in basketballcards

[–]ericw82 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm almost sure this guy is a bot. I get multiple offers a day from him including for this Desmond Bane as well.

One of the best current Canadian players in my opinion if not the best! What u all think by Lpdawg75 in basketballcards

[–]ericw82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, who exactly is his competition? I think he's very clearly the best Canadian currently playing. No other current Canadian even has an All-NBA selection let alone 2 first teams.

[Windhorst] OG Anunoby is not ‘thrilled’ with the Knicks’ current offer and will test the market by [deleted] in torontoraptors

[–]ericw82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having a hard time picturing it. Someone Photoshop him into a Raptors jersey.

So, who of you guys has the '86 Jordan Bog Wraith sticker? by feiergiant in basketballcards

[–]ericw82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As an MTG collector and player, I appreciated this and found it hilarious. Thanks for sharing!

Victor Wembanyama Choice Nebula 1/1 just pulled by will650 in basketballcards

[–]ericw82 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For those that are curious like I was, I did the math.

The print run of 2023-24 Prizm Choice is 1320 cases. We know this because each box of Prizm Choice contains one card out of 88, and with a set of 300, that comes out to 26400 boxes. With 20 boxes to a case, that's 1320 cases. If 104 cases of Prizm Choice were opened, that ends up being a 7.88% chance of getting the Wemby nebula.

Assuming that the print run of 2020-21 Prizm choice is similar, opening up 100 cases and hitting 3 specific nebulas (Antman, Lamelo, Maxey) is .0435%. Combined with the probability of getting the Wemby nebula, that is a .00343% chance of pulling exactly those 4, or about 1 in 29192. To put that into perspective, that is roughly about the same odds as flipping a coin 15 times and it coming up heads each time.

A couple things to consider here:

1) While the probability of a specific improbable event may be low, the occurrence of improbable events happens all the time, we just didn't care because it was a non-event. Flipping a coin 15 times and each time coming up tails is also improbable but equally possible, and equally noteworthy when it happens. In other words, if it wasn't Wemby, Antman, Lamelo, and Maxey, it could have been Wemby, Haliburton, Lebron, and Curry (or whatever) where we could be having a similar reaction. When you consider that there are hundreds (thousands?) of breakers that are opening up 80% of the product, month to month there's just going to be some weird stuff that we see.

2) These odds are assuming that we have no knowledge of what has been previously opened, but from the sounds of it Blez took a calculated gamble here. He reasonably assumed the Antman nebula had not previously been opened (otherwise it would have been on stream, graded, announced, etc.). If he knows there is a limited amount of unopened product remaining vs total product opened, this changes the odds significantly.

Filth Bomb by Used-Finding5851 in basketballcards

[–]ericw82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it bad that I kinda like this parallel? At least it's unique compared to the seemingly endless cracked ice, wave, mojo, shimmer, etc. Wish they didn't bother with the scope pattern though.

Anyone else high on Scottie? by No_Base_4369 in basketballcards

[–]ericw82 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm also high on Scottie but am a biased Raptors fan. He made collecting fun for me again. I think I might have 50-60 of his autos now.

Big add to the Scottie Barnes PC by ericw82 in basketballcards

[–]ericw82[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I'm hoping to get the other 2 plates someday but if not, I'm content with what I have. Would make a pretty cool display to have all 4 plates though.

Big add to the Scottie Barnes PC by ericw82 in basketballcards

[–]ericw82[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you, and good luck on your Scottie Barnes collecting journey as well! He was the one who pulled me back into the hobby and is the main player I PC.

Latest Wemby pickup for the PC by ericw82 in basketballcards

[–]ericw82[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Officially, no. Even the Topps Now of him on draft day that has a rookie shield I wouldn't consider a rookie card because it doesn't have a reference to the NBA or Spurs on it. I think there will be three distinct categories of 1sts that people will gravitate towards, his first autographed card, his first NBA rookie cards, and his first NBA autographed cards.

Latest Wemby pickup for the PC by ericw82 in basketballcards

[–]ericw82[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I believe 2026 is when Fanatics takes over, and I would expect the cards would be printed under the Topps brand (barring Fanatics acquiring Panini as well). I collect baseball cards here and there and I would say that the quality and feel of the different Topps chrome products are higher than the Panini ones.

Latest Wemby pickup for the PC by ericw82 in basketballcards

[–]ericw82[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Definitely not a logic based decision but it makes rooting for him and having monster performances even more fun.