It Pays To Post Them

*sits down with filled cup of coffee, laptop and a stack of fun cards. Guess what time it is, no it's not hump day (referencing the Geico commercial), it's time for some Cards Over Coffee*

I am always on the lookout to try and find ways to fill my many set needs.

Sometimes I am able to make some Twitter trades and other times I pick up a card or two when I have available funds on eBay.

Today, was a first for me as I completed my first ever real TCDB trade.

*takes a sip*

TCDB member Abide has been recently commenting on my posts and on one of my Unfinished Cup posts, a segment that covers my set needs, he stated he had some set help for me and left his email for contact.

So, I took advantage and did so.

We did the trade through email, which is easier for me as I can send pictures of what I have instead of taking time I don't have to input my many boxes of trade bait, and it was completed fairly fast. He absolutely blew me away helping me with a couple of longstanding sets I have been chasing.

The first one of the two sets he assisted with, knocked off 18 of the 37 needs I had for 1998 Ex2001 baseball,

I only posted a few of them here. Such great looking acetate cards and brings back many collecting memories with my dad when we ripped packs of these together.

Abide then almost took down all 5 of my needs for the 1997 Ex2000 set when he sent 3 of my needs,

Only two more to go..well one...if you read on :)

Also, take note that I used my lightbox again just to capture the magic and beauty of these. I may take pictures using that on and off depending on the cards.

On top of set help, he also discovered that I collect Allan Houston and sent along a couple of really nice freebies,

 

Check out this Houston refractor. Beautiful!!!!

Thanks again to Abide for helping me with these sets, the bonus Houstons and for walking me through the TCDB trading set up. I look forward to doing future trades with you.

*takes a sip of fresh brew before finishing up today's post*

I plan to keep posting more set needs in this series which could go on forever with as many sets I am chasing. It appears it helps to post them.

I have updated both sets featured today in their respective Unfinished Cup post. 

You can view them here,

1997 Ex2000 Baseball

1998 Ex2001 Baseball

Earlier I mentioned to read on about the 1997 Ex2000 set as I was able to acquire one of the two pieces on Twitter and only Barry Bonds eludes me from completing it. If you have it, let me know!! Contact me at sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com.

Have a great Thursday.

Coffee Card Blogger Out!

Unfinished Cup:1998 E-X2001 Baseball Base Set

*the sun is shining, the temps are supposed to hit 60 today, so may take this computer outside to finish today's post at some point. for now, sits down, gets ready for a new Cards Over Coffee post*

Hey! It's already May! I don't know about you guys, but this year has gone by really fast. Before we know it, I will be doing my Christmas posts on here. And no, I am not hurrying that up though I do love me some Christmas.

*takes a sip, thinks about Christmas..no no no....I need some sunshine and wiffle ball first*

Well, the point of this series so far hasn't worked out like I had hope since I thought it would help me tackle some set needs, but I plan to continue it in hopes that it will. I am currently chasing close to 100 sets so I am hoping someone somewhere may have some help for me.

Today, I take a look at the next E-X sets I am close on. The first one was this 1997 E-X2000 baseball that I am only ONE card away from, and today's is the set following up that one in 1998 E-X2001 baseball.

I have been building this set since 1998 and it would be nice to finally finish it up. It was my second favorite design from the 90's E-X series.

Here is what I have remaining,

 

2,7,9,10,15,17,19,20,22,30,32,39,43,64,66,91,93,97,100 (updated July 12th 2022)

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

There you have it. Have any of these or any cards from the other posts in this series? Let me know in comments or email me at sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com. 

Have a Super Sunday!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*