Before beginning my journey on the road to 600, I received three trade requests. Most of the cards being offered were for the retail-specific Titans of the Game and Stars of MLB cards. Even though I KNEW I would be buying a ton or retail, I still agreed to the trades.
Why?
Because one request asked for last year's edition of the same sets, and I acknowledge that not everyone had access to the large number of retail shops that I do here in the Chicago area. And two, I had not bought any at the time, so I thought, why not get a head start.
The first request came on June 18. The trader had originally wanted to do a six-for-six exchange, offering three cards each from the aformentioned retail sets in exchange for three cards each from series 1. Seeing that he actually had more cards that I needed, and that I had more that I could offer, I reached out and asked if he could add more. Normally, I'd have agreed to the trade as he had requested, but took a chance with this ask. He could have easily said no. But he did offer more, and ask for more in return. So I agreed. The final transaction is below. At least he threw in a couple of the Glove Works cards.
The second request came the following day. This person was offering more of the Titans and Stars cards in exchange for Update Series All-Star cards and two other inserts. This was a quick acceptance.
Trading will be on hold for the next two weeks for a couple of reasons. One, I still have to sort through all the cards and boxes I did buy and second because I will be travelling soon and don't want to have cards left in the mail while I'm away.
I will be bringing cards to sort, so at least I'll have something to do during the down-time.
Sincerely,
JayBee Anama
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