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5,500+ Unopened Packs of Pure Goodness

I have a confession to make.  I obsessively write down purchases on any cards I acquire.  it is an addiction.  No doubt, whenever I buy a blaster box at the store, I always make the note next to it "stupid buy!" or "why did I get this again?"  It pains me to see $20 go down the drain for a $1 jersey card of a nobody and 50 accompanying base cards.  I found a guy one time who was selling a collection from a family member who had passed away.  He mentioned there were a lot of unopened packs of

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How I got 6,000,000 Cards

I'm sure you all are wondering by now why my blog says something about 6,000,000 cards.  I have a dealer friend who has millions upon millions of sports cards.  I'm telling you - his collection/inventory must be what heaven is like.  Well, ok - maybe Heaven will be filled with Exquisite & Triple Threads, instead of 88 Topps and 92 Donruss :)  This is what 650,000 look like.  Just a hair over 10% of the entire stockpile.  Anyway, probably a few years ago, we had done a deal - I traded a lot of things - autographed bats, jerseys, plaques

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2008 Topps Pujols/Fielder Base Card for $200 … YOU BET!

If you know tanmanbaseballfan, you know that he LOVES craig's list.  I happily post on CL quite regularly to keep the new cardboard flowing.  While it isn't exactly a huge profit center, it allows me to not get smacked by mrs tanmanbaseballfan for loading the house up with too much cardboard. I posted the following the other day:  http://houston.craigslist.org/clt/2726503863.html - several hundred stars, rookies, inserts, serial #ed, etc. for $125.  I've been selling boxes like this for quite some time to happy collectors.  Yesterday, I got a call from a "private number".  I could barely hear him with all the background

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Introduction

Hi there! I am tanmanbaseballfan. Married for over 10 years, have two kids, and have a serious addiction to carboard crack! Last year, my ears perked up when I first heard about blowout and some other places doing a black Friday sale. Instantly, I knew it would become a tradition for as long as they would do it. With breakfast at my desk, I was ready at 4:45 am to get ready and make some purchases. After a while, I just knew that I wasn't going to get anything, because the ebay buy-it-now's would stay on for *maybe* 3 seconds.

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