Saturday, January 23, 2010

Lured in by the promise of GOLD, then bipped by my own team !!!!

We all know the internet can be a dangerous place.You can lose your identity and thousands of dollars.You can be led to think you're going to meet the love of your life in a wonderful, romantic setting (why do people believe this??!!) only to come face to face with a serial killer in a dark ghetto alley.But this,this is just wrong.


Wrong , Wrong ,Wrong !!!!!
And I hate to say it,but this was brought about by one of our own.

I received a seemingly innocent email from a blogger, with whom I've never dealt, but felt was an upstanding member of the community. He offered to send me this gold Steve Olin card.One I dearly need for my collection.I unwittingly gave him my address.

A couple days later I received another email " Sorry about the cards that tagged along with Steve...". What ??!! I quickly emailed back accusing him of bipping. Alas, no reply.

Yesterday the package arrived.I had my wife dial 91_ just in case my second heart attack was on it's way. As I opened the big yellow mailer I saw the glint of gold inside, as shown below.



Ah...the nearly perfect, very well-centered 1993 Topps Gold Steve Olin card !

But wait, there was more.




Oh No !!!
A dozen Carlos Baergas flying through the air,coming right at me !
With their mouths open and an evil grin on their faces
I knew there was no chance for escape.
But then something else dropped out.

Agh !! A Carl Crawford card.
Wait a minute, there's something unusual about this card.
Derek Jeter is wearing a disguise.


The jokes on you !
You must have accidentally sent me this one-of-one card right out of your own collection.
It's probably worth millions to a Carl Crawford collector.

Wait, you are one !!!

Yes, friends, the culprit is Paul from Carl Crawford Cards.

Thanks Paul for the great cards !!



4 comments:

  1. Ah, the old promise of one card followed by a wacky Jeter and the Bipping of a lifetime. Haha I too have suffered at the hands of CCC, he is a crafty one!

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  2. Awesome post! Glad you dug the Olin. I pulled it about 15 years ago at this point, so it's had a winding path to your pc.

    As for the Baergas, I DID keep one for myself. :)

    And I apologize for the Bipping. It's just that, as I was putting the Steve in the mailer, they jumped in.

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  3. You don't have to apologize,it's all in fun. Besides,when I was packing up your Crawford cards,the AUTO'D game used bat,jersey,glove,shoe,hat,on deck circle dirt card fell out!

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