GS (or sometimes G&S) stands for “Goods and Services” and refers to payment, specifically, PayPal payment. Meaning, if you pay for something via PayPal, you’re given the option to pay “Goods and Services” or “Friends and Family.” With GS, you’re eligible with PayPal purchase protection, however, you don’t have that same coverage when “paying someone […]
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A top loader is a plastic trading card holder used for protection and organization. Different than a penny sleeve – which is softer and more bendable – a toploader is rigid, and thus provides a more secure storage option. In fact, it’s advised by many to first place a card inside of a penny sleeve,
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A blaster box is a sealed box of cards containing a number of sealed packs, and is usually found at retail stores like Target or Walmart. The amount of cards within a blaster box will vary by product, as will the price. Blaster boxes are lower-cost alternatives to the popular hobby box. Blaster boxes are
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Let’s say you open a pack of cards and pull something of value—perhaps a 2020 Topps Chrome Luis Robert Pink Refractor RC. Nice! Now, “in the old days” you’d probably be content putting that puppy into your holder of choice and then stored for safekeeping, or selling, or trading as the raw card that it
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When starting out in card collecting, one of the most difficult things is learning the lingo, and understanding the definitions of the terms your fellow collectors are using on a regular basis. In today’s glossary entry, we are looking at the shipping acronyms of BMWT and PWE, and the best way to ship sports cards.
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Oh, how the tides have turned. If you’re just getting into the hobby, you’ve missed a few different waves. And, if you’re returning to the hobby after some time collecting during the junk wax era, the scene has certainly shifted. Either way, the question of buying a hobby box of cards versus retail still crashes
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Uncirculated cards are those that come encased and sealed directly from the manufacturer, and thus, aren’t touched or handled. On the flip side, if you purchase a pack of cards, those cards also are sealed and not handled, but there is also no way of knowing the contents. Thus, once the pack is opened, the
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