$8 I THINK I OVERPAID

         In my last post I discussed how I acquired the 1984 Fleer Update set in this I will tell you about the time I overpaid for this set.

        Back in 2003 I think I overpaid for this set. You see I purchased it on Ebay for $3 minus 3 cards. The 3 cards are as follows.

Ozzie was purchased for $1 

                            Cal was a steal of the group at $3.50. That's right your eyes aren't wrong I found one that was mislabeled & not true to the description. It was mislabeled cause the seller was from Washington State.  They misspelled Cal's name Ripkin much like the error on the 1990 Fleer 10th Anniversary card. That is a common mistake with sellers typing his name. The part that was not true to the description is they thought it was the 2001 Topps Traded card minus the UV coating and the gold foil stamping.

                     If you ask me I don't know how you could mislabel an iconic card like this one especially if you don't read the fine print under where it says Reprint #6 of 45. Needless to say when I received it in the mail I thought it was someone whom I traded stuff & couldn't remember what the trade was involving only upon opening my mail I saw what it was & I started to shake with excitement to where I was pinching myself to make sure I was holding the real McCoy. Before you ask yes I had someone check it out to see if it was legit & they reassured me that I owned a real thing. Not bad for $3.50 eh thinking that someone might had sent me the real one by mistake & no I am not going to send it back saying you sent me the wrong card by mistake.

             Reggie was purchased for $.50 total cost for the entire set $8 for all when normally people are asking from $200.00 to $250.00 for the set. Yeah I think I overpaid for it once I think about it more. So what you think & let me know have you ever gotten a cheap set like this. I have a bunch more stories like this that I'll share with you on my blog that you will say man I need to be with you when finding stuff until then I am reminded by Rogers Hornsby talking about signing autographs for kids "Any Ballplayer who doesn't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American, He's a Communist."