My Experience On TCDB

In the past couple of weeks after seeing many bloggers hype up Trading Card Database, I decided it was time I really pushed to get an account on there and check it out.

I kept seeing post after post about successful trades, RAK's and other bloggers telling me I needed to get on there since there could be Hamptons and Collins I may need.

So I finally set up an acct as SCC which is obviously Sport Card Collectors short.

I then began exploring the forums where I figured I would spend a lot of my time especially in the trading ones. I found a guy who I think had a Rodney Hampton I needed and messaged him. No response. Messaged again nicely, no response. Gave up.

Started a thread about how I collected Rodney Hampton, Kerry Collins and Eli Manning. First response, "Is This Some Kind Of Joke?"

I wasn't feeling the warm welcome as I expected and heard about.

Then I had a few, "you have no trade bait or want lists", then a couple of great people who backed me for trades in Billy and Jasonongerman9, thanks to Billy's backing got three messages where I thought trades were going to begin but instead two backed out, then some more lecturing on my thread on how I should be using the site.

Okay, my thoughts from my thread.

1. Yes, I agree, the site is pretty cool how it's set up and keeps a database of your cards. For someone who has the time to do it right it would be a useful tool
2. I have my own database of needs already. Having to redo all of that hard work just seems like a waste of my time when it's already done. I don't get much time for the hobby so I would rather utilize my time doing other things such as sorting, blogging, etc.
3. I have soooooooooooooo much trade bait I couldn't ever get it all posted on there in my lifetime. I am much easier to work with when you tell me what you collect and I can tell you what I have
4. I felt a few of the responses were a tad rude,but others were nice. I guess it's another one of those forums like Blowout where it's hard to start out as the "new guy"
5. I was fortunate enough to find a member in sgtpppr84 who was the third one to message me and we struck a trade. 

sgtpppr84 was fine just looking at my want lists and put together a nice solid trade lot of set needs for me.

18 new 1995 Fleer Ultra Gold Medallions

Fleer Ultra inserts

1995 Summit Backfield Stars Marshall Faulk

Cris Carter hologram Pro Bowl

Sp Holoview Rod Woodson

Stadium Club Metalists

1995 Stadium Club Power Surge. Great looking foil card

1995 Topps Air Raid. Now I have two of them out of 10.

Thanks to sgtpppr84 for taking a chance on me and for being a really easy trade partner. I am hoping this is a start of future trades for us. I also hope you enjoy the return I sent you as I may have sent along a few extras :)

In the end, I don't plan on using the site to its full extent or possibly at all. If someone wants to trade with me the way I want to, I will. However, I won't be spending my extra time putting in the same info I already have done. Hopefully sgtpppr84 will do some more trades with me as well. If any of you who actually use the site to its full extent want to do some trading for me, I will trade with you to get the things I need. So if you see Hamptons or Collins or Eli's I need, just make the trade and tell me you did so we can work out a deal. I am sure I have something for you.

My plan is to start initiating more blogger trades again. Those are much more fun and less complicated. If you are a blogger and we haven't traded yet, just drop me an email!

Now I gotta know, how has been your experience with trading on the site gone?

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