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Every collector knows the excitement of opening a mail day package or finalizing a trade. But nothing kills that excitement faster than pulling a card out only to find the top loader covered in a sticky, yellowed mess.
We see it all the time in the hobby community. Someone trying to do the right thing by sealing a card holder ends up completely destroying the presentation equipment.

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The Hard Reality of "Cheap" Tape
Take a look at this recent example from a trade:
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I haven't been back to SPC since pre Covid, life got in the way.

Unfortunately it looks like everything was reset, so I guess i'll be working my way out of a hole again.

What fun!

If you’ve wandered down the centre aisles of a Canadian Costco recently, you know it’s a dangerous place for your wallet. You go in for a rotisserie chicken and a flat of toilet paper, and suddenly you’re staring at a giant display of 2025-26 O-Pee-Chee NHL Booster Collections nestled right between bulk laundry detergent and a 10-pound tub of peanut butter.


They normally retail for $50, but Costco had them on sale for $40 CDN. For that, you get 18 packs of classic paper hockey ...

The View from The Cheap Seats

There is a specific kind of magic that exists in the crinkle of a silver foil pack from the early 1990s. For me, that magic started with a pack of 1990-91 Score Hockey. I can still recall the thrill of tearing open those wrappers, shuffling through the bright borders, and immediately plotting which duplicates I could swap with friends the next day at school. Shortly after came 1991-92 Pro Set—overproduced, flawed, and absolutely beautiful to a kid ...

Another to-do list for collectors.

If you have been collecting for many years, you have probably amassed a nice collection of cards as the hobby has exploded. I personally have been peddling away at the pile, of course; it never makes the wife happy that the hoard is still so large. We've probably all heard the kids, or possibly the wives, tell us they want nothing to do with sports cards when we passed. Granted, they might be sitting on a nice goose egg if they truly were to ...