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Battlebeast, I can sympathize with you. I am trying to put together three football projects from 1985 Topps, 1986 Topps, and 1989 Pro Set. I am writing letters to as many of the TTM signers that will sign through the mail. Many former NFL players faithfully sign through the mail. Unfortunately, not everyone does. So I have to find my missing cards in other ways. Ebay has been great, but there are certainly some people who believe that their cards are worth far more they really are. It sucks to see the cards that I need, available, yet be so overpriced that, I too, would have to sacrifice our mortgage. I have found that on average, any of the above set, common players should price between $5 - $10. One big card that I would need is a 1985 League leaders card, signed by both Dan Marino and Joe Montana. All the cards that I have seen priced, range about $400 bucks. Too me, just astronomical. Walter Payton cards usually are listed around $100 +, with some less if they are a team card or a record breaker. Anyways, as I was surfing the blogs, I ran across yours, and totally felt for you. I have had some success though, with trying to send an email directly to the seller although not always, but sometimes, and really more like RARELY, I do have a person that will budge enough to get me to bite. Anyways, I wish you luck on your project and happy hunting!

Wow, I share the exsact same sentimentals. The ammount I buy that I shouldn't is ridiculous. I sell too so I make the excuse that I need to buy to sell. I do sell a good ammount so I always have money coming in but when the purchase I just committed too can only be paid when I sell my next item it's a little dangerous. I never keep people waiting longer than 2 days for payments but that does force me to send out emails to my regulars selling them the card's I was considering keeping for myself. Worse still I have an automatic bidding tool set to automatically snip bid some of the listings I want. I have had mornings when I woken up to find I won 10 listings which I needed to pay for but had forgotten all about it as it was 7 days ago when I entred in my max. The things we do.
Its all in good fun though...