"New" Orioles/Capitals fan

[CraigsCards1]

I guess I'm not really "new" because I first joined SCF way back in 2003 but then college/dating/social life got in the way and I thought I was too cool to keep collecting. Or maybe more accurate, my girlfriend at the time wanted me to be too cool to keep collecting.

Anyways I'm engaged now (different girl) and am lucky enough to have a job that gives me a lot of free time, so I've recently gotten back into the collecting fold. What piqued my interest again was when my friends and I randomly decided to go on a hunt to pull the infamous 1989 Fleer Billy Ripken card (five boxes yielded a total of three uncorrected "face" cards).

Mostly I've been seeking out Nick Markakis cards even though I doubt it's smart from an investment standpoint, but he's my favorite player so who cares? Plus someone's actually got to collect and not just be a prospector, otherwise the cards have no value to anyone.

I grew up in Maryland but now I live in Manhattan which is a trading card wasteland. I've found one card store but packs of Topps Heritage run $6, Allen & Ginter $7 and Bowman (not Chrome) $12, which is outrageous until you consider that a box of cereal costs $7 in this town.

I'm a huge Orioles, Capitals and University of Maryland fan and mostly what I'm interested in are Nick Markakis, Matt Wieters, Brian Matusz, Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Michal Neuvirth, Semyon Varlamov and John Carlson cards, and I have a ridiculously huge collection of Expos Vladimir Guerrero cards that I wouldn't mind expanding.

I think that pretty much sums it up for me. Glad to be back!

[lzuperku]

Hello Cragi & Welcome To Sports
Name is Leo. Im the Assistant Members Relations Manager here at SCF

If you havent done so already
take a moment to go into our Meet & Greet forum & tell us a little about yourself
your collecting interests & how you happened to find Sports Card Forum
also welcome another new member to the site
or offer happy birthday wishes to a member.


You can also go into the Community forums for tutorials on how to
move around the site & do various things.You also
can just Pm me & ill try to answer any question you may have.

Join us on our Tuesday night New member chat in the chat room.
Things start rolling about 8-ish EST

IMPORTANT
We want all new members to trade safely. BE CAREFUL WHO YOU TRADE WITH
My advice to you is to check Feedback for all members you wish to trade with.
Until you reach a Trader Rating of 20
you will be required to send first on ALL transactions (buying ,trading & SELLING)
I would suggest you trade with established members until you reach the 20 trader rating before
you attempt a trade with another new member

Enjoy the many things SCF has to offer & Happy trading
Leo

[the_future]

Welcome back!

[CatdaddysCards]

Greetings Craig. I just wanted to take a moment to welcome you to SCF. This is the best online trading community, to be a part of. I am sure you will enjoy your time here. Please check out all of our forums, especially the new members forum. There is a ton of VERY useful information in there. If you haven't done so, would you please take the time to introduce yourself, and let everyone know what you collect. This can be done in the new member forum as well.

Also, please take the time to review the site rules, and note signature/banner sizes. These are the two most common infractions by SCF members. We are allowed 5 lines in our sig. Banner size is 300x100 for all member, unless you are a VIP member. VIP members are allowed banners up to 500x100. There is a link for the VIP forums below as well.

My name is Steve, and I am part of the new member team. Please feel free to contact me, or any other site staff with any questions you may have.

Again, welcome aboard. I really hope you enjoy your time here.

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Steve-

[htwheelz01]

Welcome to SCF!

[Jeremy_Falcons]

Hi Craig and welcome back to SCF. We have a lot of new things going on now. For starters, check out our New Member Chat Hour. This is held every Tuesday night at 8 pm EST.

[cathaytrader]

Hello and welcome back to the boards. Caps have a great team and a solid shot at the Cup this year.

[doniceage]

I guess I'm not really "new" because I first joined SCF way back in 2003 but then college/dating/social life got in the way and I thought I was too cool to keep collecting. Or maybe more accurate, my girlfriend at the time wanted me to be too cool to keep collecting.

Anyways I'm engaged now (different girl) and am lucky enough to have a job that gives me a lot of free time, so I've recently gotten back into the collecting fold. What piqued my interest again was when my friends and I randomly decided to go on a hunt to pull the infamous 1989 Fleer Billy Ripken card (five boxes yielded a total of three uncorrected "face" cards).

Mostly I've been seeking out Nick Markakis cards even though I doubt it's smart from an investment standpoint, but he's my favorite player so who cares? Plus someone's actually got to collect and not just be a prospector, otherwise the cards have no value to anyone.

I grew up in Maryland but now I live in Manhattan which is a trading card wasteland. I've found one card store but packs of Topps Heritage run $6, Allen & Ginter $7 and Bowman (not Chrome) $12, which is outrageous until you consider that a box of cereal costs $7 in this town.

I'm a huge Orioles, Capitals and University of Maryland fan and mostly what I'm interested in are Nick Markakis, Matt Wieters, Brian Matusz, Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Michal Neuvirth, Semyon Varlamov and John Carlson cards, and I have a ridiculously huge collection of Expos Vladimir Guerrero cards that I wouldn't mind expanding.

I think that pretty much sums it up for me. Glad to be back!

Glad to have you back. If you been gone that long you will find SCF has changed in the last 7 years.

Don

[MadMan1978]

Welcome to SCF Craig


My Name is Michael and I am the Members Relations Manger. One of my primary duties is to ensure the happiness of the user base here. Though a variety methods I accomplish this. You may contact me either by PM or email. I do respond and I believe I am helpful to answer your questions or pointing you in the right direction to find the answer. If you have an feedback on SCF or a suggestion please stop by the Feedback and Suggestions forum. SCF is at a paramount time presently. With the release of the TTM last year and the more recent release of the SCF Inventory Manager. However, more important will be the release of the SCF Storefronts. We are headed to some really fun times!

Enjoy andGood luck


Michael

[Oxxon]

Hello and welcome to SCF!!