Does It Bother You When.....

[meatballcobb]

lol you guys are acting like people are asking you for money or something thats costing you something

its not that we or them or it or whatever dont want to do the work its
just they see you all getting these successes all the time and are pretty much asking
to be taught by the best or shown the way by the best

im extremly disappointed in a couple of you who i find to be the foundation of this site by the almost greedyness or selfishness ive seen in some of these coments

i know im a nobody here but its frustrating being the fact i just posted a thread asking if anyone knew any bucs addys

iits almost as if you are saying your better or slapping me in the face by saying im LAZY for not looking it up my self

i have sent out 33 in the last yaer with no returns including the infomous one buccaneer place addy

so if im wrong for asking for a little help from what i consider the best at TTM's then
im publicly apoligizing to those i offend but for you guys to complain about people asking for a little help in my opinion and thats all it is is my opinion definently
disappoints me from those i thought were the guys with class istend of GREED
OR SELFISHNESS


thanx for your time

P.S.
noone makes you read the posts asking for addys you chose to and
then complain

[Sawks14]

There seem to be multiple issues/topics here so I'll toss my opinion out there for a couple of them.

1) Sharing Addys

I am 100% guilty of withholding some addys/methods. There are guys who are thought to be impossible to ttm. After I put in a ton of effort and go out on a limb why give that information away when half the people who use it either don't care about the player just the auto, are getting it to sell, or just want to spam somebodies mailbox.

I have had successes from Frank Robinson, Sandy Koufax, Ernie Banks(pre-mass return a bit back), and Mike Schmidt(pre-ghostsigner). I had to work to get these. That said through PM I have shared info on all of these successes- addys, methods, items, etc. with a handful of people. They have been kind enough to help lead me in the right direction sometimes so I am more then willing to oblige.

The best example I can give is my Sandy Koufax success. It was insane the posts and messages I got. People would try and ask then I would politely decline and they would respond with some sob story to coax it out of me or just attack me. Why am I going to reward those people by openly sharing hard to get info?

2) Addy Requests

Everybody needs help at some point. Asking for help IMO is totally acceptable. That said people need to be thoughtful enough to try and do some legwork on the person. In addition to that is there any reason to spam the board with such requests? At that point it simply becomes disrespectful.

There are plenty of sites that can be used to get the ball rolling. It takes maybe an hour to find the best of them and then just keep an eye out. I pay $0 for address sites or anything of the sort(though I do foresee me caving in on a SCN membership soon). I think I have an awesome ttm collection. I didn't get it by going to only one site and by never doing any of my own research. Have I asked for help and addys? Yes I have but I have done the bulk of my work on my own.

[RockiesFan33]

i know im a nobody here but its frustrating being the fact i just posted a thread asking if anyone knew any bucs addys

First off, I hope that no one treats you like a nobody here. I hope that you're able to grow your collection with the help of everyone here in some way or another.

Your thread about the Buccs (https://www.sportscardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1321529) brought some questions to mind for me:

• There are literally hundreds of players who have worn a Buccs uniform at some point in their careers. Could you have identified the players you are looking for specifically?
• Have you checked the TTMM for any of the players' addresses? (https://www.sportscardforum.com/ttm.php)
• Have you searched through the Address Request section's previous posts to see if any of the addresses have been identified before?
• Are there any Buccs addresses that you already have and don't need someone to post?
• Have you looked through the Success threads to see what Buccs players have been signing lately to help better your chances for success?

When someone posts a thread or request that is as general and broad as the thread you started about the Buccs, it comes across (fair or unfair) like you didn't want to put any of your own time into finding the addresses yourself, even with the resources provided for free here. Being more specific with your requests would also yield a better chance for a reply from other members too.

Tim, this response is in no way intended to bash you or your collection. I hope you and other members find it helpful.

[joshh212]

It's not that easy. Most photos turned up in a quick search engine search will be far too small to print a photo. There are some tricks and different places to look, and some people have large collections of high-res pics on their computer. It's cool we have an area to post requests for photos and other things, we're all a community here.

if this is true i stand corrected on the photo thing. i wont back down on my other points though

[meatballcobb]

would the generalized way of buccs or a certain player have changed the way this thread has went
Personaly i doubt it
They are not upset about generalizing the asking as much as they are the fact that we are asking at all

My thread was more of a get a address and compare rather than give me give me

Im not upset that they wont give cause im fine with that im upset at the fact they are insinuating we are lazy and havent tried we want something givin
Which in some cases are true but to catorgarize all of us as lazy and assuming we havent done any leg work for our selves is wrong

[laf7uc1]

What bothers me is that a person cant give a little help and spends their time complaining instead.

[meatballcobb]

thank you laf7uc1

testify my brother

[ALEX55]

i really have no side in this but that is a valid point. look what answer takes more effort and is more helpful to this question...
So anyone know a address to send to Swisher?
a. dude how many times are you gonna ask??? cant you just look in the TTMM or in the success threads stop posting all of these threads its super annoying man
b. you can try him c/o yankees, address on their site
do you guys see what i mean?