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After somehow saving $15 off a 1956 Topps single on eBay, I was officially granted a $25 off coupon. It came with a timeline of my 20 years (and countless dollars) spent on the bay. I was surprised to learn that my first purchase was made more than two years after I'd signed up. I was not surprised to learn that it was a Peter Worrell item.

A coupon code often feels like found money, and getting a second bite of the apple gave me the freedom to shop for set fillers and other things that I wouldn't have purchased at full price.

Burbank Sportscards offered free shipping for any purchase of $30 or more, and I picked up a handful of singles starting with this Sidney Crosby base card for my Exquisite set build:

Once my COMC order arrives I will need just four of the 30 cards in the current player portion of the set (I'm not going after the HOFers or RCs) This Crosby was reasonably priced at $15 but If I didn't have the coupon I'd have bought another 1956 Topps single with that money.

I picked up two more rookies for my 2014-15 Panini Prizm basketball set, bringing me down to just six needs. There are only two cheapies left, and only one veteran base card (Kevin Durant).

The All-Time Teams project has gone somewhat dormant as I focus on traditional set builds. Burbank seemed like the best place to address that with their 2 million+ singles on eBay alone.

 

 

It's tough to find a Ron Perranoski Dodgers card, just about all of them are high-numbered and cost far more than I'm willing to spend. Burbank listed this 1967 Topps single (as EX-MT) at $2. It's definitely not EX-MT, the centering would be terrible if it weren't miscut. I basically paid 35 cents for this card so I can't complain too much.

The Barnstormers aren't officially part of my All-Time teams collection yet but I've been looking to acquire a Jim McCormick card anyhow. This 2014 Goodwin Champions SP was a little pricey at $3.60; I probably wouldn't have ordered it if the coupon hadn't worked.

I didn't know this New Haven Ravens logo card existed until I saw it in Burbank's eBay store. I'd buy these for a dollar all day.

This Peter Worrell 1 of 1 has been on my radar for years. Burbank had it priced at $9.95 until recently. Worrell's two seasons with the AHL's Beast of New Haven were the reason I became a super collector. 

After years of adding two or fewer new cards to my Peter PC I've had quite a turnaround in 2020. This is my tenth new pickup so far, and it's only September. I'm not sure how these stamped 1 of 1 singles were distributed, or at which National: the 2002 show was in Chicago, the 2003 National was in Atlantic City :/

Overall I spent about eight bucks out of pocket for these eight singles. Here's another Connecticut card:

This Kemba Walker Teal Explosion parallel didn't come from Burbank (I purchased it on COMC for $1.29 last year) but it did inspire my first full-length post on The 1993. Hope you enjoy the new blog.

Thanks for reading!



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