Cory Garner

Why airlines, intermediaries, and travel tech work the way they do… or don’t

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@CardPurchaser 1) what

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@Mr_Sandlot @stuber_scott Pop 72 and there are 11 of them. Insane.

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@gurucollects @CGCCards PSA grading costs and pop control force the issue.

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@TradesBaseball Never noticed that those two cards from two different brands obviously came from the same photo session. Wonder how the licensing to the photography worked?

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@aceofcards89 “Care” might be overstating it, but there’s a need for an alternative to PSA. SGC was mine pre-acquisition and now their service has deteriorated. I was considering BGS for my next batch, but no longer.

I suppose it’s gotta be CGC now.

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@ThoseBackPages I was just in the process of swearing off SGC, presumably for BGS. Now I'll have to look at CGC.

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@TradesBaseball 3% even sounds high for that one

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@TradesBaseball Can his favorite pitcher do this?

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@ScottyUncle Best of luck!

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@aceofcards89 Yes-ish.

I often buy big cards on FC and then sell them on eBay. I typically sell for a bit more on eBay than I paid on FC including the buyer’s premium.

Beware, though, that I am bottom-fishing for statistically underperforming auctions on FC so there’s a selection bias.

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@Mr_Sandlot That's probably the right answer but I had to think a bit longer about Josh Hamilton.

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@Lucky_____Me He has almost as few all star / diamond king cards as he does Cy Youngs, which is just bizarre.

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@AllAcesCards @gemrate

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@AllAcesCards @gemrate I just went into "post-grading processing" today! No "seller ready" folder has been created yet. Hopefully that comes tomorrow AM and I get my images tomorrow evening!

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Of course any of the above needs to be profitable or at least enough fun to justify a small loss. Otherwise it all grinds to a halt.

Gonna pivot a bit to grading higher quality sealed product and purchasing graded slabs for competitive prices in the $50-200 range.

The market isn't supporting high dollar slabs right now, in baseball at least.

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@ProspectTimes Next year we're gonna rock out with our Joc out!

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@JustinMacmahan

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Texas' 3rd loss was also in an "extra" game against Ohio State. Say what you want, but Bama was 3 scores short of Georgia yesterday. Same as Texas. Bama lost to the OU team Texas beat.

My point is Bama and Texas didn't deserve opposite treatment. Bama got a do over for a bye. Texas wasn't even one of the first two out.

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@0201asb @RGIII @OuttaPocketRG3 @Gretegiii Bama lost to FSU

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@CFBReport Correction... their backups will play