- You get excited about buying new shoes because you can use the shoebox for storage.
- The anticipation of vacations is tempered by the knowledge that you can’t post eBay auctions that will end during them.
- You measure the prices of everyday purchases in terms of your favorite player’s rookie cards. (i.e. “This pair of jeans costs three Pujols. Ludicrous!”)
- You get an incredible bargain on a card on eBay, including free expedited shipping, but you leave neutral feedback because the seller put clear tape on the toploader.
- You know the day your local Wal-Mart/Target/Kmart re-stocks the blasters and packs.
- You know the time your local pack searcher gets off work, and you take leave to make sure you beat him to the store.
- In a real life conversation, you start a story with “The other day my friend said …,” only to stop yourself when you realize “my friend” is someone you’ve only talked to on FCB/Blowout/Twitter.
- You read #7 and shuddered at the thought of a “real life conversation.”
- Instead of gauging a player’s success by traditional statistics or sabermetrics, you go by Beckett Book Value and recently ended auctions.
- You read #9 and snickered at “Becket Book Value.”
- You’ve called someone a “Rick Face.”
- You stress about needing to update your cardblog more often.
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- Pack 1: blingee'd gold Teixeira and a "Classic Walk-Offs" Alfonso Soriano with a Panini-esque big empty space for the auto'd version. :-| 3 months ago
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