I keep saying that I expect my relationship with Listia to end eventually. Slowly but surely, it's getting more difficult to acquire cards on the site. The credits that are required to land a card or cards appear to be going up. But I haven't hit my breaking point yet. I'm still finding a way to add free cards to my collection, even through periodic issues along the way. Unlike ebay, where a whole bunch of people are on the site to run a reputable business (most of the time, anyway), Listia seems to be filled with a lot of regular joes and jills. And some are more "regular" than others, if you know what I mean. Selling cards from a dilapidated lean-to on the side of the road? Yeah, I can see that. One address that I mailed to yesterday couldn't possibly have been real. It sounded like an address you'd see in a Looney Tunes cartoon. I also was disappointed to never receive a card that I had looked forward to for my 1972 Topps completion quest. It ...
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