What is your deal breaker?
 

We all have standards for what we want with regards to condition for our pre-war card collections.

I try to pick up examples that have nice fronts...free of creases or wrinkles. Backs can have issues, but the fronts should present very well.

I realize I do have one deal breaker...even if it's a rare card. I get the willies when I see cards with mice bites.

What are your "deal breakers?"


Patrick

The only absolute deal breaker to me is if it cost more money than I have in my pocket.

I would check my other pocket first.......

Paper loss gets on my nerves and is usually the deal breaker unless it's an expensive card I would otherwise be unable to afford.


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writing
 

I don't mind beat up cards or paper loss, but writing on a card bothers me.

I have gotten wrapped up with the back variances lately on T206 since I'm completing runs. Other than that, I really don't care about the condition of the back if the front is clean. Ultimately, I collect players and not advertising so I like paying less for a card that presents well on the front.

I don't like paper loss or writing on a card either. I will purchase them if it's an example I need at the time. My deal breaker is clipped corners can't stand them unless it's a T210 Stengel im avoiding them:)

unless it is an ultra rare/scarce card I need(ie a miller I need for my run)...disfiguring writing on the front of a card...as well as incomplete cards(corners missing/holes) are dealbreakers for me.

back in the 80's-90's creases were also dealbreakers for me...but obviously I've had to relax this rule over the years!!!!!

Pieces missing or creases through the head area kill a card for me, unless it's really rare and I need it.

Large spots of paperloss, ugly stains & pinholes...most other flaws I can live with.


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I can overlook one pinhole, a couple of creases and a spot of paper loss...writing is the killer for me.

Portrait cards with an eye scratched out.

If a card is fake, that's a deal-breaker for me.

Unless it's VERY rare trimming is a stopper I also hate creases through the head esp. on T206 portraits.

+1 Price is the only real dealbreaker.

back in the 80's-90's creases were also dealbreakers for me...but obviously I've had to relax this rule over the years!!!!![/QUOTE]

Same here but I'm still not there yet on heavy creases or creases through the center of a card. Corner creases or light paper loss on the reverse have become more tolerable for me. I'm still a centering snob unless it's a rare/scarce card.

Writing on the front of a card.

Deal breakers are handwriting, major creases, large paper loss, and pinholes.

I look for Pre World War II cards with high numerical grades accompanied with the (MC) or (OC) qualifiers.

Paper loss and large creases.

deal breaker
 

if it looks so rough, that the board can't figure out if it's real or not.

best,
barry

Something for sale that is not priced.

For a scarce card, I can see the beauty in it pretty much no matter what. If the card isn't scarce: clipped corners, writing on front, and large spots of paper loss bug me the most.

There are about 200 guys in OBC who have never met a card they wouldn't put in their binders...........

Deal Breakers
 

Bad centering on the front of the card, or creases/paper loss on the player's face.

Tony

I can deal with paper loss, writing, creases, pinholes, staining, etc., but off-center and trimmed cards are a deal breaker for me.

Creace on the players face no matter what the price im not interested

Qualified Grades - I avoid those cards like the plague.

Can't handle holes, tears, writing, paper loss, heavy creases in middle of card. I can live with corner wear and light creases.

With any Pre-War collection, I try to avoid cards with paperloss. Generally the old glues are notorious for causing paperloss from scrapbooks...better left untouched IMO.

Writing kills it. Holes and missing pieces are right up there, too.

Deal breaker
 

Something that is for sale but no scans !!

Amen to that!

Also, I can live with and definitely enjoy some low-grade cards, but my other deal-breaker is an obviously trimmed card in a high-grade holder! :eek:

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Steve

If the seller is asking top dollar AND being a d-bag about it. If I really want a card, I am generally willing to pay you a premium, but not if you're being an a-hole in the process.

Grossly off centered cards, writing on fronts or backs, and any crease through a players face.

Or no back scans, damn some sellers sell t205's with no back scans.. Wtf lol. I will always email the seller to send me one if its a card i want. Sometimes they do sometimes they dont

I can deal with most anything from creases to pinholes to even some writing but the killer to me is clipped corners, I just hate the way they look.

Drastic O/C, punch holes, bad image registrations are my turn offs, on certain occasions dealer attitudes are also a turn off.

I don't mind creases, paper loss, or hole punches unless they are on the players face. I actually like the anything but round hole punched cards.

I can't deal with trimmed cards. All I see is dishonesty when I look at them.

when i'm offered a $300 card for my $1200 card as an even trade

High grade PSA cards. Too many people focused on the registry, too many altered cards, grades are too subjective and inconsistent.

I don't like dirty T206's. That and trimmed cards in high grade holders.

Sellers who use the word "rare" in their listings when it's not. I would rather it sell for 1/2 what I am willing to pay than to raise the price one increment.

It's hard to say, because I think it comes down to the individual card. I haven't gone after anything super rare or expensive--yet--so, I haven't had to worry. But trimming would be one. Writing (as opposed to a pencil mark) would probably be another. I can't buy a card with corners clipped, which is too bad, because there were a lot of really otherwise beautiful T206 cards up for sale recently with clipped corners. I saw them, and I nearly cried. I know they were probably scrapbooked, but I just feel they probably could have been removed without cutting the corners off. I could be wrong.

Anything where a card has been restore to deceive, I couldn't buy that card, either. Paper loss is usually a killer for me, too.

Of course, if it were a really rare card, who's to say?

DB
 

Amen brother !!! Dealing with that RIGHT NOW !!!!!

Faded images. I'm cool with worn corners, creases, a little paper loss, writing, etc. but I want the front side image to be bright and crisp. Any card lacking in that is an automatic turn off for me

It just kills it for me when a card has been used to soak up oil spills.

they have to have a presentable front of the card, minimal paper loss on the back is acceptable

Yep, this pretty much sums up me too, however, I can take creasing a bit.

What's a "deal breaker"?

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