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DJI found this thread very amusing. I think anytime you try and do something different, you get picked on.
This is a Board where people trade information and discuss vintage trading cards and rarely do I see anyone trying to promote themselves the way T.J has. He stirred the pot by first off telling us about the collection, then tried to make us guess who Mr. X (by not telling us, we had to start a guessing thread) is and then promoted everything else that he would soon be selling.
How was he going to win on this board? We treated him like Mr. Mint and his show 'look at me' antics. Give the guy credit, half the board probably didn't know him and now do.
I think we all think of this business as a very 'serious one' and there really isn't much room for fun. I take it seriously because this isn't the Beanie Baby business. This is a business where I've spent as much as $10,000 for an item. Do we need or want carnival barkers? Does this happen at the Guggenheim?
Do I think the 'Mr. X' label is cheesy? I think it's the cheasiest thing that I have ever seen to be honest with you. But what T.J did was get his point across (with expected attacks) and provided us all with something to think about and brought attention to his collection. Would I ever do this it? Ahh...Fun is overrated.
As far as the Plank goes, looks okay to me.
DJ
04-21-2005, 11:28 AM
T206 Plank on PSA's website
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