OT...How long have you been on ebay?

[jp1216]

November 1998. I was looking for pictures of certain cards (on this thing called the internet) and stumbled across it. Game changer....

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by jp1216

November 1998. I was looking for pictures of certain cards (on this thing called the internet) and stumbled across it. Game changer....

Basically the same thing for me. Was having fun searching for stuff with computer and stumbled upon it. Was skeptical at first? Could this be real? Is all of this stuff really available on one site? Should I really send money (orders) to these folks?

[jp1216]

My first purchase was about $150. A 'PSA graded' card (new to me) and I mailed out a check to Portland OR. Waited over a week for it to clear and another to get it in the mail. The wild west...

[Tom S.]

I've been a member since Nov. 20, 1999.

[rugbymarine]

March 3, 2002, right after I turned 18

My first two purchases were CDs
Garth Brooks - The Hits
Eagles - Greatest Hits

(and I still have the CDs!)

[clydepepper]

October 31, 1999


It's amazing how many of us started out 'there' about the same time.


...an extension to the original question:


How and where did you shop - for cards - prior to ebay?


I used Teletrade a lot and dealers I found in the hobby publications.


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[Mike D.]

March 17, 1998.

That’d have put me a month or two away from college graduation.

[cannonballsun]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

October 31, 1999


It's amazing how many of us started out 'there' about the same time.


...an extension to the original question:


How and where did you shop - for cards - prior to ebay?


I used Teletrade a lot and dealers I found in the hobby publications.


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I also used Teletrade, and would scour the SCD, and go to as many card shows as I could.

[brob28]

I re-entered the hobby in 2005, became a member July of 2005.

[JollyElm]

Oh, the carefree days of yesteryear. Remember when you could leave feedback for anyone you wanted to, regardless of whether or not you had a transaction with them? People would have 100 friends sign in and leave positive feedback. That was probably the beginning of all the eBay scumbaggery we see nowadays.