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			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. . 
				__________________ . "A life is not important except in the impact it has on others lives" - Jackie Robinson “If you have a chance to make life better for others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth.”- Roberto Clemente | 
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			March 17, 1998. That’d have put me a month or two away from college graduation. | 
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			I also used Teletrade, and would scour the SCD, and go to as many card shows as I could.
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			I re-entered the hobby in 2005, became a member July of 2005.
		 
				__________________ Successful transactions with: Chesboro41, jimivintage, Bocabirdman, marcdelpercio, Jollyelm, Smanzari, asoriano, pclpads, joem36, nolemmings, t206blogcom, Northviewcats, Xplainer, Kickstand19, GrayGhost, btcarfango, Brian Van Horn, USMC09, G36, scotgreb, tere1071, kurri17, wrm, David James, tjenkins, SteveWhite, OhioCard Collector, sysks22, ejstel. Marty | 
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			Started one while at University of Miami in 2004 when I was 18 --- Member since: Sep 14, 2004
		 
				__________________ . Looking for: T205 Cubs in AB, Cycle, Sov, HLC. & E91A Cubs, T206 Cubs master set, T3 Cubs | 
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			For me it was mid to late 90's, the one thing I do remember or it seemed to me, is that over-clocking your computer (it was a thing, don't know if it still is), helped getting in bid very rapidly   
				__________________ Was collecting Next day newspaper article and earliest rookie ephemera/card of all 20th century no hit hurlers. | 
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			Rjutley...came to me at 4 AM...Jerry
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