Cumulative mailcall (been awhile :) )

[PhilM]

Today, well, technically yesterday, we start this cumulative mailcall,
For those of you who are new to the process, thisthread will be home to my next week of mail calls. (or till the few things I'm expecting arrive)
So, keep tuning in and imputting comments as appopriate.

Sadly, the first two days of this possibly great mailweek start out with great disappointment.

Note the top right corner. DINGED!
Reason?
WHITE ENVELOPE.
Why do I know it was the envelope, because otherwise this was packaged perfectly.
In a penny sleve, in a toploader, in a team bag. all brand new.
If you're goign to go to that trouble, why put it in a 5 cent envelope?
I digress, I'm going to email the seller tonight and see what we can work out.
if I paid a buck for shipping ok, but it was 3.
BUT Don't let this thread turn into a white envelope/bubblemailer frag fest.

oh, and the card.
Oldschool tucker for the PC. it's "one of 150"


Next up.
A GREAT guy from the Spawn message board was lookin for some help with some images. Long story short, he offered to get something signed for me at an AHL game, I was game for that.
Well, it arrived today!
now, my smile quickly turned to a concerned blank look as I saw this was CRAMMED into my mailbox (we have those stupid end of the street boxes that are about the height of a regular envelope.

the result?

Note the huge crease in the cardboard, this is where my B of a mailwoman bent this thing like it owed her money.
Crammed in there, difficult to get out, so I can't imagine getting it in.
Well, it's creased, photo and all, I'm unpleased, Canada post is trying to compensate me by sending a check for 25$, sadly, this won't replace the creased photo :/

It's still nice, and it'll hopefully flatten out w/o noticable damage.

ps.
tellqvists auto ****s...haha

Also.
one more note on the 3$ shipping debacle.
I have another card incoming, 3$ shipping, got a sticker on the door today, guy sent via CANPAR. CANPAR!! NOT WHITE ENVELOPE!

:/

oh well.

So that's my disappointingly awesome mailday.

 

[The LumberJake]

Look on the bright side Phil, you got a bran new toploader, pennysleve and team bag!

accually, that ****'s, hope the rest of the mailweek turns out better for ya!

Jake

 

[PhilM]

hah,
well,
the bright side is that the telly didn't cost anything, but I was excited to get it.

The tucker sucs a bit more.
But, what can ya do right?

It's in the player collection, so it's not a huge deal, mint is better than ding'ed but, it's for the pc but ya know.

 

[MGiuseffi1969]

Sorry about the disappointing start to your mail week. Look at it this way, it can only get better from here. Oh yeah, tightey whitey envelopes stink. Mike

 

[stp]

Hopefully the week gets better Phil. To get through, just think ahead to the good times to be had at the expo.

 

[Prongs]

Dang too bad about the telly, he has an interesting auto too, its a bit neater through the mail though .

 

[PenaltyMan]

Socialist Mail fails us again...they only work what, 4-5 days a week, depending on whether they feel like it. How hard is it to deliver mail properly?

 

[The Great Zo]

Mr. Phil, sorry about the Tellqvist, and the Tucker, but as for the Telly, smash the thing under a couple of very heavy books for a day... then pull it out and see what kind of progress its made. If the crease isn't deeply inscribed it should come out pretty good when it's all said and done.

And as for the Tucker, us player collectors know that one dinged corner is nothing

 

[PhilM]

Ladies and gentlemen boys and girls, children of all ages, Degeneration X proudly presents to you the TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS OF THE WOOOORLD!
The bad *** billy gun, the road dogg jesse james, the NEW AGE OUTLAWS! and if you're not down with that! we've got two words for ya! **** IT!

ah, amazing the things ya remember from your high school days at odd times right?

well, instead of that gibberish, I present to you, today's mailcall!

Starting off with the new player collection, and what will be the Gem of it, until I can pull in some of the cards that will no doubt end up being moby's.

Parkie AU/RC
from ebay, and for those of you that read the above 3$ shipping in white envelope, this came 3$ shipping VIA COURIER, IN a bubble mailer, IN a taped shut toploader IN a team bag. This seller has earned himself the best positive feedback I'll ever give.

Next up, also for the new Lynch collection

CHL Jersey. If you have a Purple one, I'm in the market, or any other colour that isn't white.

For those of you saying
"I think I've got some useless Doug Lynch cards I don't want"
Click Here

Also got in another future Oilers D man.

Mr. Jeff Woywitka.

Then a quite difficult and rare card from about 10 years ago.

it is a 95-96 Edge Ice Fredricton Canadiens Prismatic card, it's serial #'d on the back and is all holographicy.
Very nice to knock that off the player collection list. two in two days, very nice to do, brings new life to the Tucker collection.

Nowt he good news for the rest of you is.
If you collect any of these guys, these are up for grabs!

38 Sebastien Bordeleau (Bern, Nashville Predators, Hull Olympiques)

39 Martin Brochu (Verdun Dragons, Portland Pirates, Granby Bisons)

40 Valeri Bure (Dallas Stars, Calgary Flames,Florida Panthers)

41 Craig Conroy (Calgary Flames, St. Louis Blues, Clarkson University)

43 David Wilkie (Kamloops Blazers, Montreal Canadiens, Augusta Lynx)

That's today's call.
1 item left.
hopefully get it tomorrow as I dont' want to wait till monday to wrap up my mail as I'll have to go digging for this thread.

and a thank you to those who have given the advice on the 8x10, it's headin there tonight, just need to find some books.
and all the other comments, always appreciated.

 

[staal_12]

hey if you don't want the telly...