JayKayZee
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This could be a REALLY LOOOONNGG post. Between the messaging, the phone tag, the small but somewhat eventful road trip, my fingers would hurt to tell it all. So I'm going to try to shorten it, but it is a story.
It all starts with a Hockey jersey.
Soon after Marcus Foligno started playing for the Sabres, people were putting stuff out there for sale. One of those items that showed up on FeeBay was his Game-Worn 2010-11 Black Alternate Sudbury Wolves jersey. At the time I didn't have that kind of disposable income, so I had to watch it sell to someone else and wave goodbye through my laptop screen.
Fast forward several years and Foligno gets traded to Minnesota.
The current owner decides to try selling the jersey on FeeBay. I again, don't have the available cash. It gets listed, and doesn't sell. They list again. No sale. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. It disappears for a while, then is listed again. This goes on pretty much until this past week.
It shows up again on "The Bay" (not the cool one in Canada), and THIS TIME, thanks to a few bonuses at work, along with a tax return I didn't foolishly spend since the card stores were all closed,
I DO have spendable cash!!
Of course, THIS TIME, There is another bidder! REALLY?? I knew there had to be at least one other buyer, because someone beat me a while back to a B.I.N for a pair of gloves that were Gamers, but come on! THIS IS MY WHITE WHALE!
So the listing ended July 2nd at 1AM, and I stayed up just to BE SURE I would be the winning bidder. In the end.... I was victorious! I paid IMMEDIATELY and more than I should have had to since it didn't sell before at almost $100 less, but it was MINE MINE MINE ALL MINE!!
So, it's now after 1 in the morning, and I dive into bed, content that I have speared my personal MOBY DICK.
So about 3:30 AM, my phone dings the EBAY ding (you know that ding). I see a message from the seller. I'm thinking "Oh no, there's a problem."
I open the message and it reads :
"Hi Jeff . I also will be listing his rookie jersey from 2006 and his Captain’s white jersey from the same set of the black jersey you just won with the team loa if interested I would sell it to you before I list it . Please let me know . Thank you "
:jawdrop:
4AM, I'm messaging this guy back in the affirmative, feeling my personal "You had me at hello" moment.
So alot of messaging and phone tag later, which is really another story in itself, I made an agreement to drive out to meet him about 40 minutes away at where he works for a nice cash deal.
a shortened long story later, here are the results:
First, what started it all:
2020-07-07_09-47-02 by JayKayZee, on Flickr
2020-07-07_09-47-28 by JayKayZee, on Flickr
2020-07-07_09-47-55 by JayKayZee, on Flickr
Here are the other treasures:
2020-07-07_09-54-04 by JayKayZee, on Flickr
2020-07-07_09-54-23 by JayKayZee, on Flickr
2020-07-07_09-54-40 by JayKayZee, on Flickr
2020-07-07_09-56-16 by JayKayZee, on Flickr
Lastly, this jersey is trashed in person, puck marks, ans serious "pilling" in spots:
2020-07-07_09-49-55 by JayKayZee, on Flickr
2020-07-07_09-50-22 by JayKayZee, on Flickr
2020-07-07_09-50-55 by JayKayZee, on Flickr
2020-07-07_09-51-32 by JayKayZee, on Flickr
2020-07-07_09-52-44 by JayKayZee, on Flickr
So here is the current display:
2020-07-07_10-03-34 by JayKayZee, on Flickr
Also included in the display is his Sabres Gamer from the NHL Centennial Season, with sleeve patch and COA from Sabres and NHL Auctions, and a "BuffaSlug" Jersey I had mocked up to look like the draft day jerseys and signed by Marcus at a signing!
I'll be living on ramen noodles and the kindness of others for a while but the good vibes I feel from this right now is worth it!
It all starts with a Hockey jersey.
Soon after Marcus Foligno started playing for the Sabres, people were putting stuff out there for sale. One of those items that showed up on FeeBay was his Game-Worn 2010-11 Black Alternate Sudbury Wolves jersey. At the time I didn't have that kind of disposable income, so I had to watch it sell to someone else and wave goodbye through my laptop screen.
Fast forward several years and Foligno gets traded to Minnesota.
The current owner decides to try selling the jersey on FeeBay. I again, don't have the available cash. It gets listed, and doesn't sell. They list again. No sale. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. It disappears for a while, then is listed again. This goes on pretty much until this past week.
It shows up again on "The Bay" (not the cool one in Canada), and THIS TIME, thanks to a few bonuses at work, along with a tax return I didn't foolishly spend since the card stores were all closed,
I DO have spendable cash!!
Of course, THIS TIME, There is another bidder! REALLY?? I knew there had to be at least one other buyer, because someone beat me a while back to a B.I.N for a pair of gloves that were Gamers, but come on! THIS IS MY WHITE WHALE!
So the listing ended July 2nd at 1AM, and I stayed up just to BE SURE I would be the winning bidder. In the end.... I was victorious! I paid IMMEDIATELY and more than I should have had to since it didn't sell before at almost $100 less, but it was MINE MINE MINE ALL MINE!!
So, it's now after 1 in the morning, and I dive into bed, content that I have speared my personal MOBY DICK.
So about 3:30 AM, my phone dings the EBAY ding (you know that ding). I see a message from the seller. I'm thinking "Oh no, there's a problem."
I open the message and it reads :
"Hi Jeff . I also will be listing his rookie jersey from 2006 and his Captain’s white jersey from the same set of the black jersey you just won with the team loa if interested I would sell it to you before I list it . Please let me know . Thank you "
:jawdrop:
4AM, I'm messaging this guy back in the affirmative, feeling my personal "You had me at hello" moment.
So alot of messaging and phone tag later, which is really another story in itself, I made an agreement to drive out to meet him about 40 minutes away at where he works for a nice cash deal.
a shortened long story later, here are the results:
First, what started it all:
2020-07-07_09-47-02 by JayKayZee, on Flickr2020-07-07_09-47-28 by JayKayZee, on Flickr2020-07-07_09-47-55 by JayKayZee, on FlickrHere are the other treasures:
2020-07-07_09-54-04 by JayKayZee, on Flickr2020-07-07_09-54-23 by JayKayZee, on Flickr2020-07-07_09-54-40 by JayKayZee, on Flickr2020-07-07_09-56-16 by JayKayZee, on FlickrLastly, this jersey is trashed in person, puck marks, ans serious "pilling" in spots:
2020-07-07_09-49-55 by JayKayZee, on Flickr2020-07-07_09-50-22 by JayKayZee, on Flickr2020-07-07_09-50-55 by JayKayZee, on Flickr2020-07-07_09-51-32 by JayKayZee, on Flickr2020-07-07_09-52-44 by JayKayZee, on Flickr
So here is the current display:
2020-07-07_10-03-34 by JayKayZee, on FlickrAlso included in the display is his Sabres Gamer from the NHL Centennial Season, with sleeve patch and COA from Sabres and NHL Auctions, and a "BuffaSlug" Jersey I had mocked up to look like the draft day jerseys and signed by Marcus at a signing!
I'll be living on ramen noodles and the kindness of others for a while but the good vibes I feel from this right now is worth it!
