+ dealers looking to make deals. Not all of them, but more than usual.
+ ITG's redemptions. Good God.
+ The HI booth. Always good to stop for a breather and chat with people whose usernames you know and now have faces to go with them.
+ seeing those schmenges from Fastball sitting there counting the minutes from 1pm Friday to 6pm Sunday. That show is a loss leader for them FOR SURE.
+ being able to buy from one dealer and sell to another for a profit again.
+ pepperoni guy selling pepperoni sticks. Saved me from getting mudbutt from eating Pizza Pizza.
+ dealers undercutting each other's box prices. Bad for other dealers, good for me and you.
- THE SMELL. What the hell? $1,000 cards and you can't buy some effing soap? Axe is like a shower in a can for crying out loud. "Oh, but soap agitates my skin." BULL****. That agitation is what we who shower call "CLEAN".
- Fastball is still in business? Wasted my damn time last year and got right back in my bad books. And shave that damn soul patch, you look like you're dying to play a clarinet or something (and I don't mean that nicely).
- How many Joel Schmuckheimers were there selling the same turds that they were selling back in 1995? Too many. Leave, you're no longer wanted in the hobby.
- The Toronto Card Show balloons. Guys fill those things up, dammit! I don't want to tell you what they looked like...
- Ice cream for $4? What the hell?
