tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229417.post5090692710207376190..comments2024-03-12T22:21:22.805-04:00Comments on Stale Gum: What I Got (and Observed) at the Philly/Reading Show: 10/13/07Chris Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04603530412835276148noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229417.post-16607000078874673712007-10-16T19:28:00.000-04:002007-10-16T19:28:00.000-04:00"The Fleer Ultra SE experiment has turned out to b..."The Fleer Ultra SE experiment has turned out to be an unmitigated disaster."<BR/><BR/>Maybe I'm ego-centric, but I only think of "unmitigated disasters" from my perspective. Otherwise, it is mitigated by the fact that it didn't happen to me. For me, an unmitigated disaster would have been if I had started collecting that set and bought boxes at 3x the price at which they were available at the show.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I love that show, but since it moved to Reading, it has become harder for me to take the time to get to (since, as my name implies, I am "in Philly"). Hopefully I will get to the one that runs from 2/29 to 3/2/08.<BR/><BR/>That show taught me not to rush to buy Topps factory baseball sets the year they come out. Sets a couple years old can often be found for $20, down from the $50 they cost when new at Target.<BR/><BR/>The hot dogs are way overpriced, by the way. Isn't it about $4 for one? You'd think you were at a ballgame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229417.post-25847524191863415902007-10-15T19:03:00.000-04:002007-10-15T19:03:00.000-04:00You left out that $20 Griffey Donruss Dominator fr...You left out that $20 Griffey Donruss Dominator from '92 or '93.SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426461206010111243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229417.post-79934393943321962752007-10-15T15:20:00.000-04:002007-10-15T15:20:00.000-04:00I have never been to a show where you could buy a ...I have never been to a show where you could buy a beer. Maybe if more shows did that attendance would go up. <BR/><BR/>I also like junk wax but that list of boxes didn't sound good to me either. <BR/><BR/>You are dead on with the Goudey comments especially if you are set building. <BR/><BR/>Sounded like a great show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com