MCG ok KITJ #3: the final frontier

Warning:  I'm seriously pissed off (you guys), so consider this post NSFW or for your children, grandparent with a bad heart or easily shocked 19th century Southern woman.  In short, hide your kids, hide your wife.

Ok, I'm officially done with this series after just three instances of it.  Why?  Believe it or not, it's mostly not out of sheer laziness; instead, I essentially lost my faith in humanity (or the part that's involved with MCG) for two reasons.  One was this offer:

Do you believe that shit? I mean, really, do you? Do you mean to tell me that Topps couldn't have spent five more minutes (ie, a total of 10 minutes) programming the Transmogrifier trading system so that bullshit like this doesn't happen?

Now that's probably the most egregious offer I've received since I entered my codes, or at least the worst one I can think of that I thought to screenshot, but a large number of the shitty offers that flooded my trade page originated from just a couple members.  In addition to the two members I previously publicly shamed, I'd like to dedicate a special "fuck you" to Sunrisesurprise for his 200+ (and I'm being conservative here) trade offers, none of which made the least bit of sense.  Here's a couple typical examples from today alone:

If you were seeing ridiculous offers like this day after day, would YOU be excited about this supposedly great Topps promotion?  Actually, some of you probably ARE privy to tantalizing deals like this since the way the thing works is to essentially spam the other person with terrible offers.

In short, I'm getting my cards shipped real soon so I don't have to put up with these shenanigans any longer.  I am, however, still trying to trade a couple of my more vintage cards for comparable Tigers.  As such, I'm going to wait until Sunday (the 2nd) to request shipping on my cards, and in the meantime if anybody is interested in any of these, we can work out a trade:

1958

1959

1963

I'm not attached to any of these so I'll take pretty much any Detroit Tiger from the same year or earlier (ie don't offer me your 1988 John Shelby.  If you do so I will put my foot through my cable modem via your ISP and right into your gonads).

In the meantime, if your MCG name is Sunrisesurprise, Jester, anyone else I mentioned and those I've already forgotten who literally spent the last 6+ months trying to trade junk 1980s cards for good vintage stuff, I have two words for you:





As for Topps, the next time you want to "give away" most of your shitty cards and allow people to waste the time of others trying to get the few good ones, do us all a favor and just hold onto them.

MCG or KITJ: #2

Well that didn't take long.  Today's episode features a two-fer for double the fun!

Today's contestant:

Again we have someone interested in my 1972 Bill Freehan.  User Meagan21 is dying for this card and makes two enticing offers (how to choose?!):  a 1987 Mike Schmidt and its all-star counterpart.  Maybe the chart will help me decide:

Pros	Michael Jack Schmidt! Two cards to choose from I think I only have five complete sets of '87 Topps and maybe 10-20 other copies of these otherwise	Only one choice makes things easier Definitely rarer Not as likely to be a poor condition buyback from Topps
Cons	Cards are no replacement for human contact, albeit a foot in the groin I CAN'T CHOOSE Wood paneled cards are ugly	Ow, my balls! If either Schmidt is worth a '72 Freehan, then I can probably take a Schmidt and trade it for a '68 Kaline! Pain takes a few hours to go away; junk wax can be thrown away

And the winner is...

A KICK IN THE JUNK by a hair.  Seriously, do I need to rename this feature "Junk wax or kick in the junk?"?  For making this appalling offer, I now pass sentence on Meagan21:

Remember, everyone: keep those trade offers reasonable or Rod Roddy might be calling you from beyond the grave as the next contestant on

MCG or KITJ: #1

Ok, I've had enough of this kind of MCG offer to get sick and tired of them, and it's about time I did something about it.  Welcome to a new Too Many Grandersons feature, wherein I publicly shame people who make unacceptable MCG offers while also making light of the situation.

Rest assured that you'll see plenty of these the next couple months due to the fact that I have a few desirable vintage-like cards (a couple pre-1970s and 60s, plus a '72 Bill Freehan that's uber-popular for some reason), and the world is filled with idiots hoping people will be more idiotic than them.

So without further ado, I present to you the first installment of

This took 5 minutes in MSPaint.  Deal with it.

Today's contestant:

 

Pros	It’s a card It’s a player I’ve heard of Ok, I’m out of positives, this offer blows	At least somebody will find it funny Builds character Not as painful as MCG
Cons	I think I have more of these than I have cells in my body Ever heard of junk wax? You’re seeing the same thing I’m seeing, right?  This is a serious offer?	Ow, my balls! Seriously, has this ever happened to you? Slightly less valuable than junk wax-era cards

And the winner is...

A KICK IN THE JUNK, by a landslide.  Congratulations, Stretch34, on your impressive victory.  To claim your prize, please drive your car off the nearest cliff, O'Doyle-style (banana peel optional) and stop wasting everyone's time with your dumbassed trade offers.

Hopefully pictured:  Stretch34

Until next time (which will be very soon, considering the number of horrendous offers I get), please consider your fellow MCGers when trying to offer that 1992 Walt Weiss for someone's 1963 Norm Cash, or you might be the next contestant on