The Hit List

The generosity and camaraderie among our blogosphere is truly something special.  The sheer amount of packages exchanging bloggers hands is impressive and has the ability to turn a frown upside down.  It warms the heart just watching guys like Wes and Matt send each other epic packages trying to outdo each other's hospitality and proves that there's plenty of good in our world and our hobby.

Over the years, I've received a fair share of packages containing cardboard myself.  Sometimes they're blind trades, where me and another blogger send each other mystery packages where there isn't anything specific.  Other times... bloggers will send a care package with no strings attached... once again proving how unselfish our blogosphere truly is.

Since the start of the year, I've received close to 25 packages from fellow bloggers (some bloggers sent multiple packages).  Well... I was finally able to get my act together and return the favor.  The process actually started a few months ago when I started targeting cards for people on COMC and wrapped things up yesterday afternoon when I shipped out twenty-three packages.  The first eighteen packages were to bloggers I had owed or to people I had picked up some stuff for:

Peter @ Baseball Every Night

Ryan @ Sumo Wrestling Cards

Brian @ Highly Subjective and Completely Arbitrary

Dennis @ Too Many Verlanders

Mario @ Wax Heaven

John @ Johnny's Trading Spot

P-Town Tom @ Waiting 'Til Next Year

Julie @ A Cracked Bat

Rod @ Padrographs

Wes @ Area 40

Christopher @ The Raz Card Blog

Gavin @ Baseball Card Breakdown

Brian @ Collecting Cutch

GCRL @ Cards As I See Them

Angus @ Dawg Day Cards

Jon @ A Penny Sleeve For Your Thoughts

Matt @ Bob Walk the Plank

Kenny @ Torren' Up Cards

The final five were contest winners from back in June:

Jeremy1um @ Topps Cards That Never Were

Kirk @ CaptKirk42s Trading Cards Blog

SCC @ Sport Card Collectors

Hackenbush @ Can't Have Too Many Cards

Matt @ Summer of '74

By the way... Sport Card Collectors... I threw in a few extra goodies since I owed you a care package and a contest package.

I apologize to all of you who have been waiting around for your packages.

There are two bloggers that I still owe:  Steve @ 1975 Baseball Cards. and Chris @ The Collector. I'll be trying to find some cards for each of these blogger's collections.  In the meantime, they're the inspiration for my blog's newest sidebar addition:  The Hit List.  It's a list of bloggers I'm trying to hunt down cards for.  In other words a list of bloggers I owe.

To be brutally honest... I can't make any promises on when these packages will be shipped out.  Whenever I try to commit to a date, things pop up, and shipments get delated.  That's the main reason I don't really trade anymore.  The only thing I can guarantee is that I'll eventually hit you back.  It might take three, six, or nine months.  But I'll eventually take care of business.

I realize that this isn't acceptable to some collectors.  If that's the case, I'd avoid sending packages my way.  I truly appreciate the thought... but there are just too many things going on in life for me to guarantee a quick turnaround time.

Well that's it for today.  If you don't see your name in this post and you feel I owe you a care package, leave a comment down below or shoot me an email, and I'll add your name to The Hit List.

I hope all of you are enjoying your weekend.  Today I'm helping my buddy out at the Bay Area Toy Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center, but hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to sleep in and catch up on all of your blog posts.

Happy Saturday and sayonara!