Quick PSA post

I know I said my next post would be about baseball..but I wanted to get this PSA out to those of you who shop on eBay. Apparently I missed out on the $5 off coupon, but there is a 10% off coupon on there now that expires tomorrow at 8am. Wouldn't want you guys to miss out on it if you choose to use it. 

For my 10% off purchase, I added a 1984-85 O-Pee-Chee single to my slabbed set, which I've nicknamed the "Money Pit" because I'm well aware that there are much better ways to blow my meager sports card budget than to pay upwards of $15 on common cards from the 1980s.

That said, this Tom Fergus card cost "only" $7.95. I saved a whopping 44 cents off the BIN price of $4.39. Shipping was $4, which is high even for a slabbed card. But I can't be picky at this point; I only need 82 cards in the 396-card set and affordable singles are drying up.

I hadn't been adding to my OPC set much this year, until a couple of recent purchases. Last week I came across an eBay seller from Pittsburgh who had two singles I needed. After some back-and-forth best offers I decided to purchase both cards, which arrived today:

This completes my first '84-85 OPC team set, which is interesting for two reasons. I'm at over 79% completion of the entire set..and it's taken me this long to finish one team. 

Also, the 1983-84 Penguins were one of the worst teams in hockey history...which (as I mentioned in my Pittsburgh post) enabled them to draft Mario Lemieux in 1984. 

I still need this card..and while I wouldn't get it PSA graded I would consider it part of my set. 



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