The Water Cooler

Ever wonder what the rest of the sports card or memorabilia world is talking about?

From time to time, Cardboard Junction will bring you a quick summary of discussion threads happening on various sports card and memorabilia forums in a section called "The Water Cooler". Some forums will require you to register with them in order to view the actual thread and some will not.

Anything that catches our eye will be posted here....anything from informative threads, to sports card/memorabilia hobby debates, or even threads that make you "LOL"..its all fair game.. If there is a thread that we haven't pointed out or you want us to post here, email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we'll get it posted!

The Water Cooler: March 25, 2009

Thursday, 26 March 2009 02:13 Cardboard Junction

Quick hits from various hobby communities:

Looks like Razor CEO Brian Gray has decided to take a step back from actively corresponding with members of Freedom Card Board [Link] and turn over those duties to Razor's Sales Manager, Adam Berk.

http://freedomcardboard.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=36812

Another hot topic in hobby circles right now is the outing of yet another YouTube group break scammer, MelbourneCowboys. While breaking a case of 08 UD Exquisite FB, he told everyone one of the boxes was short one card, but in reality he accidentally flashed all 6 cards from the box!

http://freedomcardboard.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=36048

http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/member-sales-trade-feedback/23400-yet-another-scam-youtube.html

Pretty good up to date 08 Razor Oval Office Edition Tracker over at Blowout Cards Forums [Link]

http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/non-sport-box-breaks/19628-razor-oval-office-tracker.html

An amazing cut auto collection on Hobby Kings [Link]...

http://www.hobbykings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=68929

A continued discussion on the number of Tiger Woods Autographed cards in the 08 UD Exquisite Football release, and whether or not they actually exist.... To date, no Tiger Autos from Exquisite are known to have been pulled.

http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/football/22264-exquisite-tiger-woods.html

The Water Cooler: March 16, 2009

Monday, 16 March 2009 19:47 Cardboard Junction

Check out this thread happening over at the Blowout Cards Forums on the online marketplace Checkoutmycards.com. The Thread has over 2000 posts (mostly people advertising their cards) and over 60000 views! Recently, Checkoutmycards.com owner and founder Tim Getsch joined the forums (starts at post #1937) to respond to the criticism levied at CMOC for their recent fee changes. Tim has been graciously responding to and offering his point of view on various COMC topics:

http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/ebay-online-selling-shows/4934-checkoutmycards-com.html