On 03 Sep 97, Angela Patten wrote to All:
 AP> Hi all... I have some Star Trek the Next Generation cards
 AP> forsale if anyone is interested...
 AP> A Borg Ship
The cards you have come from a set called the "Star Trek Inaugural" set, done 
by Skybox in 1993.  Full boxes of 36 packs are about $12-18.  Individual 
singles, such as those you listed, are about 5 to 10 cents each in the city, 
or maybe 15 cents each at little country card shops that like to charge 
higher prices...
 AP> Then I also have 3 SkyBox Master Series cards they go as the
 AP> following :
The 1993 Star Trek Masterpiece cards also run about $12.00 a box - and I have 
seen them for less.  Singles in this set also run about a nickel to a dime 
each, and sometimes a bit more, depending on where you go.
 AP> And the Star Trek The Next Generation Fifth Season
 AP> Commemerative 1991-1992 Season
A box of Star Trek Episodes season 5 runs about $32-38.  Individual singles 
run about 25 cents each, sometimes less, depending on where you go.  Do you 
have a sealed box of this you'd like to sell?  If so I might be interested...
 AP> isangela.patten@rook.wa.com please tell me what ones and what you will
 AP> offer me for it... sorry no COD's [ehehehe:)]
 AP> Or Contact me here
Well, I hope this info was helpful....
Also, just for your info, there is a Fido echo called "Nonsport_cards" where 
you might want to re-post your message.  The collectables echo here gets some 
messages from time to time dealing with nonsport cards, but mostly, people 
use the Nonsport_cards echo for all their nonsport cards messaging.  I just 
thought you might want to know about that echo...
One other point, which is very important - when you list cards, (at least for 
those of us who have been into cards for awhile) they are usually listed by 
number.  You described the picture in front of each card, but mostly, card 
collectors go by card number.  There are 9 pocket plastic pages (available at 
most card shops) that folks like me put their card sets into, (and we put 
them in order), which makes it really easy to see which cards in a set we 
have - or don't have.  So typically, in the Nonsports echo, you'd see a 
message like this:
   "Singles available, Star Trek Inaugural:
    3  5, 14, 15, 21, 33, 34, 36, 45, 55, 56, 57, 60, 71, 72"
You get the idea.  When you post card _descriptions_ instead of numbers, 
those people who may need those singles won't *KNOW* they need what you have. 
 They would know only the _numbers_ they need - those would be the blank 
pockets in their pages that house their sets.  But if a person doesn't have 
card 61, for example, there's no way they would know what the picture on card 
61 is, so when you come along and describe what would be card 61, they'd 
never recognize it (as being card 61, one they need).  So your list, such as 
you posted it, was meaningless to most card collectors.  You need to list 
singles by card number in the future, in order for the information your are 
trying to convey to have meaning to card collectors.
I'd suggest re-writing your message, using card numbers instead of 
descriptions, and then place it in the nonsport_cards echo.  You'd much more 
likely get a response from a potentual buyer who may need your singles, 
there...
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