Three (not so) blind autos

One of the things I try to maximize with my ebay purchases, is combined shipping. Because even if I win a $1 card, shipping will never, ever be free. Best case scenario, I get it for $4, shipped (not uncommon for the US either), worst case scenario, they only offer the global shipping programm and it'll cost me $15 more. I don't know why I use the future tense, since never in my right mind would I pay 15 times more in shipping fees, just to make ebay richer. There is the Comc mailbox alternative, which is a great service, but it's still a $1 processing fee + shipping (which comes out to about $1 a card, as they don't qualify for their $3 flat shipping rate). I use comc for my 'higher-end' cards, ie vintage or relics that are more than $5.

Anyway, many ebay sellers offer combined shipping, which is great for business. But which means that I'll sometimes find a card I'm really interested in, and shop around to see if the seller has anything else to offer. That's what happened here.

Here's one of those cards I wouldn't have bought otherwise. I got it for cheap ($3 I think), but that design is horrible. Still a nice on card auto from one of the major players from the bad boys era of the New York Knicks.

This is a nice looking card of a player I don't much care about, although it's a good thing he was here when Chandler wasn't or they might not have made it to the playo...oh wait...

here's the card that I really wanted. I got it for a little more than what I usually pay for a modern card ($7), but it looks really great. And it's of a player I admire because, obviously, of his height. If you must know, I myself am 5'6 (or 1,68m, since that's the system we use here). Muggsy is 5'3 and still played great professional basketball. I hope there was a CBS special on him that inspired an entire generation ! Incidentally, it's numbered 169/199 and the Martin one is 168/199. That's weird.

Three oncard autos. And I added the seller to my favorites. Something tells me I'll be back for more.