I had forgotten how much I enjoyed trading

 I stopped being an active participant on the Trading Card Database in January 2023. I started participating again in November 2025, and in January 2026 I updated my trade list and turned trading back on. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed this. The randomness of not knowing what will be offered to me, the process of pulling them and shipping off my duplicates to send to someone who wants them and is willing to send me cards I want for them. 

It's been so much fun and I didn't really remember how much I enjoyed it, nor did I realize how much I missed it until I started doing it again. 

I had 15 trades going at one time, and they have started arriving. So far I've gotten a trade package every day in the mail this month except February 2nd, and I wonder if some showed up at the box- we didn't check it that day. All but two of my paper listing binders had cards that had to be written into them, and I honestly cannot remember the last time I had to use all the binders like that. It's been a long time. 

Via trading, I completed one major set (1994-95 Upper Deck NBA), completed four Insert sets (1993-94 Hoops David's Best, 1993-94 Ultra All-Rookie Team, 1995-96 Fleer All-Star Weekend and 1995-96 Hoops Slamland) and added an entirely new sport to my collection, getting my first 7 Lacrosse cards. 

Since the trades started rolling in, I've added 245 new NBA cards, 13 NASCAR, 4 NHL, 2 WNBA 5 Non-Sports, 15 MLB (All Non-sports cards from A&G) 4 NCAA basketball, 1 soccer and the 7 Lacrosse cards mentioned earlier. And I'm still waiting on more to arrive, I know for sure my NBA, NASCAR and NHL numbers will be going up. 

I love trading, and I love turning my duplicates into new cards. It's good to be back! 

This photo below shows the first 10 trades that have arrived in February alone. (Two also arrived in January). Some have been large, some have been small. All have been fun, all trades are good trades.