Hitting 1000

 Earlier this week I received yet another trade package from the Trading Card Database. 

It was the 55th trade I've received in 2026 and I hit the 1000 new cards threshold! 

This was the 1000th card to come out of the trade packages this year, from 2022-23 Donruss. 

I really enjoy trading because it turns my duplicates into cards I need. Win-win. This trade was with someone I actually know outside of the Database but he is also on there of course, all 55 were made on the Database. 

In addition to the now 1096 cards I've added via these trades I also added 8 diecast cars, 2 actual NASCAR decals (the kind that appear on the car themselves) and a couple of miscellaneous NASCAR things. 

Honestly, I would say putting the time into getting your tradelist and wantlist posted may be even more important than getting your collection documented. Now that it's set up so you can add all three of those options just by checking a box, it's easier than ever. 

Every year I make a list on there showing my trades. Who they are with, how many cards I get, my yearly total of new cards, and whatever else needs to be said. (If I completed a set or added a new set to my collection, mostly). My largest return on a trade this year was 121 cards (so far). I have completed more than 10 sets and inserts via trade this year alone. The smallest trade I made saw only one card return. I have one more trade I'm waiting for to arrive and hopefully will make a couple more before the year ends. 

According to the stats provided by the Database, this is the second year I've hit 1000 cards in trade, although the records pre-mid 2015 are not included as the current trade manager wasn't set up yet by then. I don't know if any of the years would have hit 1000 but I don't think so. 

I'm close to breaking my Database trade record. I was pretty active on Trader Retreat back in the day, but there are no surviving stats from that website. My gut feeling is that I probably didn't exceed 59 trades in a single year but I might have, I've been trading online since 2001 or 2002. No way to know anymore unfortunately. 

If anyone reading this wants to trade with me I'm very easy to work with. I'll take pretty much anything offered and it doesn't have to be on my wantlist, as I only put sets I'm close to on that. It doesn't even have to be a topic I normally collect. See something on my tradelist you want but only have baseball, football, soccer, etc available? Propose the trade and I'll accept it, if nothing else it might get a me a new name for my monthly updates.