One cool thing about the MCG contests

I’ve only got 14 cards in my Million Card Giveaway portfolio with only 11 of those coming from codes.  I think it’s safe to say that I’m not going to win any of the contests on the site.  I am benefitting in one way though.  Before the contests were announced, I started to trade away my newer cards for any Red Sox that I could get.  I ended up with a Tom Seaver and Roger Clemens from 87 Topps along with some other cards.  I have since traded away those cards for commons from the 70s.  Sure, it’s not a groundbreaking deal, but it’s an improvement to me.  It may also help me, after the second Red Sox contest, to try and pick up some nice Red Sox cards in exchange for these vintage cards.

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Finally a trade goes through!

I can't believe it. After offering around 30 trades, I've finally had one accepted. I got some older cards, but they were of players that I didn't have any connection to. I decided to try and offer them up for some players that I did have a connection to. It's not like I was trying to get Williams or Yastrezemski for commons. Unfortunately, not a lot of peeople seem to be checking their trade offers on the site. Someone finally checked and deemed my trade worthy. Here it is for your viewing pleasure:

I also noticed this while going through my trade offers. Has anyone else seen this on the site? Is it bad to offer to give someone else more than what you're getting in return? That's what the site makes it seem like.

I'm not quite sure what the make of that error message. It's probably because I'm offering some of those super valuable 1987 Topps cards in that stack.