I travel a lot on business. Before ebay, the only way to get cards was at baseball cards shops. I have been to a lot of card shops all over the USA that I am sure are no longer in existence. Asking for a Juan Gonzalez cards at a lot of shops was as useless as tits on a bull. I cannot tell you how many card shops I visited without one purchase. That was even before Chris, Jonas, and Aircorp1 started buying all the cards on ebay. The Juan Gonzalez cards on the west coast shows were easier to pick up since there was very little competition. If you go to a show on the west coast now the dealers tell you they left his cards at home becuse there is no demand.
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