buying baseball cards

I have learned from the school of hard knocks that there are two things you should always do when buying high end baseball cards off of EBAY:

1. Always ask for a reverse photo to make sure the back of the card is as nice as the front.

2. When dealing with graded cards, regardless of the grading company, remember that pictures of cards
in these sealed card cases normally do not photograph as well as those out of the cases.

Do not try and pay by PayPal w/o asking first

We are seeing a ton of people trying to use PayPal inappropriately by paying for an auction and then asking for the item to be shipped to another address other then the address on their account. We require the buyer to communicate first after an auction closes to ensure the are not trying to do something inappropriate. This is VERY confusing to a buyer when they go to pay and PayPal states yep you have paid for the auction when in fact they did not. This is a SERIOUS FLAW with PayPal but it is the only way to protect ourselves...sorry

Am I wrong or is ebay double charging its FVF??

The first FVF is suposed to be just for the selling price; check the math on yours.

Those transaction fees have nothing to do with the postage discount you get when printing your shipping labels through eBay/PayPal. If you want the shipping calculator to show the online rate (rather than the retail rate) you can choose that option in the shipping section of your Site Preferences.

I am a happy owner of the Dual Processor 2.66 Dual Core 1st generation Mac Pro (1,1)

These machines are getting up there in age. EEK! 3+ years old in computer terms is ancient. You can get something that's much faster, but these 1st gen Mac Pro's can still pull their considerable weight (40+ lbs).

If you must have the newest and fastest these aren't for you. I'm using my 2-2.66GHz Dual core Mac Pro as a second machine for rendering and doing some other crunching while I keep working on my main 2-2.8GHz Quad core Mac Pro.

I have installed a Sata card from OWC to use the extra Sata ports on the motherboard. I added a Matrox MX02 card to use this Mac Pro as an injest station for video production. I also added a CompressHD Matrox card to speed up h.264 compression. You can't get that functionality from an iMac (even a brnad new Core i7 one)and that's one of the reasons I like this machine so much - its expandability.

The great thing is you can add more RAM or faster/more hard drives to give these machines more life. I just added a new SSD drive to the mix to be my start up drive and am pleased with the new speed.

The options this Mac Pro gives you really make it a strong contender if you're looking for something that's a little cheaper than the brand new models. There's still plenty of tread on these tires even as the machine moves on from the Applecare years to year 4 and hopefully many more to come.

I have found that laptop PCs & Macbooks

The size of the Mac mini makes it useful for traveling and camping in an RV or camper. It fits easily on the smaller depth shelves that are necessary in the confined quarters of a camper.

I have found that laptop PCs & Macbooks, because of their integrated screens, are not as easy, as the mini, to use as a media center/workstation in an RV.

The mini plugs into a 21" wall mounted LCD, therefore, a smaller attached LCD, on a laptop is less than useful.

Also, the Mac mini remote makes it nice to control the OSX "Front Row" application. I use Front Row with the free media center plugin, "Sapphire".

The 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor works well for the small footprint that the desktop takes up.

I have found that the integrated Airport wireless is great for getting connected when we are in campgrounds with available WiFi.

Next, the bluetooth keyboard & mouse work well, for most of the same reasons that the mini works.

Finally, when we are not traveling we can simply unplug the little desktop and take it into the house and have a nice desktop for the kids.

So, the Mac mini has been a great solution to a "not so typical" need.

The Callaway X20 irons are straight and true

There is good launch even with the longer irons. Generally good feel for a cast head.
The heads do their job with a weighted feel to keep the clubs on like. The steel uniflex shafts are useful for a variety of swing speeds but compared to Taylormade T90s the uniflex feel archaic. The shafts are too heavy for those of us looking for the game improvemnt help.

Any USB mouse or keyboard plugs right in

Added 8 gig of memory and a 120G SSD drive. This little box moves!!! Photoshop pops right up. Easy to work on, check macsales.com for video's on how to upgrade the HD and memory.

Honma Driver 1 beres TW912

Compared to my AP-2 Titleists with steel shafts, the R11s with graphite shafts lack feel and distance control but are more forgiving and almost a club longer. They are very comparable to Titleist AP-1s in just about every way. I usually play 3-4 different sets of irons every season and play 60+ rounds per year.

Ping G15 3 wood

I had just finished buying the Ping G15 iron set, and hybrid. I didnt think I needed a 3 wood since I had the hybrid. After playing 2 rounds of golf, I was falling short on the par 5 with the hybrid. As soon as I got home I looked on ebay and found this 3 wood, that was pretty much brand new. Now when I go golf I feel much more confident, because now I have the clubs for any shot.