XXXX/0030

I learned that I should pay closer attention to the descriptions in eBay auctions. I won a football card that I thought had a total print run of 30, making it quite rare. Turns out that the card was the same as one of those 30, but it had four X's where the serial number should have been.

At first I thought the card was a fake, but after rereading the auction description, I saw that it was exactly what the seller said it was. He didn't pretend that it was one of the 30. I may have read that at the time I placed my bid, but I had forgotten it in the meantime.

I don't think I overpaid for the card. It's still probably quite rare -- just not one of the 30.