Tim’s Baseball Card Shop

Wow — looking through these reviews, it’s either feast or famine at Tim’s store. Well, even though things didn’t go exactly as I had hoped, my review is part of the «feast group». Here’s what my experience was like…
I brought three memorabilia items to his store as he does advertise that he sells memorabilia. He looked at the items and said that for the most part, he doesn’t buy them. The two reasons he gave pertained to potential authenticity issues and the fact that what I had were mostly «one-​off» type items that are specific to certain collectors. Not what I wanted to hear, but I could totally appreciate and understand his logic.
He did take the time to look into an app that provides outcomes of recent online sales and identified 2 of my 3 items through those means along with recent prices. He ended up making me an offer that was less than what I was shooting for, but after some deliberation, I accepted it. I might have done better elsewhere, but who knows how long it might have taken me to find a better offer and how much more would it have been for? Sometimes you have to cut your losses.
The bottom line here is that Tim did take some time to look into these items and made me an offer on two of them based upon what he felt was doable for him. No bs or con jobs — I could have stepped away at any moment. He was straight forward, honest and helpful. I much prefer that approach than the collector shop people who tell you that your stuff is a pile of junk, but the stuff that they have for sale is pristine — even though it’s the same stuff!
And as for the low-​key appearance of the store, so what??? I used to trade cards out of a shoebox clamped onto my bicycle — do you really need much more?

Didn’t really dig it. Kind of bare bones place with not a lot of selection. They probably do most their trading online as the guy in the shop was staring at his laptop the whole time barely acknowledging my presence. Whatever, I won’t go back.

TIm has a great thing going here. Enjoy the ambiance, conversation, and trip back to childhood. Keep up the good work.

My son really likes this place, and the fact that the cheaper cards arent in order is great… just dig in!
Tim & co. are good eggs & my son always leaves with a reasonably-​priced stash… the fact that we dont spend large amounts of cash & are still treated great by the folks there speaks volumes…
Great place!

Location hmmm?, it is a tiny tiny little shop! There’s not much to it and he doesn’t have a lot out in his cases! The highest dollar card I saw was $ 10 He must have stuff somewhere else?
I was pretty geeked up about going to a card shop and maybe picking up a few cards or a box, an auto, or maybe a throw back Jersey something.
Tim has more cards at
… so you can check this site out and see if he has anything you want.
I guess I’m spoiled with a great card shop close to me here in Cedar Rapids, Ia But then again if I lived in the Chicago area I would prolly be stopping in ever now and then and grabbing a box or two or thee to geek over.
Support your Local small business owners!

Stopped by Tim’s Baseball Card Shop on a whim. It’s what you’d expect from a sports card shop: glass cases with cards and boxes displayed, posters, information, the whole bit. What really makes this a 5 star place is Tim.
I hadn’t purchased a pack of baseball cards since I was about 9, and easily could have stood in the shop for 5 minutes, shrugged my shoulders, walked out the door, and forgot about it. However, Tim was very friendly, has a passion for collecting, and is willing to talk about the differences in product to a novice like me. I left with a box of cards under my arm, and hints of the excitement I had as a young collector. Even though Tim’s is a bit out of the way for me (25 minute drive) it’s certainly worth the trip.

I have not been to Tim’s but I loved the Super Bowl Ad!
Go Tim!

I have a lot of cards I have been wanting to get rid of for a while. While there are a lot, they’re not really in high demand, and it’s been hard to find a place interested in buying them. But when I called Tim’s, whoever I talked to said to bring them all in.
When I came, I came with multiple large boxes. I brought everything in in multiple trips while the people behind the counter ate pizza and mostly didn’t acknowledge me. I had to stand around for 15 minutes even though there were only a couple of other people in the store. When someone behind the counter finally bothered to speak to me, he took one look in one box, said they didn’t want anything I had.
I can’t complain based on not being able to sell the cards, because as I said, I know they’re not in high demand. But being told to bring them in, going to some effort to do it, and then being treated so incredibly rudely was not at all cool.
My advice: find a shop where the people there will treat you with some respect and courtesy. This shop isn’t it.

What a snob! For real. I walked in he said hi and not another word for 15 min. It was me and one other person (a regular I guess) When he left he finally asked me if he could help me. I asked if he would be interested in trading and he said no. Reason it *****up his books. He backed that up with «I only buy cards in the $ 50 to $ 100 range» The sign out front clearly states Buy, Sell & Trade… My guess is he is too good for the average collector. Also his shop was a mess, I wonder how he finds anything at all!

My son didn’t like this shop that much. The low-​priority cards weren’t in any order, so you had to look through boxes and boxes to find what you wanted. Still, he wanted to go back so I’m sure we’ll go…