The other day I mentioned that when I first busted a wax box, of 1983 Fleer, I marked out the checklist cards to see what I had, and soon regretted it. I mentioned that I had never since then marked on a checklist card, and that I had kept those original red-checked cards to remind me never to do that again.
Here they are in all their glory. I shudder.
Apparently if I had kept this going, I would have been a box filler rather than an X-er or a check-marker.
I'm not sure what the big red blotch is next to #538 though.
I can't remember if these checklists were the result of one or two wax boxes, but it appears that I got close to completing the set. I have since done so, and it is one of my fondest memories buying (all by myself) ripping, and putting this set together.
An interesting note to the '83 Fleer checklists is that in addition to the player checklists they also included a team checklist, so as you completed a full team, you could check it off here.
So, do you write on checklists?
And if so, are you an X-er, a filler, or a check-marker?