OPC The Place to Be

OPC

The Place To Be

Tom Salem, owner of OPC Baseball Cards, has been involved with cards for over 35 years. Tom is a man of experience and energy. If you think his new store is a “Mom and Pop,” you are wrong. His operation involves travel, throughout the U. S. and Canada. He contacts and is contacted by businesses large and small. His store front, located at 409 North Stone, Caldwell, Texas, is a place to go for your trading card needs.

OPC is open to the public on Sunday-Noon to 6:00 pm; Monday, 9 am to 6pm; Tuesday-Friday Noon-6 pm; Saturday-closed. Tom Salem travels extensively purchasing cards as well as running the operation. And he has employees who work 9-3 daily taking orders and shipping them.

As you can imagine, OPC’s supply is vast. The business has been open a year here and offers baseball, basketball, football, and even non-sport cards such as Star Wars and Batman. Tom has had a website for 8 years, and has felt established, but recently realized he needed a storefront. About a year ago, he opened his small store. Now, he is in process of adding on 1,500 square feet for storage and more area for customer accessibility. It will be a wide-open concept including a big screen TV.

When asked the purpose of his business, Tom said that he’s enjoyed cards since he was a young kid. The opening of packs and boxes always brought joy. As a boy, he acquired so many cards that he began to sell them on the side. Now, he is able to see young people enjoy the same things…the buying and collecting of cards. As an adult, Tom still loves cards, boxed and singles, and the buying and selling of cards. In fact, he commented that he has customers from as far as Austin, Waco, and Houston, to name a few. He buys big and small…truck loads, and small collections.

Be sure to go to 409 North Stone, the fenced building, or call 774.573.1731, or you can go to his website www.opcbaseball. com for your sports card needs. He’ll be happy to see you. Welcome to the business community in Caldwell, Tom Salem. You are adding value to kids’ lives.

KETCHUP A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. “Mommy can’t come to the phone to talk to you right now. She’s hitting the bottle.”

YMCA A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women’s locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, “What’s the matter, haven’t you ever seen a little boy before?”

POLICE # 1 While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about 6 years old. Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, “Are you a cop?” “Yes,” I answered and continued writing the report.

“My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?” “Yes, that’s right,” I told her. “Well, then,” she said as she extended her foot toward me, “would you please tie my shoe?”

POLICE # 2 It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me “Is that a dog you got back there?” he asked. “It sure is,” I replied. Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said, “What’d he do?”

I still have a landline.

Or as I like to call it, “A Cell Phone Finder.”