Buyer Resources
1. Intro
2. Terminology
3. Condition Hierarchy
4. Price Influences
5. What Not to Buy Used
6. Browsing
7. Searching and Filtering
8. Vetting a Seller
9. Scams Database
10. Common Counterfeits
11. Negotiating
12. Trading
13. Bidding
14. Pickups and Meetups
15. Purchasing Online
16. Taxes and Duties
17. Receiving Shipments
18. Reshipping
19. Issues After Purchase
20. Leaving Feedback
21. Useful Tools
22. Appendix
What Does "OPC" Mean?
"O-Pee-Chee."
In the context of sports cards, "OPC" is the shortform name for the trading card manufacturing company "O-Pee-Chee" based out of London, Ontario, Canada. In the world of vintage cards, OPC print runs were much smaller than their Topps counterparts due to the size of the Canadian market compared to the US. Nowadays, the O-Pee-Chee name is licensed to other companies - Upper Deck being the most prominent.
Zoomed-in logo on a 1982 OPC Baseball #95 Ozzie Smith card (Affiliate link).
Updated: 2025-04-30
First published: 2024-08-05
