From high-school cards
to CREELDEAL.

Basketball cards, Ken Griffey Jr., Saints tickets and the stubs worth saving. A little of the story behind my store.

Kenny Creel · November 2, 2026

I started in high school.

I’ve been collecting since high school. Basketball cards were the start, along with plenty of other things that caught my attention. I was a big Ken Griffey Jr. fan, and there were other players I enjoyed collecting, too.

What kept me interested was the search: finding a card I liked, spotting a deal, and deciding what was worth keeping.

Then came the tickets—and the stubs.

I really got into selling event tickets: Saints games, MLB games and other sporting events. I also enjoyed saving ticket stubs and finding and selling them. For me, the stub could be something worth collecting in its own right.

That’s part of the background to 4ticketsonline, the name people have known my eBay store by. I’ve been selling on eBay since 1999.

The lesson I keep coming back to: follow your gut.

A lot of collecting and finding deals is prospecting. You buy something because you feel there’s something good there, but not every pick works out.

That’s the lesson I’d share with another collector: follow your gut, and understand that you won’t get every choice right. Some finds work out better than others. Learning from those results is part of finding the next deal.

CREELDEAL has room for more.

Finding and selling good deals on great cards is still a big part of what I enjoy. But I don’t want CREELDEAL to stop at cards and collectibles. Those belong in their own section, with room alongside them for everyday bargains.

The common thread is simple: finding something good and sharing it. Sometimes that’s a card or a ticket stub. Sometimes it’s something useful for everyday life.