A couple of years ago, I was building sets and cards were coming almost daily. I would go to the mailbox every day and it was like Christmas all year long. As the collection gets larger, the desired set gets older, and the cards get more expensive, the buying is concentrated to bonus time in the spring and I find that I avoid doing a lot of shopping - so that I resist the temptation to buy outside of the budget.
Mike (Bocabirdman) told me that this happened to him as he was building his collection and it seemed impossible with so much still on the want list. Alas, it happens and my daily trips to Net54 seem to be my only lifeline into the hobby.
When I map out future sets and purchases, I know that it will only get slower - and this is with a healthy card budget. It kind of bums me out.
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2024 Collecting Goals:
53-55 Red Mans Complete Set
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