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Old 05-23-2023, 07:35 PM
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Jeff Carlson
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Originally Posted by BeanTown View Post
Figure out what percentage of your income you want to invest.
This would be my second piece of advice. My first would be extremely skeptical of advice given by old men with fat wallets. If I had gotten some of the advice above when I got back into collecting as an adult, I probably would have immediately taken up a different hobby.

As it was, I wasn't the recipient of such sage council, so I happily built mid to late 1970s sets and didn't move on to other, more expensive sets until my disposable income increased. Which, leads to the quoted wisdom from BeanTown.
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