You know you are addicted when....
 

You know you are addicted when............


I had a dream last night about a Magie portrait (seriously). And I don't even collect T206s!!


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It figures! Even discussions about dreams lead to t206's :)


I think you know when you're addicted when you have stacks of auction books in your bathroom.

When you have a drain tube sticking out of your stomach, a catheter, and are connected to an IV bag and still find yourself reading Net54 at 3:00 AM. I am truly pathetic:o

You know you’re an addict when….

You have 4 of the same $50-100 commons and you wrestle with the thought of letting one go.

Cheers,

John

P.S. Leon was it a spicy dream? Not that there's anything wrong with that.

That's not pathetic, that's dedication!!! Hope your feeling better!!!

You sell some baseball cards to make a bigger purchase (house, college, car, etc...), and then end up using a bunch of the money to buy more baseball cards.

Don't know about spicy but it was in a 5 holder!!

... when you start a card show with 2 buddies just to be able to hang out and talk cards all day.

Cards on my mind....daily
 

I've had dreams about cards in general, but never about a specific card (I don't think). I do sometimes find myself in meetings at work, daydreaming about whether or not I should pull the trigger on a card I've had my eye on on eBay or in an auction.

I've wondered before - when was the last time I went an entire day without thinking about cards in some form or fashion? I truly have no idea, but I'm sure it's been years.

I'll go a little further...

When you have at least one auction catalog in each room of your house; living room, bathroom, bedroom, kitchen/dining room, daughters bedroom (she likes playing with the older ones that I don't have an interest in keeping). When the catalogs are current they rotate around my house including the back patio.

I know I am addicted because I have to write the post # each time I write here.....lolllll had to say it!!!:D

Post # 5

hahahah very nice.

...when, as a seller, you become so enamored with your inventory that you just let it pile up and instead of selling, get cheaper in other areas of life.

You know your addicted when you have 200K in cards and buy a 1985 Ford pick-up for a grand. :D Dave.

when
 

You know you are addicted when you spend three days concocting a trade involving four people to obtain two beater T206s...

LMAO Classic, good one. :D

When the only books you read are old auction catalogs

You know you are addicted when....the highlight of your day is checking Net54 for a Zone sighting :)

Well if Leon is willing to share his dreams...

I also don't really collect T206 although I do have a few. Two nights ago, I had a dream where I was on an adventure with several friends to collect one of every front in order to turn them in for a giant framed picture of the T206 Wagner signed by every player in the set. Only one of these pictures was available so their was an intense hunt to be the first to complete it. The rest of the details are kinda vague but I remember having to lie, cheat, steal, negotiate, and avoid being killed by the other collectors (and some gangsters who were out to make a buck) during the adventure. Last thing I remember was standing in front of the giant picture (we are talking like 6' x 6') hanging on the wall, examining all the individual autographs on it, and then my alarm for work went off =(

I'm with Tim.
No pathetic there
Could see myself doing same thing

Hi, I'm Ed, and I'm a collector.
 

Just figured it was time someone said it, but then again, I'm pretty sure everyone here knows that.

You KNOW you must be addicted when you have spent a few minutes EVERY SINGLE DAY for the last 10 yrs trying to figure out a way to make money off the 5 Monster boxes of 1988 Donruss you have in the backroom & can't come up w/ anything, so you gave it one more day & think again tomorrow!

......when you have Net54 and BST sub forums bookmarked to your home screen on your iPhone........and can't stop from tapping those icons all day long......;)

when
 

you know it when you answer this question again, happily, on the same board for
around a decade now.
all the best,
barry

Leon, your subconscious is telling you to collect T206s. ;)

I know what you mean. I just spent $10,000+ in REA, and I'm trying to get another year out of a 1996 Honda Civic with 340,000 miles on it. :o

Those 90's Honda cars are damn near bullet proof. I bet you could keep going a lot longer with a good tune up ;)

We have a Honda Civic and a Honda Accord. Both of them are going on 6 yrs old and they both run like a champ. (knock on wood)

I take the bus to go around I had 3 new cars in my life and 2 years ago decided the hell with it the bus passes every 30 minutes and goes everywhere I need to go and only cost me less than 10$ a month (a few tickets only is what I use)...the grocery store and all the rest is only a 30 minute walk back and forth...so I walk a LOT...need newer shoes more often but save at fortune in the end. Everything can be ordered online now so why bother paying so much for a car.

No more cars for me until I am told old or no longer healthy enough to walk that extra mile. I live in a big city so I doubt I will even bother to buy one then.

Post # 9

I guess this is how some of us afford all these cards. :p

and this is how some afford them...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nhgfjrKi0o




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My problem is that I enjoy cars too. :o

Yeah but Leon your van rocks!

http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn...custom_van.jpg

Yeah that's a problem for me too... :o

... When you're reading your Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and daydreaming about your T-206 cards.

more like....

When you say "screw it, the kids will be just fine going to community college" :D

I have a great one from yesterday! I brought a handful of change to Dunkin Donuts to buy food and a drink, then came home and spent $370 on a Cy Young card off ebay before I even took a bite of a donut...I was literally being too cheap to spend a couple bucks more on real food. I weighed it out and decided DD for less than $5 was the right choice

When you are visiting your in-laws in their tiny condo and your only "quiet" option to participate in REA/chat with the board at 5:30am is wedged behind the hotwater tank in the stanky storage room for 8 hours.

True story...hey Wonks!

Hell they're just barely broken in Leon ;)

LOL, funny and true. :)

After flirting with my last venture into 911 Turbos, I've finally came to the conclusion that spending $50,000 on temperamental 90's super cars, was the worst possible investment. Sure 911Ts are really holding their value today, but when you start counting up service receipts, the "luster" of your investment quickly wears off. I've given up the sports car hobby..........for now :p

As you and I previously spoke about, and I was steadfast in my thinking, don't buy a used race car such as a 911T. It will be in for service more than you will drive it. Then too, when I hit turbo with the clutch in, so I could jump off the line, that probably didn't help a whole lot either. But what are you supposed to do in a race car like a 911T? I had to race from stoplight to stoplight.

That's what it's made for ;)

Some of my old buddies in the Porsche club had some of nastiest tricked out 911s I had ever seen. The HP and torque they were laying down left me starring at the flame shooting out of their rear ends, lol.....if any of you are 930 owners, you know what I'm talking about ;)

atx840

Hahahaha that me me laugh!!!

Post # 11

That's funny, I owned a 1978 Porsche 911 from 1995 to 2003. I had to decide between the car and baseball cards. Since I only drove it about 2000 miles a year I sold the 911 to a friend. The last I heard he moved to Mississippi a week before Katrina hit. I don't know if the 911 survived.

Mine was a 1979, 930T.....I only lost one race in it...to a camaro with about a 1.5ft blower coming out of his hood. I used to race from light to light on Westheimer on Friday and Saturday nights, when I lived in Houston back in the mid 1980s...

I think you are onto something. I consider $50 for a card nothing, but will buy a plain $8 burger to save the extra buck for bacon.

Blasphemy.

I would buy the bacon and save the $8:D

Co-signed...

What the hell is this world coming to?..

Bacon should have it's own food group.

You know you're addicted when...
 

You know you're addicted when you save a lot of money for a card you "have to have" in an REA Auction, only to find yourself so impatient for the auction to end that you spend it all on unnecessary cards (usually duplicates) on eBay.

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You know your addicted when...
 

you try to schedule all your appointments for the day so they will not conflict with the time your mail usually gets delivered.

or when my 2 year old says "baseball card" whenever he sees a bubble mailer or manila envelope while walking through a store.

Hilarious!

awesome!!!

.....when you think this thresd is the funniest thing ever and make your wife read it so she`ll better understand how you think (didn`t work).

Good one Craig. Zone I enjoy your passion.

My response to the original thread would be you know you are addicted when you begin to think of how much things cost in terms of vintage base ball cards. Hmm...new carpet or another rare back for my T206 back collection.

.... you win cards on ebay with money you don't have yet. Not good, Adrian.

"Dear -----,

I made a mistake I was to receive a large amount of money by the end of May from my previous job but so seems it will be only at the end of June 2013.

Please cancel this purchase I believe that the person who bid behind me was about 5$ off my high bid I am sure he will be happy to get a second chance offer.

I truly apologize.


- 1952toppsmantle"

Hopefully you won't do the same thing to the sellers of the dozen or so cards you have won in the last couple of days.

Hilarious! My two year old does the exact same thing. He walks to the box with me, gets the mail, then hands me the bubble mailers and says "here dad, more baseball cards". My wife likes to sometimes get the mail and hide the mailers just to watch me freak out.

Adrian can be a seller's greatest dream come true or worst nightmare depending on when you encounter him in his cycle. The risk is not worth the reward for me. Would hate to be caught up in that BS.

You're really addicted when you can't get rid of the wife, because you are affraid she may take half the collection.............Just kidding........I think I'll start hiding some of the collection.

Peter_Spaeth

I told him the truth I was waiting on money owed to me (for medical reasons that I have been fighting to get for a long while now). The money from my coin sale was spent on a few expensive cards and the rest went onto my condo or was given to my brother to wait till my mortgage is no longer closed and I can pay as much as I can humanly pay in one single shot....I can only pay 15% when it is closed per year.

Why do I have to explain myself every time I make a change in what I do? It is not at all respectful of you to come here and try to make me look stupid!!!

Yes I purchased about 25 other cards and oh my lord I had to cancel 2 of them but will still pay for the other 23 cards without fault!!! I just spent a tad more than I should have based on the fact I was expecting a large check....again not a lie....if I where to receive the money like previously expected I would have kept the 25 cards....SHIT HAPPENS!!!

Post # 1

Looks like I'll be updating my blocked bidder list.....until he changes his ID for the not first, second or third, but forth time in 9 months. Really dude, stop picking your whim of the month as your ID. How about something more neutral? I think MountieWelcher is available.

conor912

Why don't you mind your own business and stop acting like a pissy OLD fart!!!

I paid for all my cards Jesus Lord I made a %$%^$#^ mistake so what!!! Ban me from your list who cares I probably never even considered buying from you anyway...see my feedback on Ebay you nut job it says 100% positive with almost 200 purchases in about 6 months time.

Post # 2

In 15 years on ebay I have never cancelled one transaction. I believe I am in the great majority here. Get your shit together.

conor912

Get my shit together who the hell do you think you are!!!! Spying on me waiting like a dirty leech until I make a mistake you are some scum bag for sure....a really low human being!!! You have no life but to wait till I make a error that is very sick!!! I changed my nickname a few times so what I was just trying to find the right one that I was happy with. You forget I spent 22 000$ a few weeks ago again when ''all'' you guys here doubted me...again you are mistaken.

Post # 3

I don't care enough to spy on you. Just enough to comment on what you write.

Popcorn......check

Soda..........check

Comfy chair.......check

I've been sharing some of these throughout the day with my wife and she just gives a small chuckle and roll of the eyes =)

conor912

Sureeeeeeeee that is why you just could not wait to have a little something to jump down on me you disgusting human being...you are truly human trash!! I had a budget I went a bit over so I cancelled a few cards why because a large check was suppose to be deposited in my account this evening and it was not.

Always trying to ruin my reputation here....kust because a lot here actually like talking to me you are one jealous ^%&!!!

Post # 4

Adrian, this isn't going well for you.

You know you're addicted when you belong to a baseball card forum and read every post about why everyone is addicted to cards.

Leon

Why me Leon some of these guys are trying to make me look stupid here at ever chance they get WITHOUT KNOWING THE FACTS...there are laws against ruining someone's reputation.

Post # 5

I think you are doing a good enough job all by yourself.

I haven't seen anyone tell a lie yet. In order for there to be libel the information has to be false.

Leon

So I guess you are saying they are right and I am wrong!!!!:eek:

I have never tried to attack or disrespect one of your members every day people do it to me so I get pissed off about for once then I am the one to blame.

Oh please don't open that can of worms all over again......please.

Did you buy multiple things lately and back out of the deals?

So I see Saturday we all where OK with each other now you guys want to make me leave this site fine take care!!!!:cool:

Take care Leon thanks for the times you actually tried to defend me I do appreciate it.

For all you haters you finally got your wish me leaving this site. You attacked me and knew I would respond hoping Leon sided with you...I guess you knew better!!!