[Bosox Blair]

I like:

- the history of baseball
- collecting old stuff in nice condition
- the thrill of auctions
- SGC and PSA for making it much easier to buy/sell cards, especially in a non-face-to-face transaction (and despite all the constant moaning and attacks on the TPGs, I remember being a collector in the 1980s...what we have now thanks to TPGs is a lot better...I ended up returning more mail-ordered cards than I ever kept back then...and eating a lot of cost because of it...)
- eBay showing collectors clearly what cards were truly tough, and what was actually quite common
- services tracking actual prices paid (real market value) have displaced arbitrary and wildly inaccurate "price guides"
- every collector I have ever met in person, and especially those from this Board

I dislike:

- people who focus on what they dislike


Cheers,
Blair