I collected heavily from 86-93, and still have most of that stuff. And still love it!
I found what to do! I posted this on one of the other forums:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=197450
since that post, I have been building a group to do 2 more in my office. I have picked up some sweet cards like a 90 Leaf Thomas, 92 Bowman Piazza, 84 Donruss Mattingly etc. that were way out of my price range as a youth. Now I pay pennies on the dollar for stuff I still like.
Note: some cards still get good action on eBay - 93 Finest refractors, Jeter, 89 Griffey UD.