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Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy
You summed up a lot of my thoughts quite well. Thanks for the insight. It is somehow comforting to know that I am not alone.
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You're welcome. If it makes you feel any better, I still fight the urge to occasionally splurge on a high-grade card that I don't need (or more accurately cannot afford...) but sooner or later I usually pull out of the clouds. I guess when I was single and just worried about myself that was one thing - but anymore I'm unhappy with myself in the long run if I know I've spent more on a card than I should have. It happens to us a lot of us from time to time, I guess.
I'd like to think that especially for set collectors - more people would do a better job of emphasizing the collectability of VG range cards. Think about it: These are small pieces of cardboard that were issued in wax wrappers with chewing gum to children - in many cases 50 or more years ago. And today we somehow think they aren't good unless they are close to perfect on a 10 point scale? That flies in the face of what is rational when it comes to what collecting is supposed to be about - in my humble opinion anyway...
-John