Yea, I guess it's more of a mindset I've gotten by setting up at and attending shows. I ask people who or what they collect. And a lot say they only buy and sell to flip and don't collect. I guess it might be different when it comes to vintage guys, which I believe most around here are. But I do tremendously miss the old days where everyone traded. I don't understand why people don't anymore as it's as safe and easy as ever. I'm one where I can't afford to spend hundreds of dollars a week on cards. So, I have to take what I have and try to turn it into what I want, and the only way to do that is with trading. But yea, I guess there's some collectors out there that don't trade and only buy and sell. But you don't see if often.
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Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5
I really wish you would stop suggesting that collecting requires trading. I'm a pure collector. I literally never sell a card. I only buy cards for my personal collection. And because of this, I virtually never trade either. Trading means getting rid of a card I collect and love. So I don't do it. I purchase cards for my collection. That is collecting in the purest sense.
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