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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Jay, we're going to have to send in a team from Vienna to examine you. Why do you think that people that spend a lot of money on cards do so to "keep up with the Joneses?" Who the hell even hangs out with anyone else on the Registry lists? You want to know why I spend what I do on cards? I do it because I WANT to and I CAN. Has nothing to do with peer pressure. Do you honestly think that people spend what they do on baseball cards because of wanting to keep up with their neighbors? I find it hilarious that the way you rationalize spending small amounts of cash on cards is that you wouldn't want to spend a lot of money because "keeping up with the Joneses" is too painful to bear. Dude, we live in America not North Korea. Believe it or not, I like working hard, being successful and spending ridiculous amounts of money on a hobby that I love. This has nothing to do with keeping up with anyone - because everyone I am close with who has cash does not buy cards. Why you feel the need to denigrate the fact that people who spend a lot of money on cards are somehow foolish - because that is exactly what you are saying. To twist Dice Clay's words a bit, how do you think people that make enough money to spend tons on cards got that way - by being dumb and lazy?