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warshawlawor is it thread?
I agree that the high grade set registry folks don't collect the same way as the rest of us but I wouldn't say they are of a different hobby altogether. Many of them take just as much pride and enjoy themselves just as much as I do.
One thing I do note is that the folks who do these high grade/high price sets are not the ones touting the "investment" end of things. They realize that they are collecting cards they will likely die with and just don't make a big deal of it. The investment cheerleading seems to be the purview of others. It seems to me that if you have to actively worry about whether you can resell these supposedly fantastic investments, you probably shouldn't be claiming to collect them; what you are really doing is investing in them. And that's a totally different story. I realize I am generalizing but that doesn't make me wrong. Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get me.