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boxingcardman--Buying cards I did not think I would buy when I see them at prices I feel comfortable paying.
--Buying scarce cards I need for tough sets, etc., when they surface. They aren't going anywhere except into my collection until I die (or am desperate enough to have to sell them, which would only happen if we had a depression), so I won't sweat it if I "overpay" for them by a bit now.
--Buying cards at lowball prices.
--Dollar cost averaging certain card investments: At certain prices I am happy to acquire and stockpile certain cards that I feel are good investments for the longer term.
--Selling certain cards that I know have a ready market.
--Holding on to the cards I have and don't really care to sell but might sell in a surging marketplace.
--Selling cards that I feel will sell at a substantial loss to the extent that I have gains to offset them (aka tax planning).
--Rediscovering the pleasure of collecting postwar HOFers in off grades at bargain bin prices. Paying $10-$20 for cards from sets that I gave up on collecting from when the demand for them was higher and prices were more like $25-$40. When two Starbucks = 1 vg HOFer, time to kick the coffee habit.
Remember, cards will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no cards.
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