I'm new to Net54 and just got back into cards when Covid hit. I hadn't purchased any packs (nor even thought about them) since the mid-80s, and really got confused with cards on eBay today being primarily chrome doodads, numbered rainbow sprinkles, and orange sherbert refractors, so I bought 5 Hobby boxes to try and understand the 'new' market (Archives, Heritage, Donruss, Series 1/2). I had a blast opening them, and even more fun putting them in penny sleeves and adding cards to binders like I did when I was a kid, but I don't like clutter, so no more packs for me.
I really, REALLY wish I had that money back to buy more old Ernie Banks cards, but live and learn.
I bought my first s74 silks on eBay last week and it feels good to have found vintage cards...and that's what led me here. If I do get the hankering to open a pack, I'll buy a box of old 1980-something Topps off eBay and try to finish the 1984 set I abandoned when I was a kid!
Nice to e-meet everyone and stay safe,
Chris