How long you collected as a kid ?...

[BearBailey]

I started collecting in 1983 as a 7 year old. I would spend most if not all of my allowance on packs, mainly Topps from the local convenience store and at Little League, then we found a pharmacy that sold fleer and got into them as well. I have never looked back. My 4 years of college were lean years, but in the summer when I worked, I always bought plenty and the birthday and christmas gifts that I chose were mainly baseball cards. Once I graduated and got a "real job" the collection/addiction has continued to grow. All of my friends from my childhood who sold or stopped collecting, always comment how they wish they still collected or atleast still had their cards. I can't imagine ever not collecting, and I just kep working my way back set by set, and I still get at minimum a Topps factory set each year, but usually I get a few boxes to bust throughout the year.

Great Thread!!