Sets that aren't worth completing

[Econteachert205]

I would echo those who suggest buying a set with a few upgrades needed and then slowly upgrading it from a financial standpoint. The only set I ever built that made me money re selling after was my t205 set and that mostly had to do with timing. Generally speaking set building is a fun but losing proposition money wise. Still one of the best parts of the hobby though.

As far as from a set disappointment stand point the most disappointing set I built was probably 1971 topps baseball. It’s huge, there’s a lot of expensive high numbers of guys I don’t feel like paying for and at the end I found out I had like 50 sharpie retouches in a set I thought was exmt. That was pretty much a downer. I chose about 30 cards I really liked from the set, like the Munson and vida blue and dumped the rest and won’t ever consider rebuilding it, even though there was a great set that was just listed here a few days ago at a great price that was very tempting.