Have you ever gone backwards in the hobby?

[zljones]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

If you can't, sell it back to me, I'll hold it and sell it back to you.

Sweet! I will message you when and if neccessary.

[zljones]

Thanks for all these stories everyone and kind word. I may as well reveal that the real reason I started this thread was because I was thinking about liquidating 100% of my collection, every single card because I felt frustrated. Now that I see there are other similar stories I will hold onto my best cards, instead of sending them all off. I will only sell the ones I need to.

[Blunder19]

If it makes anyone in this thread feel better... I put the 520 set together in 6 months.. only to have to sell it about 4 months later because of unexpected, (and expensive) house repairs needed. Letting go of that hard work.. (non stop for 6 months)... was really tough for me...

but family is more important then this hobby.... When you need to do someting for your family.. the cards have to go.

Jamie

[Runscott]

I sold all of my cards and most of my photos the first time around because of a 'perfect storm' of reasons - big move across the country, desire to get rid of debt, disillusion with the state of the hobby at that time. I only regretted selling a few items. Made a mental note not to sell unique stuff that I would miss too badly.

I'm hitting the road for a few months with my dog, so will be repeating the process, but this time simply leaving a few 'keepers' in the safety deposit box and not worrying about them.

As some have said, life is more important than cardboard, so don't let collectibles interfere.

[zljones]

Originally Posted by Runscott

I sold all of my cards and most of my photos the first time around because of a 'perfect storm' of reasons - big move across the country, desire to get rid of debt, disillusion with the state of the hobby at that time. I only regretted selling a few items. Made a mental note not to sell unique stuff that I would miss too badly.

I'm hitting the road for a few months with my dog, so will be repeating the process, but this time simply leaving a few 'keepers' in the safety deposit box and not worrying about them.

As some have said, life is more important than cardboard, so don't let collectibles interfere.

Alot of that sounds similar to my story.