Things you LIKE/don't like about this hobby?!

[alanu]

In spite of all the changes at ebay, I still like looking at my searches each day to see what's out there.

[oldjudge]

I like many of the people I have met in the hobby; many have become some of my best friends.

I dislike the use of phrases that were never used in the history of the Bronx (puerile ad hominem) :-)

[varsitycollectibles]

Like: Hunting, learning, trading, indoctrinating my son.

Dislike: Fraud and telling people how/who to collect.

[Howe’s Hunter]

I like the camaraderie that I've found here on the board. People who like cards for liking cards. Part of that camaraderie is knowing that while they may not collect what you do, or how you do, others are willing to give advice, tell a story, point you in a direction you haven't been before or yet and just be nice about baseball cards in general.

Hope to someday make it to a national and have the opportunity to meet everyone I've only been able to befriend thanks to this thing they call the internet.

[Edwolf1963]

Likes:

*The people I have met and/or come to know through this board
*Learning so much about the history and hobby here
*The photoshop re-posts of the picture the one guy showed of a Wagner he supposedly had (I forget his name, wasn't that long ago). Still laughing at the one with w/him photoshopped into the American Gothic painting and caption that read "masterpiece within a masterpiece"
*Someone listing a T206 common PSA2 as incredible, undergraded, "should be a 7", etc. - looking for $120, bumped it umpteen times, then said "open to offers" and then the next post was "I'll give you $30"

Dislikes:

*Under-cooked Buffalo Wings. Use of the term "irregardless" or flight attendants who use the term "de-plane-ing" (dopey made-up airline lingo - - I didn't "de-car" when I got out of that or "de-shower" when leaving that this morning).
*Liars, fraud, shilling, hearing about a member/hobbyist that has passed away.

[hangman62]

I enjoy a very long outrageous post/ thread on the site, in which multiple guys are arguing , and seems to go on for double digit pages..stuff that gets viewed thousands of times. I find it entertaining,
I also enjoy sizing up certain guys based on their comments and posts as " lonely", " nerdy", " douche bags", " rich guys", " blow hards", "phoneys","losers", "showoffs", "cheapskates",and then most common..just guys who love old baseball cards

Ral G

[sports-rings]

I've been reading way too many threads on net54 lately that have contained fighting and bitching. Thanks for a great thread!

I like the thrill of finding the hard-to-find items for my collection.

I like sharing knowledge with others and I am grateful for this site and the members that can help answer any question!

[WillowGrove]

Agreed - time for a positive thread -

I love the discovery of stuff that interests me, the hobby friends I've made and sitting back after a tough day grabbing a box of my collection and looking through it sitting on the couch while watching a little TV.

peter

[JollyElm]

Love:
Seeing all the 'strange' things that people collect. Cards and what not that I've never had an interest in are put into a new light as I see people posting what their newest additions are. Cool stuff!

Hate:
Traders who constantly--time and time again, over and over, ad infinitum, etc.--try to get great cards off of you by low-balling or offering their junk in return. There is no shortage of people like that here on this board. Always looking out only for their own interests.

[campyfan39]

LOVE: Looking at the card. The artwork. The memories associated with them

HATE: Grading and high numbers

[Vintageloz]

Like
The so many different ways to collect....sets, players, collections, HOFers, rookies and on and on always keeping it new for me.

Dislike
The effect that the overproduction of cards in the 80's and 90's had on the hobby overall and the card companies inability to respond to a changing market and consumer base

[Eric72]

I like:

Baseball, the sport. For all of its inherent issues, the game is beautiful to watch. For some, it's MLB. For others, it's going to their kid's little league game. And there are many more versions: high school; college; minor leagues; independent leagues; sandlot; over-40 softball; bar leagues; pickup games in the park. Whatever the arena, it's all good.

Baseball Cards...old ones, new ones, even (to a certain degree) the overproduced stuff from the 1990's. Of course, I like some better than others...but, don't we all?

Net54baseball.com - what an excellent addition to the hobby.

Regarding dislikes...why bother?

Great thread...let's keep it going, everyone.

Best Regards,

Eric.

[nebboy]

Originally Posted by Eric72

I like:

Baseball, the sport. For all of its inherent issues, the game is beautiful to watch. For some, it's MLB. For others, it's going to their kid's little league game. And there are many more versions: high school; college; minor leagues; independent leagues; sandlot; over-40 softball; bar leagues; pickup games in the park. Whatever the arena, it's all good.

Baseball Cards...old ones, new ones, even (to a certain degree) the overproduced stuff from the 1990's. Of course, I like some better than others...but, don't we all?

Net54baseball.com - what an excellent addition to the hobby.

Regarding dislikes...why bother?

Great thread...let's keep it going, everyone.

Best Regards,

Eric.

((((((((( Very well said - the cards are just part of the love for the game, old and new. There is so much to like about this hobby, can waste my time on the the bad.))))). John

[nebboy]

I hate it when I double post

[ethicsprof]

Jay,
Annabel Lee was written in the Bronx---that's plenty to make him from the Bronx
IMHO. I do remember--in the farthest reaches of my memory--that a Poe cottage
is still in the Bronx. And given Poe's predilections--maybe Poe himself still lives there.
all the best,
barry

[ethicsprof]

jay,

I have written so much on this board re: ad hominem that I fear I must listen
to one of my favorite writers from the Bronx, Willa Cather.
" There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before."

all the best,
Barry

[PolarBear]

I like the history involved.

I dislike the drama.

[xcgrammer]

Likes: Love having a connection to the times when the cards I'm collecting originally came out. Love thinking about the times and years, and what was going on in the world in those years the cards were issued (dead ball era, and the 50's etc.) I also really love to get the cards that I wasn't able to get when I was a kid in the 80's and 90's.

Hates: Often hate the concept of grading in general sometimes feel it is a scam and we are believing the scam. I also really really hate late 90's insert cards and the jersey, swatch, auto, bat fragment cards of recent vintage. Those are straight garbage.

[Vol]

Originally Posted by PolarBear

I like the history involved.

I dislike the drama.

Love Net 54 and this hobby we all share.

And on the drama topic..I remember a couple years ago, Leon took a poll (I think) on whether to allow religion and political discussion to take place. Now that woulda been DRAMA.

[the 'stache]

I love the wealth of information that is available here, and the wonderful people that provide it. I can truly say that you all have enriched my hobby experience.

I have wanted to explore the baseball cards that were made before I was born for some time, but never felt I had the knowledge necessary to make those purchases. I was worried about overpaying, as well as buying cards that might be fakes. Now I look forward to building the collection I have always dreamed of having, and I thank you all.

[oldjudge]

Barry--I never knew Willa Cather was from the Bronx. Thank you for teaching me that! BTW, do you count Poe as from the Bronx? He had a home in the north part of the Borough.

Jay

[EvilKing00]

Like - finding that rare or hard to fond card.

Dislike- fakes, reprints being sold as real, etc not cool