Future of the Hobby/ Responses needed

[markf31]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

it IS interesting how opinions are quite contrasting!!!! Only the shadow knows!

It has been a very interesting thread to read so far. I think the hobby will be fine personally. I don't believe that you can point to the decline in the number of brick-n-mortar stores or card shows as an indicator that the hobby is slipping, fading away or will go away anytime soon, it simply means the methods and means of propagating the hobby have changed.

I would be willing to bet that more hobby transactions are made on a daily basis now than ever before! How many AH auctions close each month? How many Ebay auctions/listings end each month? All of these transactions have filled the hole created by the decline in the number of card shows and brick-n-mortar stores.

[ullmandds]

larry...the fact that you say more and more people are paying crazy prices for autographs is insane to me. the show coming up in MN next weekend...some of the signers are charging crazy prices...to the extent that if you pay Bo JAckson over $100 for a sig...you've lost money as soon as you walk out the door...I don't get it!

Where's the satisfaction in paying someone to grumpily sign your shit...to me an autograph was always about the experience and the lucky/chance occasion you happened to meet/run into that person and had the luck to snare their autograph...it was more about the experience.

Times change!

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

.............if you pay bo jackson over $100 for a sig.......you've lost money as soon as you walk out the door.............

Bo Knows ...... Ben?