Re: CU boards. Anybody know when...

[oldcardboard]

People who are in the hobby for value are annoying. Look at me and my stuff!!!!! LoL, whatever helps you through your day....

[Leon]

Originally Posted by oldcardboard

People who are in the hobby for value are annoying. Look at me and my stuff!!!!! LoL, whatever helps you through your day....

It's just part of the hobby to me. Some hobbyists think people with your view are annoying. I don't care how people collect or buy and sell, that is their business, not mine. Some would say, if griping and whining helps you through your day, so be it. This board is made up of collectors, dealers, flippers and everything in between. I have bought some great cards from guys that are purely in it for the money....and I was appreciative to get the cards.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by oldcardboard

People who are in the hobby for value are annoying. Look at me and my stuff!!!!! LoL, whatever helps you through your day....

I understand what you're saying, but there comes a point when you've been in this hobby for so long (27 years for me now) that it natually evolves into an investment over the years. I didn't ever intend for it to start out that way but, over the years, I have tens of thousands of dollars into my cards and naturally it's an investement. I don't look at it as if it's an investement and never did in hopes of one day making a profit, it's still a hobby to me - something I enjoy. However, I don't care what we're talking about (baseball cards or whatever), when you have tens of thousands of dollars into something, yes, it's is an investement whether you want to call it such or not.

[Cardboard Junkie]

I've got tens of thousands of dollars into a couple of vehicles.......they're not investments, just necessary evils. I see what you're saying though.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Cardboard Junkie

I've got tens of thousands of dollars into a couple of vehicles.......they're not investments, just necessary evils. I see what you're saying though.

True, but a vehicle is a depreciating asset. We all know and expect that even before we make the purchase.

I guess the difference is that we don't buy cards and expect them to depreciate (although that is a possibility). We may not necessarily expect them to appreciate in value, but we certainly don't go into the purchase expecting them to depreciate (like we do a vehicle).

[Leon]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

True, but a vehicle is a depreciating asset. We all know and expect that even before we make the purchase.

Unless his vehicles are vintage, then they can certainly appreciate. I remember seeing Ferrari Dino's selling for under 40k-50k just 8-10 yrs ago. Now they go for 200k+....

[Cardboard Junkie]

Wow! Leon! I test drove a Dino in the early 70's....brand new as I recall was 14K Dave.