Thinking about calling it a day on collecting.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by kcohen

I've been where you are now off and on for a year or two. Not yet ready to jump ship though my card mojo is low. Stopped setting up at shows two or three years ago because that stopped being fun. I no longer get warm and fuzzy while looking at material that we see over and over again. Showcases at shows just blend into one another. I know haven't seen it all, but I feel like I have.

Net54 isn't nearly as fun or interesting to me as it used to be though I still peruse it out of habit. Don't know if the membership has changed or I have, Probably some of both. Used to love BST, now it irritates me, seems more like hustler haven now. I certainly skip over anything demanding paypal f/f payment.

Still debating whether to attend the National or not. Maybe that would snap me out of it. Would be nice to hang out with some old collector friends over food and drink. Ironically I am now one card short of "completing" my collection. Just can't summon the juice to acquire it.

Improved cashflow and a fatter checkbook just seem more attractive now.

+1

[Leon]

As to the question of our membership changing, there is no doubt it does. Last month was about average for new, (manual) site registrations. We had 97 members join last month. Some members stay, some go and some have joined very recently. Some of the old timers get a bit jaded but the hobby and this site is fine, imo. There is no doubt that the collecting fun factor comes and goes, it's normal. I enjoy carousing with my friends in the hobby almost as much as I do collecting the cards themselves.