"Gotta Have It"

[Joshchisox08]

Going to have to go with option C. I've spent all my income tax. For me to have actually had it this long into the year is a miracle anyway.

The gf is expecting an engagement ring, me to be saving for our trip to Ireland, and to be saving for a house. All while paying the snake in the grass ex her hand-out of 40% of my income.

The cardboard helps me stay sane !!!

[ullmandds]

"gotta have it" doesn't so much apply to me and card collecting anymore! There are a few cards I "want" for my collection...and if the price is in my wheelhouse...I will get them...otherwise life goes on.

[Howe’s Hunter]

I'd never know if my set was complete or not, and there are a lot I know of that I could never afford, so I have my "I'd like to get" and my "Can I have a scan of that to keep forever" lists, but not a "gotta have it" list for me.

[pokerplyr80]

I am definitely in the "gotta have it" phase of my pursuit for a 52 Mantle. I realize this is a pre-war thread, but there's just something about that card. Not quite ready for a second mortgage, but I'm on a mission to find one.

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

"gotta have it" doesn't so much apply to me and card collecting anymore! There are a few cards I "want" for my collection...and if the price is in my wheelhouse...I will get them...otherwise life goes on.

Great approach! The same mostly applies to me, although there is one vintage card that falls in the thread category for me. It's rare enough to stretch for. Otherwise, I'm with you. On some that you know will be coming up again, the timing just isn't right.

One last caveat to buyers of current phenoms: If you have that urge for a one-of-whatever card of your favorite wunderkind, fight it and fight it hard!. You won't know what that player really turns out to be, career-wise, until he's in the downhill slide of his mid to late 30's, and the prices will be cheaper then in any event, since the speculative and transient components of current demand will no longer factor into the price.

Hope your collecting brings you a little bit of heaven,

Larry

[Enfuego]

I too have used the "I have had that for a while" excuse quite a few times...I am such a fibber...

[hangman62]

Im more a - gotta have then...then as pirice gets higher ... fade away and say..I'll wait till next time..it will be cheaper

[Leon]

I am more of a "when am I going to see another (and/or that looks like that)" so have to have that one now....kind of collector.

[Econteachert205]

Good thread, Frank. I think I went through a (hopefully) early midlife crisis at like 30 where I all of a sudden thought of how awful it would be if I never got the cards that I wanted so badly as a kid and forgot about as a teenager. Well, I bought them, and it was cool, but the most satisfying were still the steals and good deals. So now, I just keep my eyes peeled for deals that are too good to miss and flip through my albums when bored, filled with the dreams of my youth.

[DHogan]

Originally Posted by Joshchisox08

The cardboard helps me stay sane !!!

Cardboard and Net 54 keeps me sane. Sort of.