Remember the good old days when............

[bbcard1]

The 1970s were amazing so far as big cards for low prices, but it was really hard for a lot of us who lived in remote location had problems getting access and finding shows. I only know of one show which was three hours from my home. The 1980s were great, truly the wild west. Lots of cards, lots of shows, lots of access, lots of money being thrown around. During the 1990s, the "stock market" crashed...and should have. It was built on unrealistic expectations. For me, these are the good old days. I can find a lot of stuff, I have a little money to spend on things I like. Yeah, I'm still stuck with 800 Tommy Gregg rookies, but it's reminder of the older times.

[Buythatcard]

When you could leave negative feedback to a non payer.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Buythatcard

When you could leave negative feedback to a non payer.

So true

I remember when Ebay wasn't so douchy!

[bunst]

Buying cards from Teletrade (mid 90's) by entering in your bid using the buttons on your landline phone when prompted by that electronic voice. I actually got quite a few goods deal this way.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by bunst

Buying cards from Teletrade (mid 90's) by entering in your bid using the buttons on your landline phone when prompted by that electronic voice. I actually got quite a few goods deal this way.

More often that not my landline could not get through from 950 on and I lost quite a few cards that way.

[kkkkandp]

Originally Posted by bunst

Buying cards from Teletrade (mid 90's) by entering in your bid using the buttons on your landline phone when prompted by that electronic voice. I actually got quite a few goods deal this way.

Ahhhhh....Teletrade. That was actually pretty cool.

I remember waiting for Sunday night when all the good stuff for the week was listed on ebay!

[Joshwesley]

Walking into " big league baseball" in 1994 in mobile Alabama and seeing a big thick, glass fire proof glass with a t206 Wagner in it...

I used to look at it for what seemed like hours..

The owner of that shop won a contest by painting a duck and the USPS used it as their duck stamp for years.. He retired, started his own card shop and it was beautiful... Was like a high end jewelry store.

He has high end cards from every sport/memorabilia etc...

The crash got him as well.... I quit, after the crash and in middle school...'so I had other new interests and then pick it back up 20 years later last April while hanging out in the hospital after the birth of my first child.

I found this website by mistake, started reading, and have been hooked ever since.

[iowadoc77]

Originally Posted by Joshwesley

Walking into " big league baseball" in 1994 in mobile Alabama and seeing a big thick, glass fire proof glass with a t206 Wagner in it...

I used to look at it for what seemed like hours..

The owner of that shop won a contest by painting a duck and the USPS used it as their duck stamp for years.. He retired, started his own card shop and it was beautiful... Was like a high end jewelry store.

He has high end cards from every sport/memorabilia etc...

The crash got him as well.... I quit, after the crash and in middle school...'so I had other new interests and then pick it back up 20 years later last April while hanging out in the hospital after the birth of my first child.

I found this website by mistake, started reading, and have been hooked ever since.

Good stuff. I remember my first pack of cards, 1986 Fleer in a May Day basket, pulling a Griffey in my first 1989 Upper Deck pack, the day in 1988 when I got a shoebox of cards from a relative with a 1968 Mantle, hundreds of 1971 Topps with Aaron and Clemente and so many others. Now I get to collect with my kids and it is great but so much different than then