Meet and Greet

[Leon]

Name: See user id
Age: 54
Location: Near Dallas Tx
Occupation: babysitter - moderator
Favorite Baseball Team: 1970s Pirates teams
Favorite Card Currently Owned: E90-1 Young
Dream Card: BN Ruth
Collection Focus: unsure
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: $more than I should

[rdcards]

Name: RD
Age: 28
Location: Nebraska
Occupation: Medical Field
Favorite Baseball Team: University Of Nebraska
Favorite Card I own: T206 Chief Meyers
Dream Card: Red Hindu back Chief Bender
Collection Focus: Build up my T206 set, Keyshawn Johnson PSA set, Lavonte David super Collector
Amount Spent per year on cardboard: 5k

[irv]

Name: Dale
Age: Soon to be 52
Location: Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Nuke Plant worker
Favorite Baseball Team: Blue Jays
Favorite Card Currently Owned: 52 Topps Mantle
Dream Card: 54 Aaron RC with a 56 Topps Mantle a very close 2nd.
Collection Focus: Mainly 52 Topps cards but also RC's of HOF's
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: Just joined in Jan of this year and have likely spent over $500 so far on various, relatively low $ cards. (Wife is not happy!)

[shernan30]

Name: Steven
Age: 32
Location: Lancaster, Ohio (Southeast of Columbus)
Occupation: Process Engineer in Healthcare
Favorite Baseball Team: Yankees & Indians (Northeast Ohio Native)
Favorite Card I own: My newly acquired W600 Sam Mertes & N173 Al Buckenberger Cabinet
Dream Card: 1952 Mantle (Post-War), N167 OJ Type Card (Pre-War)
Collection Focus: Columbus Pre-War Players, Yankee Uniform Photos 1903-1945, Cincinnati T-card team sets.
Amount Spent per year on cardboard: $3,000 to $5,000

[nat]

Dale says: "Wife is not happy!"

...and we have a winner! I actually practice my sheepishly apologetic face to have it ready whenever another piece of cardboard shows up in the mail.

[Mdmtx]

Name: Mark
Age: 49
Location: Texas
Occupation: Operation manager for heavy construction
Favorite Baseball Team: Kansas City Chiefs. Whoops. Lol
Favorite Card Currently Owned: 1951 ringside Marciano
Dream Card: 48 Leaf Paige and 33 goudey Lajoie
Collection Focus: Football sets. 50's and earlier baseball singles. Squirrel. Basketball. Squirrel! Boxing. Squirrel! N series non sports. Lol
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: 10k +
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[Shoebox]

Name: Dustin
Age: 38
Location: Central Nebraska
Occupation: Training Developer
Favorite Baseball Team: Chicago Cubs
Favorite Card I own: 53 Topps Satchel Paige
Dream Card: 33 Goudey Green Ruth
Collection Focus: Hall of Famers and players with Nebraska connections Pre-War to Modern, Star players from childhood that I like.
Amount Spent per year on cardboard: Every cent I can justify to myself plus an extra buck or two here and there which totals $1,000-$2,000 per year and wish it could be more.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by nat

Dale says: "Wife is not happy!"

...and we have a winner! I actually practice my sheepishly apologetic face to have it ready whenever another piece of cardboard shows up in the mail.

But how is he going to get his Aaron rookie "dream card" if his wife is unhappy that he spent $500? This doesn't sound promising.

[irv]

Originally Posted by nat

Dale says: "Wife is not happy!"

...and we have a winner! I actually practice my sheepishly apologetic face to have it ready whenever another piece of cardboard shows up in the mail.

LOL.

Originally Posted by Sean

But how is he going to get his Aaron rookie "dream card" if his wife is unhappy that he spent $500? This doesn't sound promising.

..........especially when she sees the money I just spent last night on more 52's from "Invest in Baseball", let alone, Kemdawg's cards!