How did you get started in the hobby

[glynparson]

By going to shows and flea markets all over the area with my dad 37 years later we are still at it at even some of the same flea markets and shows.

[Sean1125]

I was 16, on craigslist grinding to make some money for the summer and traded two 10" subwoofers for a baseball card collection which I knew nothing about at the time.

[talkinbaseball]

I bought my first packs in the summer of '67 when i was 10 and never looked back.

Still collecting today at age 59.

john

[nat]

Got my first packs (85 Topps) from a Chinese grocery store in the neighborhood. My mom probably bought them for me to keep me quiet while she shopped. Soon got older cards (like, early 80's and late 70's) trading cards with a friend down the street. I thought I was ripping him off on some of these trades. It wasn't until years later that I learned that he was trading me his brother's cards.