Money in the hobby

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by obcbobd

yes!

I don't understand that sentiment at all. If you enjoy collecting for whatever reason, why would other people's motives for what they are doing ruin it for you? Just do you own thing and be happy. Why would it irk you that certain high end cards that most of us aren't buying are soaring into the stratosphere. Just let it be. Everytime I go to to a Met game there are people sitting in $1000 seats. Whatever. I'm happy in a $100 seat. I'm happy wearing suits off the rack and some dudes will only wear custom made. Makes the world go round.

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I don't understand that sentiment at all. If you enjoy collecting for whatever reason, why would other people's motives for what they are doing ruin it for you? Just do you own thing and be happy. Why would it irk you that certain high end cards that most of us aren't buying are soaring into the stratosphere. Just let it be. Everytime I go to to a Met game there are people sitting in $1000 seats. Whatever. I'm happy in a $100 seat. I'm happy wearing suits off the rack and some dudes will only wear custom made. Makes the world go round.

Exactly. "Just do you own thing and be happy," well said. Seems like there's a lot of bile and general bitterness at money out there.

When I'm looking at my cards by myself or with my son or my brothers or cousins who collect, I'm loving collecting and the game of baseball and the specific cards I've found and chosen for their specific attributes— I'm certainly not wasting my energy thinking about what some other dudes are buying or why they're buying it or for how much, or what's overgraded, or some hypothetical scam. And yes, I'd bet many collectors would still love their cards just the same if they were suddenly worth nothing. If we didn't open packs and collect as kids for money, I don't see why we'd do so now, since a big part of collecting is to reconnect with one's youth and stay young inside.

[obcbobd]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Seems like there's a lot of bile and general bitterness at money out there.

a big part of collecting is to reconnect with one's youth and stay young inside.

No bile. No bitterness towards money, people who have it (and I have my share). But as you said collecting for me is a reconnection to my youth and that is to the cardboard itself, not the monetary value. So, if all my cards lose their value, I'm ok, means I can buy more . They aren't investments. They're something much more innocent.