Net54 age distribution

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

I'll be 42 in Feb. Collecting has had several phases:

* Ages 9 - 14: Intro and pretty much hardcore. Bought new wax constantly with any money I had, and got into vintage.

* Ages 15 - 20: Gee collecting cards sure is nerdy. Everything sat in boxes and on shelves at mom and dad's while I did high school, college, and attempted to be cool and get girls.

* Age 21: Holy crap you can buy old baseball cards in online auctions! Spent my last year in college being a total nerd again, participating in random auctions that don't even exist anymore, and found eBay for the first time.

* Ages 22 - 24: Dabbled, but not much. Was busy getting engaged and married.

* Ages 26 - 28: Grad school. No time for baseball cards.

* Age 38: Dammit, this has to stop. You love baseball and cards too much. Joined Net54 and have been back fairly active (if not totally consistent with a collecting focus...) ever since.

what happened from 28-38??

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

what happened from 28-38??

LOL Go back and look, I edited it. This was not an exact science.

[Keith H. Thompson]

88 and increasingly dismayed by the greed and fraud in the hobby.

TPA may have been a "sufficient" reason to eliminate the "wild west" of
authentiction, but it was never a "necessary" reason.

TPA is a "necessary" reason to establish an illusion of independent
authentication where a very few individuals can control the pricing.

But so was the "wild west," except that collectors could pick and choose
among dealers who built their reputations on integrity, accurate grading and
fair pricing, and those who did not. It would appear that the latter may still
be among us.