Things you hated when collecting cards as a kid

[Jim65]

Getting a card of a player no longer on the team pictured.

Looking through every loaf of bread on the shelf looking for the last Wonder Bread card I needed.

[Puckettfan]

When I was a kid I hated the local Coin/Card shop owner.

He was an older version of the comic store owner from the Simpsons.

He had a coin-first shop and showed real disdain for card collectors. Most of whom were pack junky kids not interested in coins in the slightest. I got the feeling that he hated kids in general but really hated kid card collectors who's pallet was not refined enough to know that the resurgence in cards was just a passing fad (in his mind).

He clearly resented the fact that coins were not enjoying the same renascence and that he had to shift his store's focus more onto cards.

Kris

[nolemmings]

I hated the fact that I always believed stuffing 5-7 sticks of that gum in my mouth would taste better this time than the last 200 times I tried it.

[AGuinness]

Growing up in Vermont, OPC cards really bugged me and I hated running across a card I wanted only to realize it was an OPC and not Topps.
Funny thing is, now I'm fond of OPC cards...

[gonzo]

Duplicate checklist cards. During the 70s and early 80s, even the first copy wasn’t much to look at, but once I had it and knew who was on it, opening a pack and seeing another one was a disappointment. No one ever wanted to trade for “Checklist 133-264”.

[Bigdaddy]

The gum.

And not being able to find a 1977 Walter Payton among the many packs I bought.

[ALBB]

Oh yea, that's a good one

getting the checklist card !....at the time you felt is wasn't even a baseball card !!