Remorse

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

My biggest regrets are cards I did NOT buy.

Bingo! There are cards I didn't buy that I would really like to have owned and now know I will not ever own because they got to freakin' expensive, then there are cards that I thought were good investments but for whatever reason I didn't buy them. A dozen of the right card purchases 30 years ago (when I was busy chasing mainstream postwar cards) and I would be retired today. But in the words of the great philosopher Schlemiel of Mumzer, whadayagonnado?

[bmattioli]

Remorse? I was told by my ex to come and get my stuff because she was moving. Thought I had the time and was told they are all gone.. GONE.. Saddest day in my life.. Remorse I didn't call earlier..

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by bmattioli

Remorse? I was told by my ex to come and get my stuff because she was moving. Thought I had the time and was told they are all gone.. GONE.. Saddest day in my life.. Remorse I didn't call earlier..

Better than if someone had stolen your stuff and left your ex I suppose.

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Bingo! There are cards I didn't buy that I would really like to have owned and now know I will not ever own because they got to freakin' expensive, then there are cards that I thought were good investments but for whatever reason I didn't buy them. A dozen of the right card purchases 30 years ago (when I was busy chasing mainstream postwar cards) and I would be retired today. But in the words of the great philosopher Schlemiel of Mumzer, whadayagonnado?

Really relate to a lot of that! More sellers remorse than buyers remorse.
Some specifics:

Bought a rare test issue in an auction many years ago - sold shortly after for about 2k. 10 years later the exact same card (the guy who purchased from me died) sells at auction for 23K

Bought a huge Clemente collection with a really nice 1968 3D - right around the time PSA started. I sold it raw for $6500 and was really happy about it till the guy I sold it to got it graded (PSA 9!) and a week after I sold it to him it was a 30K card.

Mom passed in 2008 - I got a little $$ as a result that I wanted to put into collectibles. I was SUPER close to pulling the trigger on a PSA 8.5 Clemente rookie for 10k - nuff said - bought some freakin comic books that have barely appreciated instead!

Passed up the most incredible 58 Kahns Clemente for ~$500 (very likely the one residing in a PSA 6 holder today)


While I have paid more at times than I believed to be fair market and felt remorseful about doing so, Almost every time I have been grateful to have "overpaid" at the time for something that today would be "stolen" for the price I originally paid.

[brianp-beme]

I believe at some point I upgraded my 1911 Obak Morse of the Tacoma club, so I guess you can say I have some Re-Morse in my collecting past.

Brian (perhaps beginning to feel pre-remorse about submitting this post)

[Pilot172000]

I have both buyers and sellers remorse regularly. To the point my wife and kids can tell you certain cards I regretted selling years ago.

[pitchernut]

First part of #3 leads to #2 and ends with the last part of #3

[dabigyankeeman]

I experience STUPIDITY remorse, or LACK OF FORESIGHT remorse I guess.

Back in the early to mid 80's I had a lot of basketball, football, and ice hockey cards and it was thought that back then they would never be collectible like baseball cards and never have much value. I sold some real cheap, threw some away, and I am talking stuff that would have a ton of value today. Also did that with some baseball cards more recently that would have had a lot of value too.

How about CONDITION remorse too. When I first got into collecting around 1979 I was "mentored" by a friend who had very little money and he brainwashed me into his way of thinking which was "Why buy a card in mint condition when you can save a fortune by buying one in bad condition since the big thing is to own a card of that person". This was at a time I was fine financially and cards were cheaper anyway and I could have been buying Mantles and so on in mint condition, and it never hit me that he was like that because he had no money, so I could have had a collection worth a fortune today, but no............

Oh well, I cant change the past, and now that I know better its too late as most of my buying days are over as I am a really old fart now!!!

[AGuinness]

Nothing stings like remorse, but it also is an incredible teacher. I know I'm better off now for the mistakes I've made in the past, and often these lessons have value in other areas of life. A good reason to have a hobby!