Changing collecting habits or thinking about getting out altogether?

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I am very interested in assisting/lending a hand to anyone with rare Cobbs, wagners, or rare t206 backs who wants to get out of the hobby. Happy to buy you out so you can start the next chapter of your collecting life.

I am long on cardboard, through good times and bad. Forward! Just be smart

I've take a bit of a leave of absence from collecting for the purpose of acquiring a winter home in Florida--accomplished!--and a suitable pleasure vehicle to leave down there. As it is just intended to be a temporary lull in the action, I think I'll keep my own tough Cobbs and Wagners!

I will hate to miss Fred's Post Canadian Cereal meeting/dinner at the National, though. Would have liked to have been there! Great, challenging set.

With high regard,

Larry

[Kenny Cole]

I won't quit because I've been doing it too long, but I am certainly revising some of my collecting habits. To the extent that I am aware who they are, I will not buy from fraudsters, even when they have a card I really want.

You really have to draw the line somewhere. That will likely slow me down a lot, but that's OK too. I would rather by from someone like Al (LOTG), Brian (REA), or Lee (Sterling), each of whom I absolutely trust, than ever throw money at a place like PWCC. I can live with slow. I can't do what I perceive as fraud.

[Peter_Spaeth]

As Baloo the Bear sings,

When you find out you can live without it
And go along not thinkin' about it

[Exhibitman]

Just accelerating a trend i was already on: replacing the graded cards with raw instead.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by ls7plus

I've take a bit of a leave of absence from collecting for the purpose of acquiring a winter home in Florida--accomplished!--and a suitable pleasure vehicle to leave down there. As it is just intended to be a temporary lull in the action, I think I'll keep my own tough Cobbs and Wagners!

I will hate to miss Fred's Post Canadian Cereal meeting/dinner at the National, though. Would have liked to have been there! Great, challenging set.

With high regard,

Larry

Agree. I fund most of my collecting by selling off cards that I no longer want to buy "better cards," downsizing the collection while maintaining its value. I will be holding onto my Wagners, Cobbs and key RCs like the 49 Leaf Jackie Robinson and slowing way down to see how this all shakes out. I have no interest in trading up my "real" cards for altered ones with large numbers on the slabs.