Please Help Me Make Some Sense Of It

[glchen]

I've had a hard time wrapping my mind around the huge increases in prices for a lot of cards, but I've finally come around to it. It is what it is. Basically, this is the new reality. The fact is inflation is running around 5%, and the stock market had done exceedingly well in the last year. Many folks have much more in savings than pre-pandemic, so you figured that you can now buy all of those cards that you wanted in the past but had no money for. Now you have the money. However, the problem is that the card prices have gone up even more than your savings has, so you're back to the beginning, perhaps even worse off comparatively. Life goes on.

[Jewish-collector]

Other hobbies like photography, gardening, computer gaming, playing sports, etc,... are more about techniques and skill rather than money. There are some expenses to them of course, but not to the degree of as this hobby has become. We low end collectors need to find other aspects of this great hobby that gives us happiness enjoyment, and fulfillment.