Can you be a collector and successful seller also?

[BCauley]

I believe it's certainly in the realm of possibility but whoever is successful at doing it would have to draw a really hard deep line in the sand between their business and their personal life and stick to it.

[RayBShotz]

I know a few LCS Owners who have personal collections.
It's not finite to think card dealers never collect for themselves.
RayB

[packs]

I think it's possible if you bought early and leverage your savvy buying into a business that allows you to trade up on the personal collection side of things. But I guess that's not a business for general profit as much as it's a business for personal profit.

[Republicaninmass]

Don't forget the #1 crack commandment

[homerunhitter]

Or I guess a simpler way to ask it would be: have you noticed most big sellers don’t collect cards themselves!?

[G1911]

Number four, I know you heard this before,
Never get high on your own supply

[ALR-bishop]

Not sure what your definition is of a “successful seller” , but I know people who sell regularly as their main source of income or supplemental income and who have personal collections of their own, some whose names most would recognize in the hobby. You can find some on the Registry