Enough with the grievances - what are you thankful for in this hobby?

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

+1, and also thankful for an unwilling audience here to test out some rhymes and slightly misanthropic off-topic responses

Brian

FWIW I always appreciate your humor!

And thanks for all the responses so far. It's wonderful to read so many positive things. May your good fortune and blessings continue into 2025!

[samosa4u]

I'm thankful to be in a hobby full of great people !!

I hope everybody here can pick-up some great cards next year !!

Happy holidays !

[Fred]

From a hobby perspective, I'm grateful that I was able to create a collection of cards and memorabilia that gives me a little more joy in life and that I can still add to that accumulation.

I'm thankful for the presence of this forum to learn many things along this collecting journey and to make new hobby friends.

I feel fortunate to have been able to experience this hobby, when it was really just a hobby.

From a non-hobby point of view I've been lucky enough in life to have a wonderful family and to have been able to see a lot of the world and understand that we, in the USA, have it better than most.

Kumbaya MFers... now for my Festivus moment - still no T206 Honus Wagner.

[bmattioli]

Thankful for only 2 more Jets games I have to watch and cuss.. Oh the Pain..

[robw1959]

I am thankful for a collection that, although it has cost me a ton over the past 20 years, is finally going to have paid for itself within the next three months. That's a goal I've been chasing for at least seven years.

[chiprop]

Aaron Seefeldt

[hcv123]

1) I am grateful this hobby affords me the ability to earn a living working at something I love and spend incredible quality time with my growing teenage boys. I left a family business at the end of 2019 and started selling as a stop gap till I realized I could give it a go full time! 5 years later I think back and couldn't have scripted how incredibly things have unfolded.

2) I am grateful for the Net 54 members and others who have entrusted me to sell (consigned or sold outright) their valuable and carefully assembled treasured collections privately (as an alternative to selling via auction)

3) I am grateful for all of the purchases that were made from me by an incredibly diverse and passionate group of collectors over the course of the year. Additionally the ability to converse and share a passion for the hobby that can't happen with adults outside the hobby.

4) I am grateful that so many with so much knowledge freely share allowing me and others to continue to learn so much about this hobby!

5) I am grateful to Leon for creating and maintaining this wonderful site as an incredible central gathering place for all of us

6) I am grateful for the countless hours of joy pursuing my own collection has given me.

[Snowman]

I'm grateful for the remarkably incompetent graders at PSA, which allows me to pick up near mint cards for the price of VGEX cards by the truck load. And for all the lawyers in this hobby, without whom, we'd all be lost. Merry Christmas everyone!

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by hcv123

1) I am grateful this hobby affords me the ability to earn a living working at something I love and spend incredible quality time with my growing teenage boys. I left a family business at the end of 2019 and started selling as a stop gap till I realized I could give it a go full time! 5 years later I think back and couldn't have scripted how incredibly things have unfolded.

2) I am grateful for the Net 54 members and others who have entrusted me to sell (consigned or sold outright) their valuable and carefully assembled treasured collections privately (as an alternative to selling via auction)

3) I am grateful for all of the purchases that were made from me by an incredibly diverse and passionate group of collectors over the course of the year. Additionally the ability to converse and share a passion for the hobby that can't happen with adults outside the hobby.

4) I am grateful that so many with so much knowledge freely share allowing me and others to continue to learn so much about this hobby!

5) I am grateful to Leon for creating and maintaining this wonderful site as an incredible central gathering place for all of us

6) I am grateful for the countless hours of joy pursuing my own collection has given me.

Howard, cheers to 5 years!

[Aaron Seefeldt]

Originally Posted by chiprop

Aaron Seefeldt

Right back atchya DK!

[Mark17]

I'm thankful for auctions that have things I'm interested in, because I enjoy the anticipation and competitiveness of bidding.

I'm also thankful for post #14.

[Touch'EmAll]

I am thankful for this forum. I give it a look through most every day and it can be entertaining, thought provoking, educational and we all sure get varied perspectives on things. This forum is unique and I would sure miss it if gone.

[Johnny630]

I’m thankful for the mutual respect of each and everyone’s opinion on this board along with the many great friends and memories this hobby has brought me over the years is truly a blessing. So many great laughs as well:-)

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Touch'EmAll

I am thankful for this forum. I give it a look through most every day and it can be entertaining, thought provoking, educational and we all sure get varied perspectives on things. This forum is unique and I would sure miss it if gone.

A big +1.

In this hobby I found three insanely rare 1989 Fleer Randy Johnson Marlboro error cards. Otherwise been a pretty slow collecting year.