Someone Please Convince Me...

[bosoxphan]

I really don't miss the card shop days. It was nice to sift through things on a boring day by i much prefer the liquid marketplace of the internet and ebay in particular. I don't miss paying 100% book value on items and being able to only sell them for 40 cents on the dollar. I think the transformation to an internet marketplace has helped the hobby far more than its hurt it.

[mintacular]

I hear you on the price thing, so many hobby shops are way overpriced. I went to a shop the other day to "kick the tires" and brought along a '69 set that I'm trying to fill in. Realized I might pay a couple extra bucks at a shop but figured it was worth buying a few commons as I wanted to see the place.

So the guy brings a monster box of '69s (unpriced). I ask how much they were going to be and he said it depends on condition/which ones I choose. So I start picking out a few cards I needed and for each one I pick he looks up on the computer and quotes me HBV or very close to it for each individual card, many of which were EX+/EXMT.

"World Series Game 3 card, $7." Once I pulled a few cards and realized where this was going, I stopped the charade, bought a couple screwdowns and my (5) commons, and got the hell out of there having spent $13 for $3 worth of stuff...