An Open Letter to the Forum - Re: Bruce Dorskin (suspended)

[T206Collector]

A. We fully support the suspension.

B. Competition

Originally Posted by Rob D.

I get the feeling that to him, collecting is a very fierce competition -- and he might very well assume that others have the same mind-set.

I totally agree with this. Collecting baseball cards is not a competition -- even if the pursuit of certain cards is competitive. Obviously, you can make anything a "competition." And Set Registries were a brilliant marketing strategy designed to foster that competition.

The feeling I get is that Bruce is still fighting an imaginary battle against the neighborhood kids that had more Pete Rose rookies in the 1970s. "Oh, yeah? Well look at me now!" And if the cards he has give him a sense of pride, then more power to him.

But when that sense of pride makes him think he is a better collector than someone else -- or makes him boast that has a better collection than someone else -- he crosses the line for most people.

What he seems to never comprehend is that because of his behavior he will never have true admiration from his baseball card peers -- even if he could convince us all that he has a better collection than the rest of us.