Does your collection have a salary cap?

[M's_Fan]

This poll is kind of like going to an AA meeting and asking if there are any alcoholics

[wrapperguy]

For cards that have been on the wantlist forever, I will overpay, for the T202 set I just started collecting, I will bide my time and get them for the right price. Desperation and impatience are stretching the collecting budget.

[Leon]

The, as of right now with me included, 80.95% that have no limits is very telling. You guys must be addicts or something...

[toppcat]

I probably spend around 5% of my take home on cards and another 5% on other stuff like the occasional concert and CD's, books, etc that I enjoy reading and listening to. I don't have all that many other interests outside the family so I guess I'm in the recommended range for non-billionaires! Plus a lot of my hobby fun is researching and writing so the $ spent are secondary.

I'd love to spend more on the hobby but I have two teens coming up on college so a lot of dough goes toward saving for that right now and I buy some items in lower grade than I would like as savings are a priority and my card tastes are somewhat esoteric and /or expensive in higher grades.

If I had unlimited funds I don't know what I would spend on cards as I think I would hit a point where I felt I should be giving equal amounts (or more) to charity instead of blowing it on cards as there is some major suffering in this world.

Just my opinion, everybody has their own take.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by Leon

The, as of right now with me included, 80.95% that have no limits is very telling. You guys must be addicts or something...

Maybe I should call the Dave Ramsey show tomorrow and see if he will send all Net54 board members through Financial Peace University as his guests.

[ethicsprof]

no---
just a judgment cap.

best,
barry

[MacDice]

No salary cap for my collecting habits but due to my wife I am forced to spend like the Pirates not the Yankees. Lot of beaters that I hope will turn into something.

[mab]

I get a little nervous around $150. I got back into collecting because I remember the fun I had as a kid when I couldn't buy anything expensive. Also, when the price starts to equal something else of importance to me, especially time or events with family, it gets to be 'above my cap.'

I do often spend more than that at one time, buying several cards over a short period of time, but it's the individual card cost that sends signals off in my head.