Hobby related UNPOPULAR OPINION(s)?

[eishelges]

I'll start :beer:


- Graded cards are overrated
- Jumbo cards/mini cards are cool
- seeing bedard UD S2 cards in every S&T thread is annoying :|

I open all graded cards…:crazy:

 

[IrbeFan4Life]

Here is one of mine that has recently popped up, it may have been something the people have been going nuts over before, but I never noticed it as egregiously as in the last year or so, and it is very rampant in basketball, football, and baseball cards nowadays. Not as much in hockey...yet. Here it is:

In my opinion, putting a premium on a "color matched" parallel card is probably the dumbest selling point in the history of the hobby. Oh, it is a red parallel of this player's card that is worth $3 in trade...but what's this? They are also wearing a red home jersey? "Color match" because it is red and he is wearing red in the picture so let's ask $20 because it is a color match....wow.

I think it is absolute silliness and much worse than the "eBay 1/1" folks.

 

[primetimepawich]

Here is one of mine that has recently popped up, it may have been something the people have been going nuts over before, but I never noticed it as egregiously as in the last year or so, and it is very rampant in basketball, football, and baseball cards nowadays. Not as much in hockey...yet. Here it is:

In my opinion, putting a premium on a "color matched" parallel card is probably the dumbest selling point in the history of the hobby. Oh, it is a red parallel of this player's card that is worth $3 in trade...but what's this? They are also wearing a red home jersey? "Color match" because it is red and he is wearing red in the picture so let's ask $20 because it is a color match....wow.

I think it is absolute silliness and much worse than the "eBay 1/1" folks.

That's a thing? I'd like to say I'd never fall for it, but I dunno. I did buy this some years back at standard auction:

2017 In The Game Superlative Signatures Gold #SSLM1 Larry Murphy 1/1 by primetimepawich, on Flickr

I did (and do) like how the gold foil popped with Murphy's old school LA jersey, so maybe in my mind I was a bit willing to spend more than I usually would because of the visual appeal. But it was also a 1/1 at a time when that might have meant a bit more in Leaf than in their current products of parallel excess. That, and because it was an autograph in general, it meant I was automatically trying for the rainbow.

 

[Avalanchefan21]

Yup ^^^

Most prevalent in products with panini

 

[KillerCanuck]

Hello fellows been long time here. I agreed with 3 points.
I am mostly a player collector also Canucks.
Team issued cards are very underrated from 80´s and 90´s. All looking for value money money. Now graded cards ...not good at all. Mostly I dont like 1 of 1 cards nowdays since there are everywhere available. In older days one of one was so hot and now it has been watered down deep. Sorry for my outburst. Money is controlling the hobby.

I agree with each point, with a real soft spot for mini cards!

Another topic, although perhaps too high level. In my opinion, the hobby made the transition from a hobby to an industry somewhere near the turn of the century, and is now morphing into a greed-based investment option. I’m so glad I’m at the back end of collecting and just grabbing the odd piece here and there. I can’t imagine many new “collectors” looking to hockey cards for enjoyment. It’s currently somewhere between an expensive habit, and a greed-addiction. It’s too bad for the average collector.

 

[iceberg08]

- Presidents Choice is actually good (minus the cards w/ a paintbrush photo)
- mem cards > autos
- too many garbage parallels/tech/manufactured patch cards
- 95% of UD products aren't even "fun" to open anymore

As a big fan of ITG, and a collector of old timers, I too prefer Presidents Choice over UD.

And couldn't care less about graded cards. I don't have a single one.