I also buy cards recieves it, opens the bubble envelope has one look at it and throws it in a count box for months or years before looking at it again. Anyone else feel this way?
That still sometimes happens when I have a lot going on. But, after I cleared a spot on my desk, I now make sure that new cards get the chance to sit there for a few days/weeks. I also built a display that sits in the office so that I can move cards over there after the desk gets a bit too thick (or if its gaming night and there's a chance the beer might get knocked over in the excitement). That way any new stuff gets a good look before it gets traded out for something fresh, or for something that had been in a box. This "process" alone has really changed my enjoyment over the last year.
I wouldn't say hobbies are pointless. They are just something to keep you occupied so you aren't sitting in a chair all day staring at a blank wall.
Hey, until you've collected a fair number of blank walls don't knock that super cheap hobby option.
Instead we sit in a chair and stare at a monitor
Its funny how this hobby has changed from a very social thing (trading, card show, card shops) to most of it being down online from our houses.
Since I know few collectors in my town, I'd say it's had the opposite effect for me. I don't have to go to the local show just for myself anymore. Now I've got my other favorite traders wants to keep an eye out for.
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All the joy of "hunting" down a missing card from my PC, barganing 1-2 USD for 2 hours like a real gypsy from a flea market in Cairo! After succeeding, feeling like on top of the world!
This has to be one of the most relevant quotes to my collecting style. Nothing like trading some government paper for a piece of cardboard and feeling like Gollum clutching the One Ring.
I spend less than $100 a month on cards, mostly Kurri off of ebay. I enjoy the cards, my collection, and the interaction with the many people I have dealt with. I don't drink, smoke, hunt, play golf, or even eat lunch out...
Wow, now that's taking things to the extreme in my book.
But if it works for ya, excellent.
For me, I enjoy it greatly. I like getting autographs and game-used cards and rookies and parallels and inserts. My pick-ups get looked at on a regular basis, and not just the ones in my display case. I leaf through the Price & Gorges collections at least once a week. Like many Canadiens fans I have a very strong and personal affinity for my team.
Excellent. I feel that is one of the things that has really gone missing from this hobby in recent years...the team fans, and team collectors.
That is exactly what we are trying to change - to bring the social aspect back into the hobby (locally of course) through trade nights and encouraging people to trade with each other.
Of course, calling my cards for trade and collection crap in person is likely to illicit a different result for the speaker than over the Internet. LOL.
I think the main reason why i collect cards is that i can go to my mailbox and open it without beeing afraid that there are only bills inside.
That statement gets today's vote for best reason to be in this hobby.
Collectors and hobbies change, if that means an exit for some, then that's a good move for them. Especially when they loose those exciting collections back into the hobby market.
