General Forum

I miss busting open packs but I have no need for anything that isn't tied to my Gwynn collection. In the last few years I have "unloaded" most all my collection that isn't a Gwynn and really don't have the extra cash flow that would warrent a random box here or there just for a nostalgic moment. Tony Gwynn cards arr getting expencive anymore!

Every now and then I will watch a case break just to see whats out there. Not the same but it can be therapeutic. I guess it would be like nicotine gum or patch for a smoker.

The last time I bought any boxes was 2013 Topps Chrome football. Since then absolutely nothing. I feel that the manufacturers are pricing themselves out of the market. In almost 30 years the hobby has gone from one extreme to the other, over production to overpriced hobby boxes. The advent and proliferation of game-used this, that, the other plus the rise and fall of so many card companies shows how much the immediate money aspect of the hobby has grabbed a hold over the collecting aspect in my opinion. I pretty much stopped buying because it has gotten to be too much for me with regards to all the high end stuff. I've since gone back to my original hobby which is just as if not more expensive and have since put that on hold.