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I added frustrations in the title as I was very frustrated at the first of the year about collecting.  Almost never completed any of my goals (quit setting them) before so this year I set them very low.

Goals are;

1.  Do not quit collecting.    Still doing it.  Each month I changed my focus to something diff in my collection

2.  Get 20 more trades   Blow it out of the water   June was a great month.  Total 67 now  Next year goal maybe 100 total trades

3.  Get the total of cards in my PC to 9,200   Thanks to big purchases from  Beckett and Sportlots I have gotten 9,207 now

4.  Get a total of 700 Autograph cards  Just short by 6

5.  Get a total of 280 Jersey cards  Just short by 7

6. Get some cards that I have been looking at for some time.  Getting all the players from some sets.  Even if I have to pay more.  I feel I have gotten this done.

7.  Only use my the money in my card account.    I should have enough to get my Autos and jersey cards to finish those goal this year.  If I get this goal completed it will be the first time ever.

8.  Increase my PIF cards    I have surpassed it already   

Sounds like you did pretty good with yer goals.

So, apparently there was actually no more frustration. Good job.

Goals were set low so I could complete them with out any problems.

Frusration has gone down a lot.    I think the main thing was I no longer think of COMC as my go to buying site any more.

The one goal I throw out right a way was tring to get rid of my nephew's collection.   When I started to make my list it was Number 1.  Now it is not on it at all.

Great job completing your goals. Hopefully o have as much success with mine. 

Great post - I sometimes get frustrated too as it seems there is so much stock and then limited supply, ie: if a player is a PC in this day and age of parallels and arrangements with retail vendors. I also think it is wise to set a budget - I am constantly challenging myself to keep it within reason and realistic. 

The nice thing about collecting is we should never be in a rush - there's something nice to gradually building a collection and not being too frustrated.

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Congrats!  I agree with you in regard to COMC... it's changed so much the past few years.  It's more trouble than it's worth!

#7 is an important goal, so many people go over budget.

This is my frustration.....each year I'll collect the basic sets, Topps, Topps Update, Bowman, Bowman Platinum, etc... and I get really excited when a product comes out.  Seems like everyone is ready to trade.....until the following year.  Irritates me to have to go thru literally 10's of people looking to trade for a card or two to finish a set.  Maybe that's the fun of collecting - hunting for the trade, but that's not up my alley any longer.

Very rarely do I ever buy a complete set, I buy packs and boxes for the simple reason you just never know what you will get until the set is complete or very close to it.  I've been doing that since I was 7 years old (my first complete set is '68 so you can do the math on my age; I have not bunches, but thousands of cards that just sit quietly in a closet, corner, or under a bed).

Anyway, that's my frustration.....