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Im curious. Does anyone still track checklists/wantlists, or collections using a notebook? For some reason ive had an itch to start doing this.
 

Growing up my grandpa use to track his hockey cards in a little notebook and update values ect occasionally. 
 

id like to hear stories of something similar. 

Not quite collection tracking but you did mention notebooks.  That mention brought back a memory of my youth and the time I set up a Strat-O-Matic baseball league.  I made a 10 team National League and a 10 team American League and I kept all the stats in a notebook.

Funny thing is I had kind of forgotten about it until Mrs Gunny found that notebook whilst we were cleaning out some old attic boxes.

I rarely carry a cell phone with me so I still keep a paper wantlist folded up in my wallet for sets which I am actively trying to complete.

It's how I used to do it, but it's so much easier keeping track on spreadsheets now

I keep two cheat-sheets in my wallet at all times.  I get lost in the sticks at different antique shops looking for my particular collection.  Internet signal is spotty at best.

I used to have a three ring binder that I kept track of my collection. Once I found this site everything is here. I do have a spreadsheet to track my sets completion percentage and quantity of cards I need. 

Far too many cards to track by hand now, but I have printed off some checklists from the DB that I have marked off by hand while working on a set. LOVE the printable checklist (with boxes) feature of this site.

Yes i love it as well. Glad i can pick a release and print out all the cards for one team...would be nice to be able to do that by player too. 

Paper, even 3x5 cards for awhile....

Then retired from Army and got a better PC....

Spreadsheets, though I let the hobby sit idle for 10 years or so...

As mentioned, still haul around a printed list of cards needed....

I maintain several spreadsheets to track my collection outside of what is also in here. I also have a spreadsheet specifically for shows. It has all my vintage needs as that is what I focus on there. It's to the point where the dealers I work with know how to read my notes (need, upgrade and why, etc.). Kind of satisfying watching the number of rows slowly shrink each time I update it when I get back.