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baseballcardstoreca
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Bolo_Mk_LX
Posts: 567
Joined: Jun 2016
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| Sunday, October 1, 2023 6:06 PM | |
Less cards cost, the more money for supplies (Boxes, sleeves, top loaders, Binders etc).......
Hopefully, their cost would go down also....
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Derek McDonough
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| Sunday, October 1, 2023 6:21 PM | |
I would definitely collect a lot more. But it would never last. The parallels would be harder to find, thus increasing demand and what people would be willing to pay for them.
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Minor League Collector, Collecting cards featuring players in Cedar Rapids uniforms or Logos, all sports, from past and present. Researching forgotten set variations.
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kcjays
Posts: 726
Joined: Jan 2012
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| Sunday, October 1, 2023 6:23 PM | |
Yes
When people find out that I collect baseball cards I am almost always asked “What’s your most valuable card?” My answer is that I have no idea. I tell them that I can only tell them what was the most I ever spent on a card (1960 Carl Yastrzemski rookie) because once I have a card in my collection, I don’t care what it’s worth.
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vrooomed
Posts: 14,247
Joined: Dec 2012
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| Sunday, October 1, 2023 6:33 PM | |
First to answer OP's question - I think I would, but if they weren't worth anything, I would have had different jobs from 1981-1993, so my life would have had a different trajectory. Because they were worth something, I had two different jobs.
To Steve/Nancy's question - cost of a card is the amount it takes to get the card in my possession. To me, there is no difference bewteen a $1 card that costs $4 to ship to me and a $5 card with free shipping or a free card with $5 shipping. They all cost me $5 to get that card in my hands - it's a $5 card. If I can get it for $4 at a local show or shop, I'd do that over the supposedly "free" one that costs $5 to ship it.
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-- Dan -- Note: Please see my profile for more info regarding trading (section updated 10/25/2023). I have added a large portion of my inventory to the site, and currently have trading turned off (details are in my profile). I have (finally) unearthed my 2 very large boxes of Star Company minor league sets and they are available (email for details).
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nkandy11
Posts: 23
Joined: Aug 2018
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| Sunday, October 1, 2023 7:58 PM | |
absolutely. Sadly, people treating cards as an investment is what has led to cards being worth so much. For example, Mike Trout's RC is a piece of paper worth hundreds. It has no inherent value, much like paper money in general. But, alas. I try to get as many unique Mariners cards as possible, fully understanding that I will never get any Griffey auto 1/1's, etc.
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BengalFan28
Posts: 39
Joined: Mar 2015
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| Sunday, October 1, 2023 8:14 PM | |
I would 100% still collect if all cards were worthless. In fact, I'd probably collect even more. I don't personally care how much cards are worth, all the cards in my PC are never going to be sold, and all the ones that aren't are just room decor until I can swap them out for ones I want. I'm a completionist at heart, and once I've set my mind upon a goal that becomes a prime motivator.
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T206
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| Sunday, October 1, 2023 8:35 PM | |
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weekendroady
Posts: 223
Joined: Jun 2020
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| Sunday, October 1, 2023 8:40 PM | |
I don't really ever buy cards to resell (though I did tinker with that during some of the post-covid explosion, and made out about even). Nowadays I'm almost always buying for PC. I do watch the prices though, and will only buy cards that I'm not over-reaching for. If they were all very cheap, I'd certainly be still buying them. As another poster said though, this would never happen. The "bottom" is not going to ever drop out of the hobby, even with all the crazy parallels because there appears to at least be a minimum level of demand that is still relatively high despite all the difficulties facing the modern card hobby lately. The U.S. economy would absolutely have to collapse to an incredible degree for cards to be generally worthless. Even then, those few that could afford major cards would hoard the big cards and await better days. I don't anticipate ever seeing vintage cards or even Tom Brady rookies being pennies on the dollar.
All that said, I do still consider some value in what I'm purchasing and collecting. I don't want to necessarily put my hard-earned money into completely worthless endeavors. I do appreciate that some of my cards do have significant resale value and the collection as a whole does to. This is important whether I end up selling 1 card, many cards, all cards or just hand it down later in life. I'm never really tempted to sell at all, and have only once or twice sold a PC card when it hit a price I couldn't say no to/ I also collect video games and travel, two investments I also deem worthwhile (one for nostalgia/value and the other for making memories and shaping my perspective of the country/world).
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Havok211
Posts: 109
Joined: Nov 2016
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| Sunday, October 1, 2023 10:54 PM | |
I absolutely would. When I started collecting cards as a kid it was never about how much they might be worth. Now as an adult it’s just a bonus when they are worth something, especially if it can help me get to the cards I need.
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