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Originally Posted by daves_resale_shop
I sell memorabilia part time... All of my profits are used to secure items for my collection... I think that I'd lose some love for the hobby if I had to rely on memorabilia sales to support my family...
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This has always been my philosophy regarding the hobby.
That being said, I have been selling long enough that it has kind of taken on a life of its own and I am almost to the point where I need to hire someone to help me manage everything.
My wife has always been pretty supportive of my hobby (probably because when we were dating I had her help me sell one higher end card, whatever that card went for was the money we had to spend on an engagement ring. Once she saw that they weren't stupid pieces of cardboard she gained a lot of respect for what we do and for the passion which we do it with.
Once I graduated from school and had steady income for the family we came to an "agreement" that I wouldn't use "family money" anymore and everything that I sold as far as cards go was essentially mine to buy stuff I wanted (my regular income was for the family).
So far it has worked out well, although I was asked very politely to come up with a down payment on our house with my "card money" which, of course, I did.