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Old 12-21-2021, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by butchie_t View Post
Pete,

Attracting the younger crowd for possibly all the wrong reasons is no way a good thing for infusing the hobby with new blood.

Maybe it is a generational thing too. We got in this hobby to collect, they are getting into this hobby to invest. And that is a sad commentary actually for getting new people involved in a collector hobby.

Such is life I suppose.......
Maybe I've lost my purity, but I would much prefer my cards to hold their value or appreciate than for them to decline with a dying hobby.
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