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Old 04-07-2013, 06:25 PM
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I have a different problem, opposite of most on his forum. I'm kind of sick of the hobby, at least certain aspects of it. I'd like to sell a large part of my collection and I don't really like having six figures tied up in it. Though I don't really have any pressing need for the money, I'm just too damn lazy to take steps to sell. So doing nothing is easier.
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I have a different problem, opposite of most on his forum. I'm kind of sick of the hobby, at least certain aspects of it. I'd like to sell a large part of my collection and I don't really like having six figures tied up in it. Though I don't really have any pressing need for the money, I'm just too damn lazy to take steps to sell. So doing nothing is easier.
If you really have a six figure collection you are wanting to part with, something tells me you'd have no problem finding a consignor/AH to come to your front door and pick it all up and sell it for you.
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I'm kind of sick of the hobby, at least certain aspects of it.

There's probably more of us than you think.
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The aspect I like the least are the grading companies. I buy raw before I buy graded, and I trust my eyes over theirs. Repeated all of the time on this site, buy the card not the holder.
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Old 04-07-2013, 07:39 PM
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I started this thread mostly as a joke. I would never put cards above family, but I am often tempted to go crazy and I am over budget this month. Gonna have to thin some things out that I don't really NEED.
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Old 04-07-2013, 08:02 PM
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I've always felt blessed to have a healthy income to support my card collecting needs on top of the usual house/wife/life expenditures. I've always tried to keep my card desires in check and not purchase certain cards or wade into dangerous territory, even if I could afford it. Balance is key, especially when you're married, own a home and like to do other things like take vacations. With that said, every now and then I get caught up in auction fever and buy too much in a month. When that happens, I feel guilty, even if I'm not breaking the bank. So, I severely retrict myself during the next month so I don't blow through our funds.

My wife and I went home shopping today after we spent a couple of hours at the Chantilly show. Good thing I didn't buy much at the show, because what my wife wants for a home will set me back quite a bit. I'll more than likely have to sell a good portion if not most of my collection to help with a portion of the downpayment. Will it suck and be painful at times? Sure. But I find building a new home with my wife to be more important and more rewarding than hoarding cards. So, I'll probably be spending more time selling in the B/S/T and on eBay this summer than buying or attending shows. And that's okay by me.
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Can't say that I'm not looking forward to someone with "T206 518/518" after their name saying they'll be heavy on the B/S/T this summer
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I went over my puny budget today at the Chantilly show.
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I went over my puny budget today at the Chantilly show.

Was it the unexpected parking that did it?
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what is this "real life" that everyone keeps talking about?
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what is this "real life" that everyone keeps talking about?
I think it's a new tv show on MTV. Not sure how it gets in the way of cards though.
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what is this "real life" that everyone keeps talking about?
I'm not quite sure how it works, but there seems to be an alternate universe that occasionally intersects with my cardboard universe and generally causes problems and disasters. Very annoying really.
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