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12-17-2014, 04:59 PM

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Michael S.

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I couldn't agree more. I am a product of the 80's and was told that I was sitting on my retirement fund, so long as I kept my Oil Can Boyd's in mint condition. OK, maybe not Oil Can, but certainly my McGwire USA cards.

Fast forward 30 years and my cards are nothing more than wonderful childhood memories and that, more than the monetary value placed on them, is worth more than my retirement fund. Had I not had those opportunities as a child, thumbing through Score, Fleer, Donruss, and early Upper Deck (Ooooh, the fancy packaging) - I wouldn't have my passion in the hobby that I currently do.

Not to mention, as I am now the uncle to a child who loves baseball, he has a gateway into the hobby that doesn't require $100 for a pack of 5 cards, hoping to hit the 1/1 lottery ticket stashed inside.

Whew - rant over!

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