"Compulsive collecting" now an official addiction

[Eric72]

Sign that you *might* be a gambling addict disguised as a card collector:

You open a lot of sealed product. When you find a "hit," your first instinct is to brag on social media, get it graded, and sell it.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by judsonhamlin

This is really more about the gambling side than the hoarding end of the ‘over-collecting’ spectrum. The people in the article are chasing a high just like heroin addicts or the rush from hitting a parlay or getting lucky at a slot machine. Their attachment is to the possible payoff from a great hit, not the physical card. My guess is that they only care about Mookie Betts or Charizard or whomever if they’re on a 1/10 reverse stock razzle-dazzle megafractor.

True! The article is specifically about the buyers of present day packs who are looking to get lucky by scoring high "value" pulls.

Originally Posted by Eric72

Sign that you *might* be a gambling addict disguised as a card collector:

You open a lot of sealed product. When you find a "hit," your first instinct is to brag on social media, get it graded, and sell it.

Spot on!

[Yoda]

I bet a lot of card addicts are foaming at the mouth at the prospects of a gazillion Pokemon cards at the National.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Yoda

I bet a lot of card addicts are foaming at the mouth at the prospects of a gazillion Pokemon cards at the National.

Not!
.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Yoda

I bet a lot of card addicts are foaming at the mouth at the prospects of a gazillion Pokemon cards at the National.

Originally Posted by Leon

Not!
.

You're right Leon, I'm foaming at the mouth, but I'm not going to the National.

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Sign that you *might* be a gambling addict disguised as a card collector:

You open a lot of sealed product. When you find a "hit," your first instinct is to brag on social media, get it graded, and sell it.

You post your "grail" on facebook.....with a price or DOND

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

...with a price or DOND

But what's a DOND?

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

But what's a DOND?

"Deal or no deal."

Basically, the seller puts the item up for "sale." There's no price. Would-be buyers make offers. The seller says "deal" or "no deal" in response.

It's a short-hand way of saying, "...might consider selling if someone's offer is high enough..."