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T206 Cross Roads -- Seeking advice
Posted By: T206Collector
Looking for some advice... |
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T206 Cross Roads -- Seeking advice
Posted By: RayB
When the financial demands of life get in the way; I've always tried to exclude my cards as an asset. It's not always easy. |
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T206 Cross Roads -- Seeking advice
Posted By: Gilbert Maines
I think that you will never regret it if you do nothing cardwise right now. Hold off on collection changing decisions until your path becomes more clear. |
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T206 Cross Roads -- Seeking advice
Posted By: warshawlaw
Fill in the cards with new ones as you can afford them, selling off the lower grade ones as you go. It will take time but having a "complete" set will be infinitely more desirable both emotionally and if you ever have to sell them than having a nice chunk of a set, even if part of the set isn't so great conditionwise. I have some real beaters in my various sets but would not consider parting with any of them absent replacements on hand. |
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T206 Cross Roads -- Seeking advice
Posted By: barry arnold
This is a very difficult crossroads. |
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T206 Cross Roads -- Seeking advice
Posted By: Joann
Hang on to them and upgrade as you can, around the house finances. If you sell, I think it would feel for a long time like you were making up lost ground. If you upgrade, it might feel more like clawing out progress and getting ahead, even at a slower pace. |
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T206 Cross Roads -- Seeking advice
Posted By: Rick
I would sell the 200 card lot and then upgrade. |
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T206 Cross Roads -- Seeking advice
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
Paul |
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T206 Cross Roads -- Seeking advice
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
Are you married??? |
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T206 Cross Roads -- Seeking advice
Posted By: T206Collector
Thanks for all the great advice. I am married with a young child. We are doing fine financially, but we rent. We are going to be buying within the next year, and I just can't justify the big purchases of cards anymore -- without a comparable sale. |
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T206 Cross Roads -- Seeking advice
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
T206Collector |
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T206 Cross Roads -- Seeking advice
Posted By: Jason
Speaking some from experience, do nothing with the cards. Put them in a closet, save for the house, make yourself as strong as possible, financially, and then, on a rainy afternoon in 5 years, take the cards out of the closet, show them to your (hopefully) excited youngster, and then enjoy the renewed passion with your new ability to spend with far deeper pockets, completing the entire set, big 4 included!!! |
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T206 Cross Roads -- Seeking advice
Posted By: andy becker
hey paul, |
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T206 Cross Roads -- Seeking advice
Posted By: T206Collector
I like the notion of "downgrading" with raw cards, and selling the slabbed stuff to make more cash for the raw stuff. That is something I think I will look into to see if it works. |
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T206 Cross Roads -- Seeking advice
Posted By: Eric B
A combination of the answers given so far. I agree, if you go back, you may never get to where you are. So I would grade the best 50 or so. Then pick up cards exactly at SCG40 for those where you have better ones, and sell the better ones. So you can upgrade and downgrade to SCG40 at the same time. Maybe work on SCG30 for the short term. |
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