tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post8567156125958204..comments2024-03-24T13:24:23.142-05:00Comments on Dime Boxes -- The Low-End Baseball Card Collector's Journey: Fight for your right (to collect)Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13508921644099472101noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-30883422435589025162012-05-17T14:09:02.325-05:002012-05-17T14:09:02.325-05:00Well, I'm not done with the hobby. It seems th...Well, I'm not done with the hobby. It seems that I always get a little burnt out around this time of year. Could be the lack of exciting releases or the fact that I buy way too much series 1 and don't want to look at cards for a few months, ha. Something always pulls me back, usually series 2 or maybe Archives this year. Amusing that you mention Yu-Gi-Oh! though. Watch for a post from me soon explaining a few things.moremonkeys138https://www.blogger.com/profile/05040986592810865491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-74874863175511347942012-05-17T12:00:33.803-05:002012-05-17T12:00:33.803-05:00Backstop, wait until you're 45! Ironically, t...Backstop, wait until you're 45! Ironically, though I'm into 80's metal bands and most of them are still going! Though some of them just can't do it like they used to.<br />I equate the card hobby to music in the sense that both are "in your blood". Cards (and guitar riffs) just feed a psychological and emotional need. My collecting is pretty diverse, with three sports, almost 50 player collections, set building, and one team collection. But it's still possible to have lulls. Like now, I'm really waiting for the National. My great local shop closed up last year, so the only buying I can do is retail and the occasional show. I'm kinda picky about the sets I build, so there are long periods between them sometimes. And product selection has a lot to do with it. I've only built like five football sets since 2007. Except for '08 Score and some of the flagship Topps, most football is the same year after year. <br />I do trade with people online, and have made deals with an increasing number of bloggers. Trades come in waves with the nice sets that come out. It's just all ebb and flow...GCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-51259627649494390072012-05-17T10:32:18.516-05:002012-05-17T10:32:18.516-05:00Guys,getting burnted out is easy in areas with ZER...Guys,getting burnted out is easy in areas with ZERO shows and one card shop that has 95% Comics and only about 5% Sportscards(and most of those are of college football stars from Alabama or Auburn).<br /><br />You can only do so much thru Ebay.I will say i have been enjoying the blogging community alot making trades and the talk about the cards itself.Its been fun and nice to know about other collectors like Nick,Dimwit,Night Owl,etc,etc.<br /><br />I'm going to a shop while on vacation during the summer.<br /><br />Last show I went to was 120 miles away one way in a mall.I get there and there are only 2 people with sportscards,needless to say,no dime boxes,quarter boxes,one guy had 2 dollar boxes that imo had cards that should have been a quarter or less.Cool Breezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12140629830574283430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-63244647781936297852012-05-17T09:19:30.937-05:002012-05-17T09:19:30.937-05:00Portillo's all the way! Although, since movin...Portillo's all the way! Although, since moving away from Chicago, I think I miss Giordano's the most.<br /><br />I think I understand the burnt-outedness with cards. I've been really into music since I was in high school, but lately, all the bands that I like have stopped recording or touring or have just completely broken up. I have a hard time finding new music that I like, and it's made me disinterested. I feel like an old man, saying that music "back in my day" was better, and I'm only 27.<br /><br />If you get a run of sets that you're not into, and there's not a lot of the old stuff that you're after, I could see burn-out happening. Don't see it happening to me anytime soon, though.Marcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10439278650702057885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-61294820667253326542012-05-17T08:39:53.267-05:002012-05-17T08:39:53.267-05:00MMMMmmmmm.....Potillo's. Though, I have to adm...MMMMmmmmm.....Potillo's. Though, I have to admit that I am more a Buona fan.JediJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261262040532716901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-57239268527821898722012-05-17T00:50:57.086-05:002012-05-17T00:50:57.086-05:00For me the card lust never goes away but the card ...For me the card lust never goes away but the card cash does go away. Not all of my time away from the blog is cause of cash though. Most of the time I just don't want to write anything.AdamEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107347958456472504noreply@blogger.com