General Forum

I hope you have fun getting the cards you want, whatever method you choose to obtain them. Since it looks like you're interested in only certain teams or players, complete sets would actually be very inefficient for you, so please be sure to do what is best for you. Be sure to go to the player page and/or team page and click the gray star - it will turn yellow, and show it as a favorite on your profile page. Then the others on here will know and be able to offer trades and such. A fun part of the hobby is trading.

Take care!

Gentlemen,

You are not making the best first impression of the friendliness of members of this site.

Despite that little tiff, the members on this site generally get along smashingly, but most are happy to express their opinions in no uncertain terms, as well -- a good quality in my opinion.

Welcome again. And enjoy.

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Welcome back to collecting and welcome to the site. Congratulations on finishing up school as well.

I am constantly blown away by the knowledge of active members on this site and their willingness to help others with questions and experience. According to my wife and frankly most people not in the hobby there is no cost effective way to collect cards. Do what you like. In my mind, a hobby is supposed to be something we enjoy to help take our minds of the stresses of every day life. 

Actually, if cost efficiency is what you are really after, then most would say don't buy anything at all within the first 5 years of being released.  Most sets never hold on to their original cost as a true value.  Therefore, overall even ifan odd set does eclipse the original cost,in the long runyou will be way ahead money wise if you purchase sets long after they are released.  Before you make a silly counter argument, this is meant about sets released since1985 or there abouts.

That argument set aside, nubula, collect for the love of the hobby, which ever way you most enjoy.  Most of us on here do it exactly in the way we wish and respect all others in their own ways. Remember it is a hobby and it does not put food on the table or a shelter overy our family's heads.

Welcome back to the collecting world, and welcome to the TCDB! I too took a break from collecting when I went to college, and have recently begun collecting again!