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CollectingAfterDeath
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| Friday, December 28, 2018 7:29 AM | |
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Sportzcommish
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Joined: Oct 2016
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| Friday, December 28, 2018 7:52 AM | |
I think someone who does that for a card is primarily doing it as a collector. I don't know if it can be a considered an investment as its value may have not really increased over the past few years, but I may be wrong.
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captkirk42
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| Friday, December 28, 2018 8:23 AM | |
NO not for current years anyway. Maybe for something from 1965 or earlier in as near mint as possible. Even then probably only for something like a 1952 box.
I guess the people who buy these boxes are the people who don't think twice about buying a modern card for more than $100. But its an on sticker autograph all gray relic of John Smith Whatzhisname to it mus be a bargain.
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KMack
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| Friday, December 28, 2018 8:53 AM | |
I couldn't spend that kind of money for a box but yet, I sure wouldn't mind selling one for that price. I see he has an '87 Fleer basketball box for $40K. makes me sick....I could have bought all I wanted for 10 cents/pack when they came out. Didn't like the look of the cards, and really wasn't into basketball back then. Of course I regret it today I didn't buy them!
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bkim
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| Friday, December 28, 2018 9:46 AM | |
CollectingAfterDeath wrote: I am not a millionaire, so this 28K is way over any limits that I have...Well, actually I would buy a box of these 28K cards...if it came with room and board for the next 10 years.
That not a bad deal $28,000 divided by 10 years is $2,800 a year and divid that by 12 months is $233. Around here you getting the better of the deal. OR $7.67 a day for 10 years and you are being feed.
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switzr1
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| Friday, December 28, 2018 10:23 AM | |
This will be the third year of Transcendent. They have increased the number of sets each year. It has sold out every time. Can't blame them for doing it if they know the buyers are there. I would sure be disappointed with a few of the cut autos though. The checklist is a little iffy.
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I'm going to reevaluate how I collect after the new year. It's just getting way too expensive for the new stuff. Sometimes I just want to buy a pack, not a whole box or even blaster. |
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BOBSCARDZ
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| Friday, December 28, 2018 1:19 PM | |
10 grand was my most so far. Not a box, but 100s of boxes. Probably doubled that since.
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Billy Kingsley
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| Friday, December 28, 2018 5:47 PM | |
I just did a little figuring. I spend, on average, $30 a month on the hobby. Some months it's more so for the sake of this figuring I upped it to $50 a month, which is where I hope to be again someday. At that rate, one box of this set would support my hobby for 46 and a half years! That's 12 years more than I've currently been alive!
And you only get what, 65 cards?
Conversely, if I saved for 46 and a half years to buy one of these, it would mean the cards of today would be the same as 1972 issues are to us right now.
I could buy literally any year Chevrolet El Camino or Edsel for less than that. And if I had that kind of money...I would! I've long debated the idea of stepping away from the hobby and saving to make my lifelong dream of classic car ownership a reality anyway.
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switzr1
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| Friday, December 28, 2018 5:51 PM | |
I'm with you Billy. If I had the kind of money it would take to spend that much on cards, the last thing I would spend it on would be cards. Collecting is a cure for boredom for me. With money like that, I would never be this bored.
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I'm going to reevaluate how I collect after the new year. It's just getting way too expensive for the new stuff. Sometimes I just want to buy a pack, not a whole box or even blaster. |
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Billy Kingsley
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