POLL: Which of these best describes your hobby habits?
 

You hear a lot of discussion regarding the investing side of cards vs the collecting side. I thought this poll was a good way to see how most people enjoy this hobby. As for me, I fall in the both category.

A. There is no poll

[QUOTE=rngrdanny22;15840906]A. There is no poll[/QUOTE]

Took me a second to create it. Should be there now?

[QUOTE=dbpsooner;15840911]Took me a second to create it. Should be there now?[/QUOTE]

It's there now. Was just giving you a hard time.

Used to be 75% for fun, 25% “investor” when I was younger

Now it’s about 10% fun, 90% invest lol

Never really “collected” anything

I "invest" in the hobby to pay for my collection. Its makes it really easy to buy a $400 card for your PC when you take a $600 case and turn it into a $1,400 case within a year.

I guess technically I both collect and flip. But I'm like 95% collect, 5% flip. Basically only collect unless I see a good deal I feel good about

I've had cards around me since i was 5-6 now at 54 can't stop, it's ingrained..... but i neither pc collect or invest for profit.... the stay at home order has made it fun to pass the time trading right now but once it passes i will not be as active. Then from the collecting side i have been trading to nicer and nicer cards but not of players i'm long term vested in......

My card fund my card buying. I don’t use my own money (meaning, money from my 9-5 job). I have a PC and I have cards I buy to flip and a separate account that I dump that money into to make more purchases.

I’m curious, for those that do both, do you spend more on investing or collecting?

I'm 99% collector.

There was a time in the past, 10-15 years ago, where I bought a few cards with the intent of trying to sell them for a profit, but I never did.

POLL: Which of these best describes your hobby habits?
 

[QUOTE=mfw13;15841448]I'm 99% collector.

There was a time in the past, 10-15 years ago, where I bought a few cards with the intent of trying to sell them for a profit, but I never did.[/QUOTE]


Sounds like my behavior, too... I buy cards I feel confident will sell for as much or more than I paid for them (including fees, shipping, and taxes)... but I’ve sold maybe 0.1% of what I’ve purchased (and the sales were mostly because I wanted to prove to myself that I would do it + a few cards I did regret having as they just weren’t a core part of our collection approach)


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I’m 100% collector. My purchases are 75% retail and 25% ebay for higher end singles.


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[QUOTE=premium1981;15840917]I "invest" in the hobby to pay for my collection. Its makes it really easy to buy a $400 card for your PC when you take a $600 case and turn it into a $1,400 case within a year.[/QUOTE]

This is me. I have a small PC and I flip to help pay for it.

I say I am both, but it is very heavily weighted towards collecting. So maybe 80-20.

Investments are used to fund the collection so I never have to put money into the PC. Collecting PSA RCs, also means I will keep one in the PC and then the decision to sell the rest is easier when it’s profit. I’ll always have one copy.

Too bad I just started my PC up again after selling everything about 3 months ago....gonna be a while until I can replace the Trout without spending any new money.

[QUOTE=Hollywood42;15840994]I guess technically I both collect and flip. But I'm like 95% collect, 5% flip. Basically only collect unless I see a good deal I feel good about[/QUOTE]


I'm 90% collector, 10% seller, and it's funny, b/c that's [B]exactly[/B]
what I tell folks when they come to my table for card shows.

it's a hoot to set up and not care if you sell a whole lot of cards.

I bring the [B]whole[/B] collection in about 4 shoeboxes.

of course 50% of my collection is mantle and banks, 90% graded,
so, it's pretty easy and fun to set up.


no semi-stars, and no sets, no commons, no dollar boxes, etc.

that's how I roll.

I like to prospect young major leaguers, flipping cards for fun.


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I'm primarily a collector. The only cards I will sell are cards I have more than 1 of so 1 can always stay in my collection.