I recently entered a post in the non-sport newsgroup that many people that are in this hobby today have missed the boat when it comes to the true meaning of what a non soprt collector is. Too many people complain about the pricing and values of the cards and seem to be missing the most fundamental point of this hobby and that is if you want it, just buy it. If you are in it for the money, QUIT! Because you are in the wrong hobby. True non-sport collectors will pay what they have to when they need to aquire a card for their collection. I know I would. Regardless of what the quoted value of a card is. Don't blame NSU for the pricing. NSU is a GUIDE, period. Read it for the information, and for the articles, advertisements and the listings of hundreds of cards and sets. Use it for an education and not to increase the amount of money in your bank account. This hobby is for people who put collecting before the value. I could care less what it costs to buy cards. If I want the cards, I will pay for them.

Hear Hear! Although it's nice sometimes to speculate on how much cards in one's collection are worth, it should NOT be the be all and end all of the hobby - the raison d'etre should be to collect cards that are, in the collectors opinion, interesting. If the collection proves to be a nest egg, fine, but this should not be the main reason for collecting!

If people stop treating trading cards as an investment, perhaps the prices would drop a little!
Au Res.,
Paul

Since I've been a tad vocal in the board and the newsgroups, some might already know what I think, but what the heck. I love my cards. SOme I got a *deal* on, some I paid too much for....ALL have a story for those bored enough to sit through them all....I tend to recall how I acquired a card, not how much I paid for them. When I was first collecting, I reiled heavily on the guide as a checklist, but never the pricing..was there a card on there I didn't know about...
Don't get me wrong, I don't have money to burn on overly priced cards and I'd love to know I wasn't spending stupid, but I use thiungs other then the fuide to make that decision. And if NSU tells me my 25th Anniv. set was dumped and has no value..well, maybe so :sniffle:, but I still remember my shy husband striking up a covnersation with a security guard who liked cards to see if he could get me the last darn common card I needed for that set..Worf! Those are the things I think about!