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@patrickmcnuttify
7 ай бұрын
It’s an important topic. I spent around $12k on cards in ‘22 (discretionary money). Streamlined my collection and really looked at what makes me happy and what I want to collect. I spent $4k last year and I think came away with better things. Put more money into my home and family. I’ve been a fan of your channel for a while now, I appreciate you’re approach to the hobby. Happy new year!
@TheSportsCardDad
7 ай бұрын
Good stuff Patrick, thanks for watching! Happy New Year 🎆
@andrewchevrier
7 ай бұрын
12k sounds crazy, and then you break it down to 1k a month, and then break it down to a box every week or two and some singles. 12k comes way faster than you’d think. The price of wax being so out of touch helps me stay in check. Lately, I’ve been buying lots and breaking them down and selling them individually on eBay, keeping a few. It’s work but it’s responsible. I actually bought a huge « mystery » lot of 16 boxes from my LCS. It actually gave me that dopamine hit of opening up wax. Found a Jeter rookie that paid for the 16 boxes.
@custum18
7 ай бұрын
It appears looking at the market that many people went to rehab and broke their addiction. Cardboard and plastic are a hell of a drug.
@congomac2001
7 ай бұрын
Super easy to fall into the collectible hole. Good to hear you are climbing out.
@Lebowski_Sports_Cards
7 ай бұрын
I can relate to this big time. The trick for me was to go back to my roots in the hobby (buying raw to grade and staying away from breaks) as well as less hobby consumption (whether it’s not going on here or listening to podcasts everyday). Glad to hear you’ve made progress. Fiscal responsibility is very important in the hobby. Happy New Year, Dustin!
@TheSportsCardDad
7 ай бұрын
Happy new year buddy!
@jsteffen8
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your story & being honest. Feels like a rare thing these days. I am all for people making money on this platform. But the ones who mainly use their channel as an infomercial to gas every single product release are just gross. That goes double for the Twitter restock accounts. I just smh when I see screenshots & pics of people buying 10 mega boxes @ $60 a pop. Obviously it’s buyer beware, but don’t take advantage of your influence.
@planetawesome3575
7 ай бұрын
I love collecting and the hobby and have been buying, trading, selling for years. I think you just have to enjoy yourself and all my sportscard investments have more or less been profitable 📈. The hobby has been growing out here in Seattle, especially between my friends who got in the hobby during the boom 💥 of 2020. They still buy expensive cards and low print run inserts / Autos. But I think people don't focus on the scarce cards and buy cards that seem rare but really aren't 🤔.
@Bazookatom
7 ай бұрын
The struggle is real. I share these same sentiments.
@ScottSmith-pe8lr
26 күн бұрын
I abused alcohol and gambling for 21 years before being addicted to card collecting during my teen years. Now I’m sober and collecting/selling cards again and am so glad I have my hobby and family and no longer using! 😊🤗 my wife is much happier with me dealing with cards instead of the booze and gambling
@zachpierce641
7 ай бұрын
I think it’s important now to not get caught up in FOMO, because everything is so cheap compared to what we saw a couple years ago . We can’t know pandemic pricing isn’t coming back soon but I know which side I would bet on.
@splitrockgamer4152
7 ай бұрын
Great video, I think a lot of us are at this point. Also, DCSports is the best
@HarvestMt
7 ай бұрын
Better than a grazing addiction! 😂🐮 Thanks for 4 yrs of content, much appreciated! Bring back Brad for an episode???? - ✌️ GD
@TheBargainBoxer
7 ай бұрын
Don’t bring back Brad!!!!
@jr5345
7 ай бұрын
Great video. Glad to hear things are better year over year. I have regressed from cards in general over the years, mostly due to prices. I don't buy wax at all anymore and the single cards that I look at are usually Hall of Famers. The thing I find hard is when they come up at auction they go significantly less than the buy it now's, but when you try to deal with someone showing them the last 5 sales of a card were "say" $900, but he won't budge at $1500. Occasionally I will try my luck at buy it now's, but I look for auctions when they come up. Also, I'm only after one card right now so I don't look at other things. I do have life things that are more important too. I didn't have a car payment last year but I do now and I want to pay the car off early so most of my free money will go there.
@TheSportsCardDad
7 ай бұрын
Great stuff, sounds like you have the priorities in line!
@cardboardcheddah3715
7 ай бұрын
There’s not always enough people interested in a product to get its value out of auction. People who need money more than the value of their item for sale will auction it off. Ending auction prices are not indicative of the actual product value,imo.
@carlsd8686
7 ай бұрын
There is a great many people holding cards that were purchased in the past 4ish years that were sky high and to let them go for 40%-60% less of what they paid is a shock to the senses. Instead of taking the loss and moving on and building up again they are stuck in the mindset of holding until they get even again. Which will not happen in this lifetime.
@cardboardcheddah3715
7 ай бұрын
@@carlsd8686 not the case for everyone and if that story helps fit your narrative and sleep at night, beleive every word. Selling out in dips is for suckers. Not everyone needs the money and guaranteed the market will peak again. You keep dreaming it’s not all you want.
@billyoh2007
7 ай бұрын
Great episode!! Happy New Year!!
@TheSportsCardDad
7 ай бұрын
Happy new year!
@NYC-SA-Mike
7 ай бұрын
I remember watching a video at an LCS in Brooklyn and the person referred to trading cards as "Cardboard Crack." Now that's a keeper. On our hobby? I always liked the adage that "there's a thin line between a hobby and insanity." Last. I experienced the entire gamut over the last 30+ yrs of collecting. So. Perhaps view our hobby thru the lens of the "Five Stages of Grief." So. What was "acceptance?" For me. Establish a "narrow" Focus and "strict" Budget. The former keeps ya from trying to corner the market on just about everything and the latter keeps ya from waking up screaming into the night! Good stuff buddy. Happy New Year.
@TheSportsCardDad
7 ай бұрын
Happy New Year Mike!
@michaelgolden4938
7 ай бұрын
Really important topic, D. Thanks for sharing.
@MasterShake300
7 ай бұрын
The struggle is real man 😢 Every time I say this is the last card, another rare card pops up... 😭
@hernandez3.056
7 ай бұрын
😅
@gametimegallery7661
7 ай бұрын
The problem is that there is just so much cool stuff out there.
@MasterShake300
7 ай бұрын
@@gametimegallery7661 exactly!
@kevinbford20
7 ай бұрын
Dang Dustin - suuuuuper similar mindset this past year. I moved lots of stuff that I liked - but didn’t love. Parlayed that into some bigger stuff that I truly do love now. Likely long term PC stuff. I also got away from birdshot approach and went back to 00 buckshot. I don’t hunt but you know what I mean lol I also dove back into my Bo Jackson PC pretty hard. Sold off the #2 PSA Registry Master Set in 2018 and super regretting in the past year. So rebuilding my Bo collection and loving it. That said, 2024 is already looking quite different for me by just Jan 4. Have over 250 cards submitted to PSA - some at the $500 threshold and some $250 max value - much of both pushing those limits a tad so excited for my March/April returns as baseball kicks off. I will make major waves this year - and I’m hoping it remains a buyers market as I do. 🙏 Cheers to a great 2024! See you in ATL at Culture Collision!
@TheSportsCardDad
7 ай бұрын
See ya there man!
@michaelhutchison4963
7 ай бұрын
glad you're still doing better
@dacryptkeeper6836
7 ай бұрын
These outrageous prices will either cure your addiction, or they will drive you to the poor house . . . maybe even put you out on the streets!
@TJCloutier
7 ай бұрын
Ehh let’s reevaluate this addiction when the new season of Strangers Things comes out soon and the markets not at relatively all low…
@SpursCards21
7 ай бұрын
Good to see the better looking fella is back! On the couch!
@TheSportsCardDad
7 ай бұрын
;)
@davidbobo9740
7 ай бұрын
Like any addiction , if the 4:54 bills and daily life needs come after your hobby or collection , then you got a problem . Simple
@DOPECARDS
7 ай бұрын
Do and buy what u want man, it's fun, fuxk it, no regrets, ya at least u aint selling off everything for a get high or low, i been with mine 20 years,card are not a problem with us. great vid broski
@dklauf
7 ай бұрын
Sounds like you're gambling on more speculative products to me.
@DellDuncan4
7 ай бұрын
Swing and a miss on this one
@TheSportsCardDad
7 ай бұрын
How do you mean?
@brentonfriesen254
7 ай бұрын
That ALF stuffie is fire ❤🔥
@leehaskins307
7 ай бұрын
Good Video… I have not found anything I really could sell in my collection… I’m lucky to have captial to buy and not sell cards to buy new ones… just keep collecting and would find it hard to sell some of my cards… at some point I will tho.. I know that will happen at some time.
@thomascourt4935
7 ай бұрын
When I go to card shows, vendors are almost always friendly when they greet me. When they ask what I am looking for, I always start with this sentence, "I'm a man on a budget." I enjoy looking at the cards under glass, but as a responsibly spending adult, I have to limit my purchases to the bargain bins.
@TheSportsCardDad
7 ай бұрын
Good for you man, great self awareness!
@schmoe5070
7 ай бұрын
I would rather buy my pc items back in the boom then now . The cards I collect in numbered 90s basketball have actually gone up …. Also it was easy to make profit grading and flipping back then so even if stuff was more expensive it was easier to fund big purchases even if I was over paying for it . Currently it’s really hard to profit grading to try and use my cards funds to buy other cards . 8:06 just a contrarian take I don’t think gets talked about as much
@Showcardsusa
7 ай бұрын
Loved the video, Dustin
@TheSportsCardDad
7 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@TheBargainBoxer
7 ай бұрын
Glad you are in a better place one year later….
@TheSportsCardDad
7 ай бұрын
Thanks buddy, now I just need to lose the extra weight I put on in 2023....lol
@TheBargainBoxer
7 ай бұрын
@@TheSportsCardDad Ozempic!!
@tiggerz3574
7 ай бұрын
Cards will be a side note this time next year 😨
@krishdasgupta7313
7 ай бұрын
Are you ready to sell me back the Drew Brees Black Parallel Auto? :)
@TheSportsCardDad
7 ай бұрын
lol no way man. My favorite card :) thanks again for making that deal
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