[ Outline ] · Standard · Linear+ What do you NOT like about this hobby?

[ffman]

In the other thread I created today (What do you like about this hobby?), Daze_fan posted quite a few things his do not like about the hobby. And, many of them were valid complaints. While many things make this hobby wonderful, many negatives do exist which take away from the experience.

So, here's a topic for members to express what they do not enjoy about this hobby. TCC: What do you NOT enjoy about this hobby?

For me:

1. Over-use of the 1/1 label. For example, I can't stand eBay items, trading topics, etc that label a card a '1/1' when it is not.

2. Impatient traders. This includes collectors who post a trade/sell topic, only to 'bump' it 15 minutes later asking 'NO WANTS THIS??!!?', etc.

3. Collectors who do not appreciate another person's generosity.

4. Redemptions. If a card company cannot deliver a card, it should not promise it to collectors.

[wvball]

Things I do NOT like about this Hobby
1) Expensive All brands, All levels for the end result of what you are getting. All the rookie cards are over produced to a certain degree due to the proliferation of this new product of that.

2) lack of Card companies concern for the collector. Over production, redemtion cards, sticker autos. I mean really out of 2 boxes of 2011 Bowman Sterling I pulled 7 Delone carter autographs. Not acceptable. So what are they doing (stock piling the good players in the warehouses--is my bet). Damaged cards, missing hits.

3) Leagleeze one the back of all the cards. For the autos not so bad. The card was signed and vounched for the signature being authntic by the player or signed in presence of company representative. But the game used card has not become
game used but not related to any particular season or event
game used (used in an official NBA, NFL, MLB, USA Baseball game etc) so who used it? the bat boy?
MAN UP! start certifing things as used in an officiam game by X player duriing x season. Then we would really know what we have.
Event worn.

4) I can get it cheaper on Ebay--then go to ebay and buy it. I will sell by book value only. You want it fine pay me the fair value for it or otherwise take a walk. I am not here to bust product to give you a discount. I am selling what I do not want to collectors who do want it. perior. If I trade for it the I trade by book value.

5) Waiting FOREVER for peopels pics to load on photobucket. People please learn this that the higer resolution you set your scanner to scan the card to does not equal a better image on a computer screen. The image quality will only be as good as the capabilityes of the computer screen. So you are wasting alot of memory and thus things take a long time to load due to the extra information in the image that will never benefit anyone. Scan at a medium to low resolution--might mean more trades later. or at least have a trade list so I can scan it ans see if I even want to look in the PB to see the actual card.

6) Eventually someone has to pull the plug on a deal and I will be the fist to say that I do not have a ton of time and if there is not anything there that I need I will quickly move on rather than settle for something I don't really want. Yes I could twiddle about and find something but more than likely the other guy is the only one pleased as I just have to pay again to send something else through the mail to try and get what I really do want.

7) I liked topps way of trading virtually and then after you got what you wanted it could be shipped to you on that million card giveaway. Dude I would probably pay for a service like that. Connecting collectors world wide on a central database with all cards in a central 3rd party location to be shipped latter to you after your trades at your request. sounds a lot easier.

8) Card companies providing "juiced boxes" to beckett for breaking to garner more collector interest. when in reality your box hits are going to #####.

man--that was theraputic but also enlightneing. I think after I can sell off all the cards I do not want--I am out of this hobby. On to collecting authentic game used jerseys and memoried and meorabilia from just going to the good ol baseball games myself.