Here's the reason I don't collect LeBron James cards
JasonM32
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I am a guy who likes to collect things that I have some hope of completing before I die. Lebron has, what, 200 or more cards from his rookie year alone? I was just inspecting the list of 2003-04 Lebron cards on his PSA Master Set. Upper Deck specifically should be ashamed of themselves for the mass quantities of cards that they made with his face on it. I'm only 33 but I guess you should call me an old timer. I miss the days when guys had 1 or 2 rookie cards. I'm sure there are plenty of people who disagree with me but in my opinion it's ABSURD!
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Nothing wrong with your reasoning though. That's why I don't collect modern players either. Instead I collect Top 250 Sports Cards, T206, 1956 Topps Baseball, and occassionally a modern set. (i.e. 2001 Topps Archives Auto set 144/158 autos, 2002 Diamond Cuts Auto and Memorabilia set, 2009 T206 Mini Auto Set)
Bernie Kosar collector
<< <i>I don't understand how these modern cards are going to have any long term value. They are far from rare. Even the PSA 10's are plentiful. >>
See, I love sports today as much as I did when I was younger. I would be just as excited about pulling a Kevin Youkilis card today as I was when I got a Dwight Evans card in 1984. But in 1984 I could pull a Dwight Evans card and have his only 1984 card and that was that. Success! Today, I could pull that Kevin Youkilis card and not only is that card not the only Kevin Youkilis card in the set, it's not even the only version of the very card I pulled. I'd still have to buy more packs just so I could get a blue, orange, silver, gold, and platinum version of the same card. No thanks.
When I get an itch for opening new packs I will occassionally scratch it. Instead of feeling pleasure and relief when I'm done I just hate myself for scratching the itch because all it did was bleed my wallet.