tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373371228120150408.post8300357672110371058..comments2023-10-31T05:35:40.987-07:00Comments on Pack War: Monday Question Day- Catastrophic Events?Corkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02344136023470368021noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373371228120150408.post-10123450918697847362017-07-11T06:16:06.106-07:002017-07-11T06:16:06.106-07:00By the way... sorry about what your ex-wife did. ...By the way... sorry about what your ex-wife did. That's insanely cruel. Can't imagine what goes through peoples minds to make them do something like that.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373371228120150408.post-20904627779573056772017-07-11T06:12:54.855-07:002017-07-11T06:12:54.855-07:00Back in the early 2000's, I sold off most of m...Back in the early 2000's, I sold off most of my collection... but it wasn't based on a catastrophic event. I needed money for a down payment on my place. But back in high school, two of my so-called friends (they were brothers) stole a chunk of my collection and took it to the local card shop where they flipped it for quick cash. They were caught... had to go to court... were really embarrassed because word got around school... and I ended up getting a job at the LCS. The downside was my cards were held as evidence for a long time (1-2 years).Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373371228120150408.post-85442911674160359492017-07-10T23:08:19.927-07:002017-07-10T23:08:19.927-07:00It is interesting to step back and realize that wa...It is interesting to step back and realize that water can potentially destroy our entire collection. I don't know enough about collecting vinyl but what kind of value is lost when the sleeve is damaged? There is still value to record itself right, though I would assume diminished as compared to a complete sleeve and record.Corkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344136023470368021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373371228120150408.post-8741421043902042782017-07-10T23:04:33.109-07:002017-07-10T23:04:33.109-07:00For a couple of years I collected action figures a...For a couple of years I collected action figures and die cast cars, when my son was around 8 we sat down and ripped open every package and I gave them to him. I figured they may be worth something but my son's enjoyment was more important. It is so interesting how people, like our children, affect our collecting habits. Giving up your hobby room had to have been huge, though for a very good reason.Corkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344136023470368021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373371228120150408.post-19657383266669947502017-07-10T18:49:39.906-07:002017-07-10T18:49:39.906-07:00I used to collect vinyl records, until my apartmen...I used to collect vinyl records, until my apartment was flooded during Hurricane Floyd. More than half the collection was waterlogged. We're not talking about any thousand-dollar items or anything, but I had some nice autographed records and a couple of rare mono Beatles things. I sold off what wasn't damaged and haven't bought vinyl since; nowadays my music is mp3s.<br /><br />I wasn't actively collecting cards at the time; I probably did lose a couple of baseball items (certainly some baseball books), but with those exceptions my cards were safely in my parents' basement.Brett Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15909286892005353279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373371228120150408.post-114025125214334542017-07-10T18:01:53.078-07:002017-07-10T18:01:53.078-07:00Never had anything like that happen. My 'purge...Never had anything like that happen. My 'purges' have been self inflicted. When we moved to Texas in 1967 I gave away the bulk of my cards to friends in the neighborhood. And when my kids were born and I gave up my hobby room I took a couple of those huge contractor trash bags out to the curb filled with junk wax. Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.com