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Jay wrote:

The first time was overproduction. Everyone got into collectibles because there were stories about baby boomers finding $100k+ baseball cards and comics in their attics. Comic book stores popped up everywhere. Seeing the interest, card and comic producers flooded the market and crashed all the prices. The 2nd time was just a normal bubble pop. Collectibles are completely dependent on finding the greater fool.

I can't speak for comic books because I was never really in to collecting them, but for baseball cards-

Overproduction had very little to do with the baseball card price crash. The hobby became outdated. Sure there were more card options, but nobody was buying them, let alone collecting them! It was literally because demand dried up. Now baseball card collecting is coming somewhat back in to vogue, but the market is still based on buyers (like Vegas Dave, who is literally setting market prices on some baseball collectables), not supply. Remember when Todd McFarlane paid some obscene amount of money for McGwire and Sosa and Barry Bonds home run balls?

Boomers had a special place in their heart for card collecting because it reminded them of their childhood. Boomers got older and richer and started fetish buying old cards based on nostalgia. That's what the baseball card collector market is. Same as...Transformers, Star Wars, GI Joes, virtually any childhood toy that is now a collectible for Gen X and Millennials.

I mentioned a while ago that I broke a box with a friend. It was the fastest I've ever seen $2000 turn to zero in my life. I have a cool 2009 Bowman Chrome Set Neftali Feliz Refractor card to show for it though...know anyone that wants to buy? To me it's worth $1000, to everyone else it's probably worth around $0.05.

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

Jay wrote:

The first time was overproduction. Everyone got into collectibles because there were stories about baby boomers finding $100k+ baseball cards and comics in their attics. Comic book stores popped up everywhere. Seeing the interest, card and comic producers flooded the market and crashed all the prices. The 2nd time was just a normal bubble pop. Collectibles are completely dependent on finding the greater fool.

I can't speak for comic books because I was never really in to collecting them, but for baseball cards-

Overproduction had very little to do with the baseball card price crash. The hobby became outdated. Sure there were more card options, but nobody was buying them, let alone collecting them! It was literally because demand dried up. Now baseball card collecting is coming somewhat back in to vogue, but the market is still based on buyers (like Vegas Dave, who is literally setting market prices on some baseball collectables), not supply. Remember when Todd McFarlane paid some obscene amount of money for McGwire and Sosa and Barry Bonds home run balls?

Boomers had a special place in their heart for card collecting because it reminded them of their childhood. Boomers got older and richer and started fetish buying old cards based on nostalgia. That's what the baseball card collector market is. Same as...Transformers, Star Wars, GI Joes, virtually any childhood toy that is now a collectible for Gen X and Millennials.

I mentioned a while ago that I broke a box with a friend. It was the fastest I've ever seen $2000 turn to zero in my life. I have a cool 2009 Bowman Chrome Set Neftali Feliz Refractor card to show for it though...know anyone that wants to buy? To me it's worth $1000, to everyone else it's probably worth around $0.05.

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I really don't get baseball card collecting because there is really nothing you can do with them but look. At least Magic cards are used to play a game.

I had seven binders full of cards when I was a kid, but they were all from the junk wax era and are probably all worth more as kindling.

but now i want to go home and i still have half a beer left.

I remember spending hours upon hours organizing my sets. Favorite team first, then ranked with least favorite team last. Each individual team was sorted by favorite player to least favorite. Then towards the back of the binder was one-off cards and smaller sets. Each binder held a different years' production.

I remember one time I was grounded for something stupid and I spent the afternoon organizing a few sets. My dad came upstairs and asked something like, "not so fun sitting in your room while everyone else is playing outside, eh?". I told him I was having a blast.

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Stella brewed in the UK and Stella exported from Belgium share literally only the badge.

Stella, Fosters, XXXX etc in the UK all come out of the same vat.

I think some is brewed in Belgium specifically for the UK, its not sold anywhere else.

Same goes for Kingfisher, beloved of morons curry nights, also produced in the UK.

I bought two 40's of Corona and 2 of Guinness the other day. I liked both but I ran into the same problem that the part of my brain that handles alcohol might be burnt out and I struggle to get drunk.

uziq wrote:

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

I'm sitting in my office drinking a stella. I guess being able to drink at work because no one else is in the office is a good thing?

my guy. why? that is the absolute lowest tier of lager here. is it exotic in the states or what?

it was one of the only choices at the convenience store that wasn't American light beer?

I thought California would be into Corona (the beer) since it has a large Mexican population and that beer is a hot weather beer.

surely modelo is the best widely available mexican beer?

i really do not like corona. i have never enjoyed it, not even on a beach with a lime or whatever, in its 'ideal' situation. least of all on a night. it very directly gives me a tight chemical-feeling headache.

uziq wrote:

surely modelo is the best widely available mexican beer?

i really do not like corona. i have never enjoyed it, not even on a beach with a lime or whatever, in its 'ideal' situation. least of all on a night. it very directly gives me a tight chemical-feeling headache.

Modelo Especial is a go to for sure.

Corona is terrible. I won't drink it.

My first choice is almost always a lager from a local brewery, but most corner convenience stores only sell large brands and whatever is popular right now. Except IPA went out of style like 5 years ago and you can still find 13 different IPAs in any given store.

My default beer is Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. I like it best a little bit colder than room temp. If I don't want to think too much about a beer choice I go Sierra.