Well said, I think everyone is feeling the pinch, my kids school fees went up 7%.Well said, I've cut my collection back this year so going forward I can realistically maintain a collection near 100% complete of in my case NRL Warriors signature cards. Already I see next years Traders has more signature variants than this years. I buy/sell/trade to get funds to maintain my hobby . I've seen a number of longtime collectors not only stop collecting but selling up entire collections which is sad (pending on the reasons) but it's just like many things in life, you move on. I just hope anyone needing to sell for much needed dollars in these tough times both sides of The Tasman that they aren't being lowballed . The hobby adapts to a changing environment and there's winners and losers as in life.
Well said, I think everyone is feeling the pinch, my kids school fees went up 7%.Well said, I've cut my collection back this year so going forward I can realistically maintain a collection near 100% complete of in my case NRL Warriors signature cards. Already I see next years Traders has more signature variants than this years. I buy/sell/trade to get funds to maintain my hobby . I've seen a number of longtime collectors not only stop collecting but selling up entire collections which is sad (pending on the reasons) but it's just like many things in life, you move on. I just hope anyone needing to sell for much needed dollars in these tough times both sides of The Tasman that they aren't being lowballed . The hobby adapts to a changing environment and there's winners and losers as in life.
A lot of people cutting back on collecting have seen some amazing collections up for sale recently!
Also personally in the past I used to tell my wife the cards I was buying were only "worth" $20....... now I can only afford to buy cards that ARE actually worth $20!
Tough times.
, I have a "card" account to buy/sell cards so that's not the problem with my wife. It's the volume, always make a big deal when I head
off to the Post Office with a parcel to send. When we come over to the Gold Coast and I have packages waiting for me there now that's
a whole other problem. Bloody cardboard with pictures and numbers on them
Don’t believe this @Matt26 guy and his crying poor about $20 cards…..he has some of that Jordan auto equity stashed away and could be retired and living the life by now…..
Im not @Billyhoyle !
all you old admin OG’s have Jordan autos tucked away from when you got them for $400! Come on now!
Yeah I think people look at the CPI number, and there's almost this assumption that that's the % across the board for price increases. But since almost everything relies on a massively-interconnected chain of production and logistics, that % applied at every single step of the way adds up to far more than any CPI number.There's some BS going on to with "cost of living"...... used to spend $350 on some groceries, now those same ones cost $430. Ink for my printer used to be $85, now it's $95 all of a sudden. Not even to mention the rental inflation situtation.......... some big companies taking advantage of people at the moment - a lot of people struggling
Yeah I think people look at the CPI number, and there's almost this assumption that that's the % across the board for price increases. But since almost everything relies on a massively-interconnected chain of production and logistics, that % applied at every single step of the way adds up to far more than any CPI number.
Profiteering is absolutely happening, but it's far more widespread than this hyper focus on Coles & Woolworths that seems to be the norm at the moment.
At the end of the day, almost every day-to-day financial problem for people in Australia can all be traced back to the astronomically out of equilibrium cost of housing in this country. Whether you rent or pay a mortgage, the amount of time, money and stress that goes into something that completely stifles other innovation and productivity should be a national embarrassment.
Hi Paul, if your car is under a recall isn’t the onus on the manufacturer to cover the costs of the repairs? I had a car once that got recalled and they fixed it free of charge?My turn. I have to get my car repaired by FORD Australia as my model is under World Wide Recall.The mechanics who repair the work vehicles charge $150.00 per hour. Ford charge $280.00 per hour.Its either I pay $4000.00 to $5000.00 which includes parts and labour for a car thats insured for $7200.00, or try to find another car to get around in.Anybody want to buy my autograph collection.
They fixed the problem 4 years ago.Now the same problem has arisen again plus the transmission is playing up. I just can't win.Hi Paul, if your car is under a recall isn’t the onus on the manufacturer to cover the costs of the repairs? I had a car once that got recalled and they fixed it free of charge?
I'd love to know how the government/reserve bank come up with their inflation rate, 5% or whatever. The essentials have gone up by way more than that.There's some BS going on to with "cost of living"...... used to spend $350 on some groceries, now those same ones cost $430. Ink for my printer used to be $85, now it's $95 all of a sudden. Not even to mention the rental inflation situtation.......... some big companies taking advantage of people at the moment - a lot of people struggling
Quite a few rare cards I've been looking for over the past 2-3 years without any luck are starting to pop up on eBay. Anyone else notice this?
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