Chris_Paul3
CP3-Hornets Collector
Hi all , haven't been on the sites for ages as the transition a few years ago from collectors to hype lords and so called investors ransacked the hobby and it killed it for me personally .
After Dealing On US sites it killed it for me completely after reading and watching what groups where tactically doing making cards from $300 become worth $4000 in not even 6 months or a card selling for years at $800 now all of a sudden it's worth $20 k lol in a space of 6 months , to many shady characters to even think about selling overseas in risk of getting burned , the Investors hyping and pumping their own stock , consignors everywhere now with shill bids blatantly on most high end sales , card companies making pieces of cardboard be somehow worth $7000 a case lmao.
The whole hobby has been infiltrated and seriously dismantled to what it is today which is quite sad , if i want to invest i surely do not do it in cards as it is un-regulated and this is why you are seeing a different un-regulated business module today ( not a hobby ).
For example the Blake Griffin Rc ( many have gone the same way ) was selling for over $3k now what's it worth ? I feel sorry for the people that got caught up in the hypers .
It's a shame as these so called investors have basically destroyed the next generations to keep coming into the ( hobby ) and in the long run this will have a detrimental effect when this generation that has done this will be sitting on trash as the younger bucks never even considered this ( hobby ) leaving a dwindling pool in the ( hobby) which means the pool will dry up willing to pay these stupid prices for a piece of cardboard .
What happens when the pool of people dwindle with no fresh new generations entering you destroy the market , give it a few years .
Mostly these day's it's not about you obtaining the card of your dreams for collecting purpose it is all about the $$$$.
The ( hobby ) already has been altered dramatically in a space of 5 years , I do not see it lasting for the next 20 years when people actually wake up and start realizing they are getting ripped of severely by a handful of Investors littered in this game only out to get your $$$ and are in no way or form in the game for the ( hobby ) but only to make bank with no shame .
If i have the time over the next few months I am seriously going to dump all my stock and be done with this so called ( hobby ) for good as it is a far cry from when it was fun , and after nearly 12 months of not even looking at the boards i am not surprised this hobby is where it is atm , when a lot of us where vocal we just go shot down , now the hobby is where it is .
I know what I am saying won't sit well with all but hey i alway's have called as it is .
After Dealing On US sites it killed it for me completely after reading and watching what groups where tactically doing making cards from $300 become worth $4000 in not even 6 months or a card selling for years at $800 now all of a sudden it's worth $20 k lol in a space of 6 months , to many shady characters to even think about selling overseas in risk of getting burned , the Investors hyping and pumping their own stock , consignors everywhere now with shill bids blatantly on most high end sales , card companies making pieces of cardboard be somehow worth $7000 a case lmao.
The whole hobby has been infiltrated and seriously dismantled to what it is today which is quite sad , if i want to invest i surely do not do it in cards as it is un-regulated and this is why you are seeing a different un-regulated business module today ( not a hobby ).
For example the Blake Griffin Rc ( many have gone the same way ) was selling for over $3k now what's it worth ? I feel sorry for the people that got caught up in the hypers .
It's a shame as these so called investors have basically destroyed the next generations to keep coming into the ( hobby ) and in the long run this will have a detrimental effect when this generation that has done this will be sitting on trash as the younger bucks never even considered this ( hobby ) leaving a dwindling pool in the ( hobby) which means the pool will dry up willing to pay these stupid prices for a piece of cardboard .
What happens when the pool of people dwindle with no fresh new generations entering you destroy the market , give it a few years .
Mostly these day's it's not about you obtaining the card of your dreams for collecting purpose it is all about the $$$$.
The ( hobby ) already has been altered dramatically in a space of 5 years , I do not see it lasting for the next 20 years when people actually wake up and start realizing they are getting ripped of severely by a handful of Investors littered in this game only out to get your $$$ and are in no way or form in the game for the ( hobby ) but only to make bank with no shame .
If i have the time over the next few months I am seriously going to dump all my stock and be done with this so called ( hobby ) for good as it is a far cry from when it was fun , and after nearly 12 months of not even looking at the boards i am not surprised this hobby is where it is atm , when a lot of us where vocal we just go shot down , now the hobby is where it is .
I know what I am saying won't sit well with all but hey i alway's have called as it is .
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