I was just thinking about the time when I got back into the hobby around 2010 and how the common thing to do was store your cards digitally on Photobucket. Does anyone still use this anymore? Or, more to the point, does anyone track their collection online anymore?
It used to be; I'm keen on XXX card, check out my Photobucket to see if there is anything there to trade!
I may be biased (because I built it), but MERQARY is a super easy way to keep track of your collection online and find/suggest trades.
Do you think we are heading back to the pre-investor days of the collector being the dominant force in the hobby?
Getting back into collecting around 2010 saw me miss out on the Photobucket thing. I still remember when they went from a free site to a paid site and everyone was jumping up and down about it.Definitely used to be a Photobucket guy until they started charging the world for it... I switched to Flickr and use that currently. The free version works pretty well for my needs of keeping track and also sharing bbcodes etc. on places like ozct etc.
I keep meaning to check out Merqary in more detail but I also hate change ... insert boomer reference here
I really hope we are headed back to a collector dominant market though
Definitely used to be a Photobucket guy until they started charging the world for it... I switched to Flickr and use that currently. The free version works pretty well for my needs of keeping track and also sharing bbcodes etc. on places like ozct etc.
I keep meaning to check out Merqary in more detail but I also hate change ... insert boomer reference here
I really hope we are headed back to a collector dominant market though
Wine fridge?Anyone got any useful info for people on insurance of their collection or how they store it to prevent any issues if they are in a humid climate or anything else to add?
Wine fridge?
Nice big Vantec unit set at a nice temp
Yeah would need to really decide what you wanted/valued as important to be climate controlled.Walk in fridge???
High Net Worth policy might cover specifically.I've been looking at Chubb for a seperate Collectibles insurance policy - anyone use them (or similar)? Can you get a collectibles-only policy, or does it need to be a H&C inclusive?
Yeah I'll have to end up getting a bigger safe - the way I store the graded cards in there is not ideal for getting out to look through, multiple smaller boxes, I'd rather have the upright bigger boxes that hold like 100 graded cards. that box can't fit in my current safe though.
All this talk about a safe makes me think I need to up my storage game!
Mines a document safe, so it has a drawer as well as multiple shelves that fit A4 binders.
Down the track I think I will put most of my PC into those black PSA size binder sleeve pockets to go in folders and top loaders/one touches into the toploader binder sleeves to also go in folders.
I'll never store cards in just penny sleeves and 9 card folder sleeves again. Top loader minimum.
All these folders fit perfectly into document safes, i.e:
I've got a 2hr 300kg commercial fireproof safe, the same ones that I supply to hospitals and major commercial projects. It's also about 1m tall, so could fit my entire collection if I wanted to.
Down the track after I've Reno'd my next house, a 2hr fireproof filing cabinet will be going in, with some custom inserts.
I'm a little different, as all my NM non graded cards live in semi-rigid cardsavers as opposed to top loaders or one touches.
I've been playing around with the best way to store them in bulk. Someone posted the Montgomery 8 compartment plastic storage container from Bunnings a few months ago for their top loaders. Well these fit a cardsaver too snuggly, you cant get them out when laying flat, they are basically the exact size of a Cardsaver II.
But they by extension also fit a cardsaver perfectly on it's side and holds it pefectly standing up, but you can't close the lid when standing up
So I use one of these for sorting out my grading submissions where I've removed the lid, and the others I have all my card savers on their sides in them. They fit a pretty big quantity each when like this and they are about $10.
All graded cards live in the safe and in protective foam cases when out of them.
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