This is the only 2013 "hit" that I have bought the first nine months of the collecting year. I expect it to be the only one when the end of December arrives. In total for this year, I have purchased one hit card, obtained one through a trade, and pulled one myself. That is all. There are a lot of reasons for this. Lack of money. An increasing lack of interest in modern sets. And especially a lack of interest in the way the hobby operates today. This last item is where this post is going, although I've tried mightily to steer it toward something positive. I learned early on in my return to the modern collecting world not to judge the way people collect in this hobby. You collect your way, I collect mine. As a born set collector who grew up in a set collector world, it took me a little bit to adjust to that viewpoint, but I got there. And I'm cool -- or at least I thought I was -- if all you want to collect is rookie refractor patches. Go to it, son. So why d...
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