Still packaging and getting out packages from my contest, hope everyone enjoyed it!
I have been thinking about this post for a few days and finally got around to blogging again. I find myself often making myself hobby promises. They are usually consistent with: I will do this from now on or I won't do this anymore. I also often find myself breaking these promises.
I have pledged many times to stay away from the retail trap but I never seem to stick with it long.
I also tell myself over and over again that I'm not going to hoard junk that doesn't fit into my PC's and I also usually break that one too.
I"m curious am I the only one that falls into these traps? I would really like to box everything up that doesn't appeal to me and send it to a more deserving party but unfortunately the USPS doesn't accept good intentions.
I have two LCS within driving distance but they don't update often and I'm not into buying the hot new thing and prospecting. That's why I often end up in Target buying junk I don't need. These moments of buyers remorse often leave me feeling sour about my hobby.
Resolutions for the rest of the year:
Spend more money on shipping cards than buying cards
Only buy cards that appeal to my PC
Trade more buy less
Where is Stuart Smalley when I need him???
Wait, we can make resolutions in the middle of the year? I thought that was a January 1st thing.
ReplyDeleteNope, you're not the only one... I have the best intentions all the time, but I always seem to find a way to sneak back to Target and buy more "junk" that doesn't really fit into my collection. I tell myself I'm stocking my trade bait, but deep down I really know that I have a problem.
I learned to just skip that aisle, otherwise I buy the retail junk. I am not purchasing anything until my case of Chrome comes at the end of the month and that will keep me busy for a long while!
ReplyDeleteYou're good enough, you're smart enough, and doggone it, people like you!
ReplyDeleteI haven't purchased any cards since August 9 (yup, I know the date). But it's a budget issue, not a philosophical issue.
ReplyDeleteI like buying random cards. It's fun and it's good for trade bait. Keeping it in check is the tricky part.
Amen to that.
DeleteI avoid retail as much as possible... heck I avoid my LCS as much as possible. But every now and then, I get vulnerable and buy crap I don't need. The story of my life.
ReplyDeleteI fail to stick to my plans all the time. It is a constant fight not to throw out a minimum bid on something on eBay that I don't really need, but can't bear to see go unsold for $0.99 + s&h. Surely I could do SOMETHING with it. But that something ends up being: just pile it up in a corner. Maybe I'm only out $3 now, but it's going to take me forever to figure out how to unload it, and the chances of finding that one person who needs it is practically non-existent.
ReplyDeleteThankfully I've stopped buying boxes and packs. But even buying for my PC, I end up buying sets or lots to snag a single card, so now I'm stuck with 40 cards I don't need for every card I actually want. My biggest problem is that I'm just too lazy to find the people who need the junk I have, yet also have something I need for trades. Maybe I should just start trading based on reducing my inventory. Always send out more cards in a trade than I take in. Good luck with that.