I was a 100% buyer, 0 trader and seller the first few years I collected. After a while though, that got extremely expensive and I had a lot of stuff sitting around I no longer wanted.
Thought I'd get rid of some stuff in trading. The problem was I was already finding and buying what I needed. The other traders often lowballed me and placed an unreasonable value on their stuff, which I didn't really need to begin with. I started giving more away than trading because it was less time consuming and less of a headache.
Started selling primarily to start using the money on newer purchases. For me, that was like trading for something I wanted. The high end and low numbered stuff I could usually get some of the money I spent on it back to use towards new purchases. Obviously, I don't expect to get what I originally put into it.
To me, that's a little different than selling for profit or flipping (and nothing wrong with that, just not for me).
At the start of the 2011 collecting season, I am 40% buyer and 60% seller, mostly because I haven't been impressed with most of the new products so far. Starting with Topps Inception...that ratio might change.
Thought I'd get rid of some stuff in trading. The problem was I was already finding and buying what I needed. The other traders often lowballed me and placed an unreasonable value on their stuff, which I didn't really need to begin with. I started giving more away than trading because it was less time consuming and less of a headache.
Started selling primarily to start using the money on newer purchases. For me, that was like trading for something I wanted. The high end and low numbered stuff I could usually get some of the money I spent on it back to use towards new purchases. Obviously, I don't expect to get what I originally put into it.
To me, that's a little different than selling for profit or flipping (and nothing wrong with that, just not for me).
At the start of the 2011 collecting season, I am 40% buyer and 60% seller, mostly because I haven't been impressed with most of the new products so far. Starting with Topps Inception...that ratio might change.