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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 839428, member: 13650&quot;]One thing that is supposed to help encourage but I believe ends up hurting the hobby is over-saturation.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I grew up during the 80s when sports cards were going strong.&nbsp; That was really a fun time to be a kid as far as card collecting was concerned.&nbsp;&nbsp; As the years went by though, they started coming out with more and more and more!&nbsp; Companies got greedy and everybody wanted a piece of the pie.&nbsp; It got to be too much.&nbsp; It&#039;s too much now.&nbsp; Way too much.&nbsp;&nbsp; They never cut back.&nbsp;&nbsp; Now, you can&#039;t just enjoy a Topps or Donruss set for what it is with an occasional rare, special insert.&nbsp;&nbsp; Now every pack has to have game used material in it.&nbsp; Some packs are $10 for 4 cards with the chance to get something special. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The mint has done the same thing with the quarters programs.&nbsp; It&#039;s too much.&nbsp; Not only are there SO many designs but there&#039;s also BILLIONs of quarters produced for every design!&nbsp;&nbsp; Nothing is rare or ever will be.&nbsp;&nbsp; They did the same thing with the Lincoln cent change.&nbsp;&nbsp; A single design change wasn&#039;t enough.&nbsp; Not in this day and age.&nbsp; And then a final design change was needed this year.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; It says something about what we&#039;ve become as a society.&nbsp;&nbsp; We need super-saturation to keep people interested.&nbsp; And maybe only for a little while?&nbsp; &nbsp; I think many people miss the days when things were simpler, or at least more basic.&nbsp;&nbsp; Kids today are just used to this over saturation of stuff.&nbsp; Many probably feel entitled to it now.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; You guys ever walk down a cereal isle in a typical grocery store?&nbsp; There&#039;s got to be about 60 different types of cereal to choose from.&nbsp; I&#039;m amazed every time.&nbsp; Apparently everything has to cater to every small minority to try to keep everybody as happy as possible with nobody feeling &#039;left out&#039;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; As for kids falling in love with tech stuff..... that only goes so far.&nbsp; I love tech stuff myself.&nbsp; But at 29, I&quot;ve bought and sold quite a bit of stuff already.&nbsp; You find out real fast what electronics are worth, as the years go by.&nbsp; It&#039;s pretty ridiculous.&nbsp; &nbsp; I enjoy playing the playstation and the Wii but they are just there.&nbsp; Something to do for fun on the side as a time killer.&nbsp; &nbsp; There is a much more gratifying feeling in buying an old coin.&nbsp; I don&#039;t expect them to devalue like electronics.&nbsp; Not anywhere close.&nbsp;&nbsp; Most people will realize this.&nbsp; Even if it takes some growing up to realize it.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; They&#039;re always making newer and better electronics, thereby devaluing the old equipment.&nbsp; It&#039;s also all replaceable.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Old coins are valued for being old, specific to their time period and for being limited in quantity and condition.&nbsp; They aren&#039;t making anymore and I believe they will always be desirable.&nbsp; They are like holding onto an identifiable piece of the past like not many other areas can offer.&nbsp;&nbsp; And, for the most part are accessible to most people.&nbsp;&nbsp; We should probably be thankful that collecting is not more popular than it is or many issues that everybody wants would become a lot more expensive in a hurry!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I think we tend to underestimate just how many people are out there.&nbsp; It&#039;s easy to come up with a genealization that all the collectors will die off and the younger generation won&#039;t care.&nbsp; &nbsp; But there&#039;s a lot of young people on this board and some people will always have that collecting bug in their genes.&nbsp; They&#039;ll be attracted to the hobby no matter what.&nbsp;&nbsp; The old coinage will always have a feeling of value and purpose.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Sales of coins on ebay seem to be going very strong.&nbsp; Many people have said the coin market is down and still falling.&nbsp; &nbsp; But somehow it&#039;s almost impossible to find any coin auction on ebay that has been over-looked, no matter the time of day.&nbsp; No matter the price level.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; There&#039;s actually people guessing at grades of unslabbed coins, fighting against each other and over-paying to get them.&nbsp; Even at midnight.&nbsp; &nbsp; If this is really a down time for collecting with low interest and nobody having disposable income, than I can&#039;t wait to see an upswing.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Old baseball cards seemed to have held their value.&nbsp;&nbsp; The old stuff will always be in demand.&nbsp;&nbsp; We live in a throw away society now so there isn&#039;t much coming out anymore (that is commonly available to everyone) that will be worth much down the road.&nbsp; Those days are history.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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