I love collecting hockey cards because..

Wicked, 557 views.. they be sum happy people pumpin' along.

12 step program?

Let me see,

step 1 lug *** out of bed
step 2 brush teeth
step 3 shower
step 4 breakfast
step 5 Second breakfast
step 6 day dream about cards
step 7 day dram about cards
step 8 go to bank
step 9 go to lcs
step 10 rationalize why this money needs to be spent
step 11 overspend
step 12 sneak boxes home and hope your wife doesnt see it
 
I collect cards because I think I just like getting stuff in the mail, its such a thrill to check the box and have something there that someone took the time to package up and send to me, it gives me warm fuzzes, lol. my wife says childhood trauma, lol…..
 
99goals said:
Wicked, 557 views.. they be sum happy people pumpin' along.

12 step program?

Let me see,

step 1 lug *** out of bed
step 2 brush teeth
step 3 shower
step 4 breakfast
step 5 Second breakfast
step 6 day dream about cards
step 7 day dram about cards
step 8 go to bank
step 9 go to lcs
step 10 rationalize why this money needs to be spent
step 11 overspend
step 12 sneak boxes home and hope your wife doesnt see it
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my wife said "isn't a 12 step program suppose to help, not enable" and then let out a big guffaw
 
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quincy said:
Lots of reasons. The biggest:
1) The hunt. For a post-hunter/gatherer society, the constant quest for prey is immensely satisfying.
2) Despite the fact that on any given day I want to exterminate large swaths of people for the crime of annoying me, a big draw has always been people. I've met a whackload of great folks that I wouldn't have met otherwise.
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Epic post

Mostly I collect cause it reconnects me with my youth, but guys like Q make it fun as well :)

JZ
 
It's all about the people. I get asked to sell the store a few times every other month but l just love the atmosphere of The Stadium and the friends I have made over the years....

But speaking of "telling or hiding things from the wife...", I got a good (possibly politically incorrect) story for you.

It never fails but each Christmas some wife will come into the store asking to buy a gift certificate for her husband. $25 is generally the usual amount. Then it comes out... The condescending comment "I don't see the attraction of hockey cards and can't understand why grown man would waste time and money collecting them?"....

I always use the same response.... "Ya, he should be out whoring around at the bar all night with his buddies..."

After the puzzled look, the wife usually doubles or triples the gift certificate amount..... And all is good in the collecting world...

We don't need a 12 step program - we just need "the right step" program!
 
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Stadium Sports said:
It's all about the people. I get asked to sell the store a few times every other month but l just love the atmosphere of The Stadium and the friends I have made over the years....

But speaking of "telling or hiding things from the wife...", I got a good (possibly politically incorrect) story for you.

It never fails but each Christmas some wife will come into the store asking to buy a gift certificate for her husband. $25 is generally the usual amount. Then it comes out... The condescending comment "I don't see the attraction of hockey cards and can't understand why grown man would waste time and money collecting them?"....

I always use the same response.... "Ya, he should be out whoring around at the bar all night with his buddies..."

After the puzzled look, the wife usually doubles or triples the gift certificate amount..... And all is good in the collecting world...

We don't need a 12 step program - we just need "the right step" program!
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My wife asked me what the alternative was and I told her I could be addicted to crack. She doesn't ask me that any more :)
 
This past week my wife came home with a surprise for me, a box of cards. My 3 year old daughter swipes it from my hands and says "come on daddy, lets open it" (This is her first box ever)
I open the box and hand her a pack and myself a pack and I watch her open it. She takes the cards out and says "look who I got!" She hands me the stack of cards and then wants to open another pack. It was probably the most fun box of cards ever and it really put the hobby into perspective for myself.
 
Hejdukfan23 said:
This past week my wife came home with a surprise for me, a box of cards. My 3 year old daughter swipes it from my hands and says "come on daddy, lets open it" (This is her first box ever)
I open the box and hand her a pack and myself a pack and I watch her open it. She takes the cards out and says "look who I got!" She hands me the stack of cards and then wants to open another pack. It was probably the most fun box of cards ever and it really put the hobby into perspective for myself.
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my wife only opened one pack of cards in her life before she met me.
When we went for our honeymoon, I visited an LCS and let her pick the pack.
I can't remember who the big gun was, I think it was Delmon Young and she hit the orange auto.. (I think it was orange)

She said is this good, the shop owner **** his pants and then she said the classic line " okay how much are you going to give me for it"

lolool she is smart woman!

743 views.. I would LOVE to see this thread get to 1000 + views
 
I collect because to begin with Hockey is one of my ultimate passions in life. Growing up in the LES of Manhattan NYC, I never really had ANY friends who watched hockey, so It was a sport that I developed on my own and grew to love in a very independent way. To this day I don't have many local hockey buddies but that will change once i start to go out and make new friends post college. But in general, because this is a sport I enjoy alone, there is a sense of closeness I have with it.

Secondly, my father grew up as a collector of many things; cards, toys, comics and etc. So it was only natural that I got into as well at a very early age.

Thirdly, almost branching off my second reason, is that as a kid growing up, I was an extremely organized person. I always had to have things in a complete and uniform manner. In fact, my mom tells me about how I use to line up all my cars on my play mat color and spacially coordinated. So collecting cards is also another way for me to exercise and put that energy to work. I love scanning all my cards, I love organizing my PC box in different ways and I love documenting my collection on excel. This quality even extends to my daily life too, especially with my work for my college classes.

Also, this is a way to sort of get me closer to the game that I struggle finding a way to immerse myself in. It allows me to connect to a player I grew up watching as a fan.

Lastly, each card for me represents a story and a time in life. For example, my PSA 9 OPC Grant Fuhr rookie reminds me of the time I purchased it back in 2005 during my sophmore year of highschool. At the time, I was big into vintage rookies (from all sports) and I remember scouring ebay daily (like I still do) looking for the perfect Fuhr for my collection while listening to 70's & 80's music my parents purchased on Dell Music Matchbox on my old PC. This is just 1 card, and I have at least 100 more (small and Narrow PC). When I pick up a Zetterberg rookie year auto from 02/03, it brings me back to that year when I was in 7th grade and watching the Wings vs Avalanche on ESPN and seeing Kris Draper score a beauty of a goal on a snap shot from the top of the left circle quick after an entry. I tend to attach stories and memories to almost everything I own. I do the same with the comics I own, the video games I have, the toys I have and the sneakers I once collected.

In the end, I keep telling myself that once I complete my Zetty Rookie Year Auto PC (only a handful more to go including his dreaded Premier /15) I will stop, but by the looks of it, I don't see an end to my collecting hockey cards in the near future.

PS. How could I even forget that this is also another way to share a passion of mine with other people like me. I have met so many cool people on here that I enjoy talking to and helping out if need be. This is one of the main reasons I feel like collecting will be with me for a long time.
 
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Redwingsfan11 said:
I collect because to begin with Hockey is one of my ultimate passions in life. Growing up in the LES of Manhattan NYC, I never really had ANY friends who watched hockey, so It was a sport that I developed on my own and grew to love in a very independent way. To this day I don't have many local hockey buddies but that will change once i start to go out and make new friends post college. But in general, because this is a sport I enjoy alone, there is a sense of closeness I have with it.

Secondly, my father grew up as a collector of many things; cards, toys, comics and etc. So it was only natural that I got into as well at a very early age.

Thirdly, almost branching off my second reason, is that as a kid growing up, I was an extremely organized person. I always had to have things in a complete and uniform manner. In fact, my mom tells me about how I use to line up all my cars on my play mat color and spacially coordinated. So collecting cards is also another way for me to exercise and put that energy to work. I love scanning all my cards, I love organizing my PC box in different ways and I love documenting my collection on excel. This quality even extends to my daily life too, especially with my work for my college classes.

Also, this is a way to sort of get me closer to the game that I struggle finding a way to immerse myself in. It allows me to connect to a player I grew up watching as a fan.

Lastly, each card for me represents a story and a time in life. For example, my PSA 9 OPC Grant Fuhr rookie reminds me of the time I purchased it back in 2005 during my sophmore year of highschool. At the time, I was big into vintage rookies (from all sports) and I remember scouring ebay daily (like I still do) looking for the perfect Fuhr for my collection while listening to 70's & 80's music my parents purchased on Dell Music Matchbox on my old PC. This is just 1 card, and I have at least 100 more (small and Narrow PC). When I pick up a Zetterberg rookie year auto from 02/03, it brings me back to that year when I was in 7th grade and watching the Wings vs Avalanche on ESPN and seeing Kris Draper score a beauty of a goal on a snap shot from the top of the left circle quick after an entry. I tend to attach stories and memories to almost everything I own. I do the same with the comics I own, the video games I have, the toys I have and the sneakers I once collected.

In the end, I keep telling myself that once I complete my Zetty Rookie Year Auto PC (only a handful more to go including his dreaded Premier /15) I will stop, but by the looks of it, I don't see an end to my collecting hockey cards in the near future.

PS. How could I even forget that this is also another way to share a passion of mine with other people like me. I have met so many cool people on here that I enjoy talking to and helping out if need be. This is one of the main reasons I feel like collecting will be with me for a long time.
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Well written and I can identify with many many points in this email.
Except for the super organized detail when I was a little kid.
Now however, my cards are sorted by brand, Product issue and that makes my life way easier and i put those into 4 lanes. My favorite thing to do and part of the reason why I buy bulk lots, is that i get to sort it. I get a really good feeling when I sort cards. It brings me peace. That in of itself is worth every penny I spend, whether or not I love it or list it, doesn't really matter to me.
 
Yeah, nostalgia. My most treasured cards are still the ones from when I was a kid and these cards were my window into the entire NHL. Now, when I look at those cards, I can relive the seasons. It doesn't hurt that those seasons were the high octane 80s, where you could flip over an Ed Beers card and it would nonchalantly inform you of his back to back hat tricks last season, like that was pretty normal.
 
Great read so far...

I started collecting in the late 70's after seeing 78-79's at my cousins house. I had been going to Winnipeg Jets WHA games with my dad in the 70's and thought it was so cool that these huge players that I saw on the ice had these little cards with stats and stories on the backs.

I was hooked. The 80's for me were all about the annual OPC set, buying packs with my allowance at Niagara Drugs on Grant Avenue in Winnipeg and then trading at school during recess. I still remember seeing Hawerchuk's rookie card for the first time and wishing it was more of an action shot. I was in Grade 4.

In the late 80's I used to hang out at Joe Daley's in Winnipeg and started buying rookie cards of 1000 point men like Guy Lafleur, Bobby Clarke and Bobby Hull from Joe. Good thing I was raking in $4.35/hour at the video store.

In the early 1990's I opened up a card shop in Winnipeg while I was going to U of M and actually a buddy of mine just found our old business card (see below) that I hadn't seen in decades and boy did that bring back memories...mostly of overproduced Score and Pro-Set and Upper Deck French but great memories nonetheless.

And to this day, there is nothing better than adding a new card to my collection which I have been working on for 35 years. But now the best part really is the friends I have made over the years through HI, card shows, trader nights etc., who are like-minded and enjoy the hobby as much as I do. And being at card shows whether Expo, National, Summit, Acadia or the Calgary show that I organize with Marcel, SO MUCH FUN! Man do I love this hobby!!

 

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