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Originally Posted by Budler
Back in 2010 and 2011 you could e-mail Tim and he would answer your e-mail.
Tim stated to me (back then) what and how he wanted his company to be in the future. It was not being another E-Bay or a store front for a few big sellers. He wanted to be for the little guys. I give him a list of things I seen that could be coming down the road and his replay was no way those would happen. Now we see he has learned what it takes to keep his company going forwards. Times changes and you have too also or go under. Even if you do not like it.
But again, there are a lot of collectors that still are doing it the old school way. Not everyone is into that is going on today. When I started collecting all the people that I collected with are no longer collecting. The hobby went a way they were not willing to go along with. Most are not willing to spend $1.25 or so for a common.
The same thing goes for most of the trading sites I have joined (over 30). Now they are gone or just a few core members or have gone to mainly one thing. (one sport or only high dollar stuff.)
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I think there are more people now in the hobby than ever before, and more ways to collect than ever before. And for those who want to do base commons, those can be had for pennies, perhaps even for free at stores or from breaks that would otherwise trash them.
COMC may not be the place to go for those base collectors any more, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t real opportunities for them to enjoy the hobby, nor does it mean that COMC is worse off for it. I would prefer to not have a deluge of junk on COMC, both BIN and on auction, and I think the platform will be a better place with a focus on $3 and up (roughly).