tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677709835426556589.post7674414564541766495..comments2024-03-22T21:56:10.024-06:00Comments on MY HOCKEY CARD OBSESSION: OPINION: HONESTYbamlindenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18144916743107134577noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677709835426556589.post-35956503139792904612012-05-15T23:20:59.685-06:002012-05-15T23:20:59.685-06:00Thank you for the kind words. I have enjoyed this...Thank you for the kind words. I have enjoyed this hobby for a great number of years and I have equally enjoyed writing this blog for the last 3.<br /><br />The interaction with other hobbyists and people passionate about collecting, sports or whatever has made the enjoyment even more so.<br /><br />Cheers!bamlindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18144916743107134577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677709835426556589.post-4939565862517900642012-05-15T18:26:28.271-06:002012-05-15T18:26:28.271-06:00This is an unbelievably well written blog post and...This is an unbelievably well written blog post and I wish all collectors could read this. We need so many more people like you in this great hobby. Keep on keeping on!The Hockey Couplehttp://thehockeycouple.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677709835426556589.post-39332031106450193832012-05-14T11:22:13.074-06:002012-05-14T11:22:13.074-06:00Capt'n, I really like what you said about thos...Capt'n, I really like what you said about those of us who blog having a sort of line of credit; I am MUCH more likely to deal with any number of the bloggers I follow than some random person who posts a comment on my blog or on a forum. Why? Because I feel like I've established a sort of connection with the blogging community and it'd take a special sort of sociopath to go through all the trouble of blogging for years only to dick people over in trades and stuff.<br /><br />However, I have dealt on forums before, just not for cards (film cameras and records) and have never been burned, although I am aware that the possibility is VERY real. Collectors (of anything) are always a special breed of people, ones that not always have the best manners or do the right thing.<br /><br />Interesting post, Brett. Don't get jaded and continue to have faith in your fellow collectors!Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08437255105350726919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677709835426556589.post-13180267246122604502012-05-14T09:52:50.232-06:002012-05-14T09:52:50.232-06:00I was going to say I don't really deal with pe...I was going to say I don't really deal with people online about potential trades/acquisitions like you do....... until I realized that dealing with bloggers was online. Duh.<br />I think blogging is different though. Once you're established, it's like a line of credit. And if something should happen where things sour (like a certain very well known blogger awhile ago) the blogging world turns on them like a pack of wild animals. So trust is easy in this world.<br /><br />In person it's always a feeling out process, no different than getting to know someone as friends. Easy peasy.<br /><br />Trust is very important to me in 'real life'. In the collecting world I guess I'm a little reserved. I only expect 95%... there's always a part of me that expects the other to take advantage or not live up to their part.<br />I'm just cynical I guess....Captain Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677709835426556589.post-78775101749340736102012-05-14T01:13:57.718-06:002012-05-14T01:13:57.718-06:00Hey Michael
I've appreciated your enthusiasm ...Hey Michael<br /><br />I've appreciated your enthusiasm towards the hobby and your proud display of Canucks colors. <br /><br />I remember feeling the same way when I started my blog. The thought of "what am I doing" came to mind many times. What got me through it (and still sits at the forefront today) is the mindset that I'm blogging for me first and foremost. I enjoy the readership, but I'm doing this for me. It helps my writing, keeps me a little more organized and allows me a vehicle to get my thoughts out "on paper". <br /><br />In all honesty, if you never would have mentioned the Sedin thing, I never would have known. But clearly it was seething that stayed with you all this time. But now.......no longer. <br /><br />:)bamlindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18144916743107134577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677709835426556589.post-48565951383484648312012-05-14T00:25:14.030-06:002012-05-14T00:25:14.030-06:00When I first started my blog I was excited and ner...When I first started my blog I was excited and nervous at the same time...it was my first real opportunity to make my opinions shown to others that enjoy my hobby. I also felt though that I was the rookie playing with a bunch of veterans. I didn't view this as a contest but instead just that I might not be taken seriously since I was a teenager and didn't have as deep as a wallet as some of you guys.<br /><br />So I'll come out and say it. I lied once on my blog when I was new. I'm not proud of it and I never did it again and will never be that immature again. But I might as well confess to it.<br /><br />Like I said when I started the blog I wasn't completely up to date in the "new" age of hockey cards. I had taken a couples years break and was happy to get back in it. But on one of my very first blog post I had mentioned that I got an IP auto from Daniel Sedin on a Topps Heritage card that had a facsimile auto on it. Looking back at it as a new blogger you guys must of thought I was pretty stupid. But that is what the lie was...it was stupid just to try and fit in. Peer pressure eh? Even though most of you are like 10 to 30 years older than me :/<br /><br />Anyways I think I'm mature enough to look back on it and say I'm sorry, thats something I hope doesn't sit with you. I know I'm a fair and honest trader and I post pretty much EVERY card that comes in and out of my collection and I pride myself now on how straight up I am with you guys. I even post about my collection growth and keep you guys so up to date that it's impossible to be dishonest. <br /><br />Thought I'd share, and I hope that doesn't affect the relationship I have with a bunch of the guys on here. I hope you guys have grown to see that that isn't the real Michael.<br /><br />Oh and yes Brett...HONESTY IS KEY!!Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07034834553791036082noreply@blogger.com