My heart hurts and my pocket even worse my personal rant against Josh Hamilton

jbmm161 · Apr 23, 2013

I thought Josh Hamilton could do no more, he just keeps taking the knife and digging into my back. First you play like shat for 2 months and totally give up during the stretch run, sign with the hated Angels, then you play even worse if that was possible, and now your cards sell for crap when I needed the money the most (I listed after he hit 2 HRs and thought he might get hot). I am pretty sure I just lost more than 3/4 of what I paid for most of his cards. Cards that cost me $200+ sold for less than $80, not to mention the smaller autos which sold for less than half of what I paid. If I could take a time machine back to the 4HR game I would have sold out and made a killing.

Hallsgator · Apr 23, 2013

is this a joke or.....?

jbmm161 · Apr 23, 2013

I wish it was.....

Sjrmn91 · Apr 23, 2013

So it's Josh's fault you invested money in his cards...? That's like personally blaming him for your fantasy baseball team losing...

jbmm161 · Apr 23, 2013

I was just blowing off some steam, its better than crying in my pillow at night. Still sucks though.

Waxov · Apr 23, 2013

if you had to sell cards for card you really should have parted with something else... did you buy high and sell low? its like trying to pizza when you mean to french fry. . . youre gonna have a bad time.

jbmm161 · Apr 23, 2013

Sjrmn91 said:
So it's Josh's fault you invested money in his cards...? That's like personally blaming him for your fantasy baseball team losing...

No he was my favorite player and it was just to damn hard to pull the trigger and sell when I knew better.
As far as my fantasy team the lack of quality relief pitching is to blame.

Gwynn545 · Apr 23, 2013

that sucks, man! But the sad thing is when I look at your Want List, I think you're going to do it 5 or 6 more times...

uniquebaseballcards · Apr 23, 2013

jbmm161 said:
I thought Josh Hamilton could do no more, he just keeps taking the knife and digging into my back. First you play like shat for 2 months and totally give up during the stretch run, sign with the hated Angels, then you play even worse if that was possible, and now your cards sell for crap when I needed the money the most (I listed after he hit 2 HRs and thought he might get hot). I am pretty sure I just lost more than 3/4 of what I paid for most of his cards. Cards that cost me $200+ sold for less than $80, not to mention the smaller autos which sold for less than half of what I paid. If I could take a time machine back to the 4HR game I would have sold out and made a killing.

Yeah, this isn't exactly atypical - this is why there are so many flippers in the hobby.

jbmm161 · Apr 23, 2013

Gwynn545 said:
that sucks, man! But the sad thing is when I look at your Want List, I think you're going to do it 5 or 6 more times...

Trust me I know. Strasburg screwed me in 2010 and again this week. I need to update that list by the way thanks for reminding me.
Unfortunately when you have to sell you have to sell what you have. Harper has done ok for me for the most part. I made a nice profit on Trout the others I don't have enough to be to concerned with.

Gwynn545 · Apr 23, 2013

jbmm161 said:
Trust me I know. Strasburg screwed me in 2010 and again this week. I need to update that list by the way thanks for reminding me.
Unfortunately when you have to sell you have to sell what you have. Harper has done ok for me for the most part. I made a nice profit on Trout the others I don't have enough to be to concerned with.

LOL. I am just teasing, anyways. I don't know much about prospecting. I am being sincere when I say that sucks, though. Definitely gotta take what you can get when you're in a bind! I sell a $20 card and it goes for $5 I get a stomach ache, so I can't imagine how you felt watching those go (and the subsequent feeling you'll get if he goes off on another HR barrage...)

padremurph · Apr 23, 2013

That's rough, sorry. That's why it's hard to collect and invest in the same player. If you're genuinely rooting and collecting a player, it's hard to sell at the peak since you're all wrapped up in the success. I've gotten burned a couple of times on much smaller scales but its still no fun.

nosterbor · Apr 23, 2013

Talk to the people who bought into gold at $1880. Greed is not always good. Or just ask Sell - trading places - YouTube

Waxov · Apr 23, 2013

what is gold now.. 1.1ish?

pootshwan · Apr 23, 2013

nosterbor said:
Talk to the people who bought into gold at $1880. Greed is not always good. Or just ask Sell - trading places - YouTube

If people bought in for the right reasons, they will make that money back and then some. Gold is a long term investment/store of wealth. If you are in for the short term you will get burned.

WaxPax · Apr 23, 2013

I can understand about wanting to PC Hamilton if you are a fan of his. To "invest " in a guy with his personal demons is a huge risk. To start with, you have to deal with him being 1 drink away from being a total train wreck again, as well as any on field performance issues.

Its never good to sell when a guy is hitting .220..but if you must sell you will tale lumps

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hive17 · Apr 23, 2013

uniquebaseballcards said:
Yeah, this isn't exactly atypical - this is why there are so many flippers in the hobby.

That doesn't make any sense. Your basically saying that it's common for people to lose 75% of their investment capital, so that's why they flip cards?

George_Calfas · Apr 23, 2013

LAA.....where superstars go and card prices tank................thanks Pujols.

bigalbert · Apr 23, 2013

George_Calfas said:
LAA.....where superstars go and card prices tank................thanks Pujols.

Unless you've been waiting to add an auto of his to your collection, then you say thank you!

bigalbert · Apr 23, 2013

Waxov said:
what is gold now.. 1.1ish?

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