EricChavezCollector3
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gwynn5453l4u said:Tony Gwynn 3,708 7,257 51%
Cal Ripken Jr 6,187 12,261 50%
Bigalbert has 2,500 more cards than me, but I have a higher percentage...does that make my collection better? :lol:
The whole "percentage" thing is interesting, but a pretty worthless guage for hard-core player collectors. IMO. In 20+ years of collecting, I have never once thought of what percentage I had, or would get. I once had a dream to stop at 3141 cards, but I can't stop. I just collect, and hope to always collect, now. But it is interesting to hear what others say. Even someone like Thumper or Ericchavez, it would be kind of a lost cause to go for a 100% since it will never happen. So do you set a goal of 90%?
No matter what percentage anyone gets, Bigalberts total # of a highly collectable and EXPENSIVE player (Ripken) will always be the ultimate to me!
My personal goal is to reach 90% without 1/1's. I'm currently around 81%-82% that last 8% will take quite a while if I ever make it all. VizquelCollector nailed it. It is the 1/1's that scew the numbers. Considering Chavez has more 1/1's than many players have total cards (Nearly 900). If he had 20-40 a year then my views and urgency to pick up 1/1's may be different but when you pick up a 1/1 plate and know there will be over 1000 like it before it is all said and done doesn't make much sense to me. So that is why my non 1/1 % is more important to me than the overall.