Another thing. Old Strat sets can always be found for reasonable prices, but people have to look around and be patient (eBay, Facebook, Delphi, goodwill, etc.) In the last few years, I've bought dozens of oop sets for $75 and below. I've since stopped chasing the rush of acquiring stuff, and only have a few sets to roll. I'm passionate about this because like anything, there are rip off artist selling sets for hundreds.
Yep! You can also find good deals on eBay from time to time if you're fast enough. I got a full 1986 game just a few weeks ago for under $100, and the cards are spotless. No extra players, sadly, but it's good enough for a brief project and then to be sent back out into the wild.
Strat was marketed in the early days as a collector item. You can read it on the live action box. This was clever, sets would go out of print, and still do for that matter, and become pricey. This led many people to buy multiple sets upon release, and they'd sell the extras for profit when the sets went oop. This also benefited the company since they had limited space, and it led to greater sales upon release.
Good info as always Daniel! Many of my old SOM cards have the stains from cheap rubber bands unfortunately which makes them worth a lot less for collectors. I think SOM fanatics are more concerned with playing the game than collecting anyway so I don't expect a high demand for my cards anyway.
I got attacked by someone on Facebook when I said not to put rubber bands on the Strat cards. The person accused me of lying and said that Strat rubber bands won’t damage cards. I’m not sure why they were so offended and didn’t believe me. But I see posts like this all of the time. I completely ruined a hockey set thanks to rubber bands. Now I use coin envelopes.
Yeah - there are some odd people on those Facebook groups.
There are also a bunch of scammers that show up from time to time. They take advantage of the fact that friends and family payments cannot be reversed.
You'll get better advice in general from the Delphi forums, which are much better moderated than the Facebook groups.
Another thing. Old Strat sets can always be found for reasonable prices, but people have to look around and be patient (eBay, Facebook, Delphi, goodwill, etc.) In the last few years, I've bought dozens of oop sets for $75 and below. I've since stopped chasing the rush of acquiring stuff, and only have a few sets to roll. I'm passionate about this because like anything, there are rip off artist selling sets for hundreds.
Yep! You can also find good deals on eBay from time to time if you're fast enough. I got a full 1986 game just a few weeks ago for under $100, and the cards are spotless. No extra players, sadly, but it's good enough for a brief project and then to be sent back out into the wild.
Strat was marketed in the early days as a collector item. You can read it on the live action box. This was clever, sets would go out of print, and still do for that matter, and become pricey. This led many people to buy multiple sets upon release, and they'd sell the extras for profit when the sets went oop. This also benefited the company since they had limited space, and it led to greater sales upon release.
Good info as always Daniel! Many of my old SOM cards have the stains from cheap rubber bands unfortunately which makes them worth a lot less for collectors. I think SOM fanatics are more concerned with playing the game than collecting anyway so I don't expect a high demand for my cards anyway.
I got attacked by someone on Facebook when I said not to put rubber bands on the Strat cards. The person accused me of lying and said that Strat rubber bands won’t damage cards. I’m not sure why they were so offended and didn’t believe me. But I see posts like this all of the time. I completely ruined a hockey set thanks to rubber bands. Now I use coin envelopes.
Yeah - there are some odd people on those Facebook groups.
There are also a bunch of scammers that show up from time to time. They take advantage of the fact that friends and family payments cannot be reversed.
You'll get better advice in general from the Delphi forums, which are much better moderated than the Facebook groups.