Returning to the hobby and site for first time in 11 years.

[mntwinsfreak]

Hi everyone, HUGE sports fan here, specifically Minnesota sports ( I know, depressing.) I actually created this account here 11 years ago so I would have been 15 at the time, to do TTM autographs and had some decent success. As I got older other things became a priority (college, women, beer, the usual), well now I'm 26 with a job and a house and a steady income, ready to spend on trading cards again!

I'm totally down with purchasing packs/boxes and ripping packs as that is always fun, but I think I'd like to get into more team/player specific collecting so I can display them in my man cave. I'm going to collect Vikings, T-wolves, Twins and Wild, don't really know what specific style/brand yet. Then Ill collect who ever the heck else I want.

Now a couple questions. For starting to aquire cards for my collection, is ebay the best route?...I would love to trade on here, but I don't feel I quite have the cards to negotiate with.

Also any good recommendations for displaying your cards on the wall?

Thanks for the assistance.

[adiddle]

Welcome and good luck

[gjorda]

Welcome back. I am also a MN fan/collector! And yes! at times it is quite frustrating! But gotta love the Home Town Teams!! Do you have a list of cards that you do have for trade? That would be one of the first things I would do...organize a trade list. The cards for sale forum here is pretty good but yes, Ebay is a pretty good option; at least in my opinion.

I do have a few display racks on my wall. I will have to take some pics and show you.

[JFried1029]

Mntwinsfreak- Welcome back. Busting packs and trading for what you like is good too.

[scottkoz20]

welcome back to SCF! its good that you have gotten the important priorities settled first!

as a personal story, when I first got back in the hobby about this time 9 years ago, I didn't have much either. You'll be amazed about what people are looking for and want for their collections.

One suggestion I can make is @hobbyfan runs team trading in Baseball and Football, where (and I hope I have the details right) you swap team for team. Great way to build up your collection with items you'd want to have.

[ryan2374]

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome!!!!!

[Rybowski]

Welcome back to SCF Alex, always good to get the priorities squared away first! Enjoy yourself here and have fun.

[scc76]

Welcome to SCF

[Jeremy_Falcons]

Hello Alex and welcome to SCF.

[michiganMax]

Welcome to SCF, enjoy yourself here. The searching tools and Inventory tools here are very user friendly.
Take a couple tutorials...They improved my proficiency vastly.