Poll: How old are collectors? 3 3

[marvelmaniac]

I will be my favorite number years old in August.

[grendelbo]

On 5/1/2024 at 11:56 AM, marvelmaniac said:

I will be my favorite number years old in August.

[RockMyAmadeus]

On 5/1/2024 at 8:39 AM, MattTheDuck said:

Valley Times

 

[seanlinc]

I was a paperboy for maybe 3 or 4 months when I was 12, I don't think I made any money. I delivered the raleigh times to an apartment complex and people were always moving I could never collect from them. I did have a lady open the door once with an open bathrobe and ask me to come inside. But sadly the story ends there I wasn't ready for that it was a bit intimidating I guess she got the paper for free after that. 

[bc]

Fellow Paper Boys Unite!

Delivered the now defunct Cleveland Press 7 days a week for about 3 years before we moved out of town during my 6th grade year. Had to do the weekly collections, which never really bothered me since the weather blows 6+ months a year in Cleveland and the sidewalks were seriously uneven. Hated the Sunday paper - the wagon would be plenty heavy. Grew my route to 4 city blocks by the end - think I pocketed a whopping $5 a week.

Moved to the country and got a job on a farm that paid $5 a day (plus food, drinks, horse riding), but it was real work.

-bc

[CitrusZ28]

On 5/1/2024 at 1:33 PM, seanlinc said:

 I did have a lady open the door once with an open bathrobe and ask me to come inside. 

[fifties]

On 5/1/2024 at 8:24 AM, fast eddie said:

It's funny...... at the Atlanta comic show a few weeks ago, I mentioned I was a retired paperboy and would be good to give correct change to a dealer,,, the guy next to me piped in "I was a paperboy as well,,,I wonder how many of us were"  Made me think about it a minute,,,, probably quite a few of us!

I never had a paper route, but rather sold them -two different- first at a busy intersection, and later at the entrance to a supermarket.  That's how I started collecting coins; Indian head pennies, Buffalo nickels, Mercury dimes, & standing liberty quarters.

[grendel013]

49 and doing fine.

[rlextherobot]

I was a paperboy, as was my best friend growing up. We would meet up midway through our routes to talk comics. That eventually led to us making comics in class about delivering the paper, which led to us making a comic about it much later in life. 

[Kevin.J]

Giving my age away here, but I was a paperboy when Happy Days was a hit TV show, my pal and I would time picking our rounds up just as the show started, the girl in the shop would ask us to watch the shop while she went in the back to watch it.

We pocketed the money of anything we sold and scoffed more sweets than should have been possible for an 11 year old kid.

Also all the comics I delivered I kept and read overnight before I delivered them the next day.

Yeah, paperboy, the best job I ever had 

[1950's war comics]

On 5/1/2024 at 3:40 PM, grendel013 said:

49 and doing fine.

you are a young whippersnapper !

[MAR1979]

wanna know why there won't be another comics boom...~67% of collectors are 50+

Exceptions, Outliers, Blue-chips, and Hot item De Jour will always exist but the pandemic was the hobby's last across the board hurrah. The only question is how fast attrition will occur.

 

 

Edited May 1 by MAR1979

[bc]

On 5/1/2024 at 7:25 PM, MAR1979 said:

wanna know why there won't be another comics boom...~67% of collectors are 50+

Exceptions, Outliers, and Hot item De Jour will always exist but the pandemic was the hobby's last across the board hurrah. The only question is how fast attrition occur.

 

 

But isn't that the age period (when you look at the sum of 40+ to 70) when people have the most disposable income? 

-bc

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 5/1/2024 at 6:28 PM, bc said:

But isn't that the age period (when you look at the sum of 40+ to 70) when people have the most disposable income? 

-bc

I want to say also, we need to find the last poll, because even though I've got older I want to say I still see similar results in "this poll!"

Which would prove your point and or alleviate some trepidations.

Edited May 1 by ADAMANTIUM

[batman_fan]

Approximately 2/3 of those responding to the poll are 50yrs or old.

That means they have 17yrs or less to retirement and ~26yrs to death

[batman_fan]

On 5/1/2024 at 5:28 PM, bc said:

But isn't that the age period (when you look at the sum of 40+ to 70) when people have the most disposable income? 

-bc

I think post retirement spending may slow, I know it will for me

[bc]

My best gig as a kid wasn't the paper boy routine - it was as an altar boy.

Got at least $5 per funeral or wedding tip which would take an hour. Could make an easy $20 a week depending on the season. Most of that went to comics.

-bc

 

[bc]

On 5/1/2024 at 7:35 PM, batman_fan said:

I think post retirement spending may slow, I know it will for me

+1

Hopefully we can find the last poll and compare results over time.

-bc

[MattTheDuck]

On 5/1/2024 at 12:49 PM, RockMyAmadeus said:

 

Head of the crew

 

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 5/1/2024 at 6:40 PM, bc said:

+1

Hopefully we can find the last poll and compare results over time.

-bc

 

Best I can do ATM, idk if these threads are them, but quick search

Edited May 2 by ADAMANTIUM