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#5: Recognizing Addiction And Sports Cards | The Shallow End
In this episode of The Shallow End, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, sits down with Iowa Dave Sports Cards to confront one of the hobby’s most overlooked issues: the blurred line between collecting and addiction.
Alyx opens up about his personal journey—how a lifelong passion for sneakers and cards spiraled into compulsive behavior, overspending, and secrecy—and how those struggles ultimately inspired him to launch Collectors MD.
Together, they dive into:
Why overspending, secrecy, and loss of control are the “elephant in the room” of the hobby.
How breaks, repacks, and randomized…
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