Last week I was doom -scrolling hobby Instagram,
as one does, when I came across a story from
Alyx Effron, the man behind Collectors MD. You
might be familiar with Collectors MD. It's the
organization founded by Alyx to help people in
the hobby who struggle with gambling addiction
and addictive behavior. The story Alyx shared
was flabbergasting. It was so stunning I almost
didn't believe it was real. It was a marketing
campaign for Arena Club, the sports card and
repacking company owned by Brian Lee. Last Arch,
Lee told Sports Illustrated that Arena Club was
built on, quote, technology, innovation, and
transparency. Let's let that final word, transparency,
hang in the air for a few seconds. One of Arena
Club's most interesting and marketed products
are called slab packs. I would describe Arena
Club slab packs as above -board repacks. Arena
Club is transparent about what is in the packs.
Odds, inventory, everything repacks should be.
And I wish all repackers would be as diligent
and meticulous in their disclosures as Arena
Club. Repacks are, in my opinion, also a form
of unregulated gambling. But if you want to be
kind, one might call them gambling adjacent.
When Alyx Effron looks at repacks, he sees organizations
treating sports cards the way states treat lotteries
and casinos treat roulette wheels. Last month,
Arena Club even entered into a formal partnership
with Yahoo Fantasy Sports. Fantasy sports, for
many, is another form of gambling. And yes, full
disclosure, I began playing fantasy sports in
the 1990s and never stopped. I'm also older than
21 years old. I'm an adult. Which brings me back
to the IG story shared by Alyx. Here's a clip.
Let's open some more Arena Club Slap Packs. First
up, silver. Here we go, first bag of the day.
Okay, Michael Maddox, red, white, and blue. Rookie
card. That's a prison rookie. With Arena Club
Slap Packs, it's possible to pull gem mints at
a fraction of their retail price, just like this
downtown Bijan Robinson. Let's move on to gold.
Here we go, gold football. Let's go. Oh, oh,
state's last shot to Jefferson. BSA 10. We got
a Chase card! That was the best gold pack ever!
Once your cards are revealed, they'll immediately...
That is 13 -year -old Big Justice, a child influencer,
hawking Arena Club slap packs. He and his dad,
AJ, are two of the most popular and trusted digital
influencers of kids in the United States today.
They've done content with the Rizzler. an even
younger and possibly even more popular child
influencer earlier this year my kid went to disney
world for a dance competition and ran into aj
and big justice they could not have been nicer
or more engaging and good for them for making
the most of their fame for however long it lasts
but here's the problem what marketing specialists
know and what academic studies support is that
kids are influenced by other kids. When a kid
or cartoon character is used to promote a product,
most of the time is to promote it to other kids.
It's a deliberate choice. I reached out to Arena
Club over IG for comment, but did not hear back.
In fairness to them, it is Thanksgiving week,
so their social media and marketing teams might
be on vacation. Here's another clip from the
Arena Club Big Justice Marketing. partnership
let's open some Arena Club slab packs first up
silver let's see what silver's got in store here
we go silver let's see what we get okay Here
we are in late 2025 and a well -funded high -profile
sports car company is using a child to market
its gambling -adjacent product. It is not illegal.
Arena Club is not breaking any laws, and neither
are AJ and Big Justice. It's just icky. It's
gross. It's disappointing. It says all we need
to know about Arena Club and its ownership and
its ultimate motivations. Today's guest on The
Shallow End. is Alyx Effron. He and Collectors MD
have grown considerably since we spoke almost
six months ago. Collectors MD now has official
mental health and counseling partners that sports
card collectors can turn to when they need help.
He hosts weekly online support meetings that
are similar to Gamblers Anonymous and other support
groups. I've sat in a couple of times and while
they're confidential, I can say that the work
he's doing is inspiring and beyond necessary.
Addiction and compulsive behavior take many forms
in the sports card hobby, whether it's the impulsive
purchasing of singles, addiction to breaks and
online breaking casinos like Whatnot and Fanatics
Live, repacks, constant overspending, and other
pitfalls in the hobby that can affect one's mental
health. Collectors MD now hosts podcasts about
sports cards and safe behavior, and it has entered
into partnerships with some of the hobby's most
recognizable companies, including Card Ladder
and Market Movers. And yes, they are direct competitors.
But as Alyx says, making the hobby a safer place
isn't about competition. And also, yes, Market
Movers slash sports card investor does have a
direct. business relationship with Arena Club.
But as Alyx also says, you can affect more change
from within than you can from the outside. Today's
episode is a bit of a check -in with Alyx and
Collectors MD. We learn more about their mission
and how they're gaining awareness in the hobby,
their efforts to get companies to regulate themselves,
building community, and more. Toward the end,
Alyx shares his thoughts on Arena Club. and 13
-year -old Big Justice. Mostly, I wanted to do
this episode to remind all of us, to remind the
entire hobby that just because we talked about
sports cards and addiction last summer, it doesn't
mean we can't also talk about it now and tomorrow
and for as long as people are collecting sports
cards. Epidemics such as addictive behavior.
Unhealthy behavior and companies that lure our
friends and family with casino -like tactics
don't have short -term fixes. We need to have
longer attention spans, especially when it comes
to this. Thanks for listening to The Shallow
End. I'm Dave. I would Dave Sports Cards on Instagram.
And if you feel like you or someone you know
or love is struggling in the sports card hobby,
A great first step is to visit collectorsmd .com.
Now, let's get to the conversation with Alyx.
Really happy now to welcome back into the shallow
end. He is the force behind Collectors MD. He
is Alyx. He is the host of The Collector's Compass
podcast as well. Happy holidays, Alyx. It's nice
to have you here. Thanks, Dave. Happy holidays
to you as well. Really appreciate the intro and
it's great to be back on. You've done such amazing
work with shining a light on addiction and the
hobby on companies that use gambling type tactics
to lure people in, marketing tactics and Whatnot.
And just since you started Collectors MD, you've
really driven the conversation. And I'm excited
to have you back on now to see where things are
now, what are some of the things you're trying
to do and what types of... progress or lack of
progress have you seen in different areas? So
the floor is yours, and I look forward to hearing
how things are going. Yeah, well, first of all,
I really appreciate the sort of part two of this
conversation. I think we last spoke early in
the summertime. I can't even keep track anymore
because we've been having so many amazing conversations
across the board with folks both in the hobby
and gambling prevention spaces that have been,
like you, just incredibly supportive and Getting
behind everything we're doing and you know, the
the biggest thing is like we can't we can't solve
this problem by only reaching a handful of folks
like we have to reach the masses we have to cast
a wide net and Spread awareness and educate and
reach as many people as we humanly can right?
So I'm really glad that you framed it that way
because we're Collectors MD is right now feels
very different from when we last spoke back then
it was Still really a concept, just finding its
footing, right? Today, it's an active, evolving
support system with real structure, real people,
and real momentum behind it. We're running consistent
peer support meetings every single week, which
I really appreciate you attending a few of them.
We're building out professional referral pathways.
We're collaborating with recovery organizations
and mental health providers and having direct
conversations with... platforms, shops, industry
leaders. I mentioned some of these organizations
and coalitions within the gambling prevention
space, all about responsibility and accountability.
And the truth is the need hasn't gone away. If
anything, it's even more visible than it's ever
been, especially with all of the latest drama
that's been going on in the hobby lately. And
so the culture of things like breaking and impulse
buying and dopamine driven hype. It hasn't slowed
down. And so neither can the conversation, right?
So what feels most important right now is that
we don't let compulsive collecting fade into
the background just because the market cooled
or the headlines moved or focused elsewhere.
This isn't a trend. It's a behavioral issue playing
out inside a hobby that people really love and
care about. And so Collectors MD sits right in
that space. anti -hobby like we always talk about
but pro -awareness pro -support and pro -sustainability
so where we're at today is less about you know
raising awareness and more about building the
infrastructure and making sure that there's an
actual place for people to land when they start
to realize that they need help guidance or you
know a healthier way forward so that's the phase
we're in now we're we're growing we're raising
the awareness But really building that infrastructure
and making sure that we're partnering with the
right organizations and creating the right alliances
so that we can help these wider audiences has
been the number one priority as of late. When
you reach out to an organization or a company
to partner with or to consult, how do you talk
about what you do and what are some of the responses
that you hear back from these organizations?
Yeah, well, it's been a mixed bag in terms of,
you know, outreach or inbound opportunities and
it's it's happened very organically right as
i have more conversations with um uh organizations
and and card shops and industry leaders about
what we're doing at Collectors MD other people
other industry leaders other experts in the space
are paying attention and they understand the
demand they understand that this is a completely
unaccounted for uh space it has been for far
too long there's been a need for this for years
and now that somebody is finally doing it in
the form of a full -fledged movement people want
to get on board people want to be a part of that
um that sort of mission and so um the conversations
have have been incredible i mean Dave, I come
from the world of advertising and marketing where
I spent 13 years selling things like, you know,
digital pixels on a phone screen or print ads
in a newspaper. Like I wasn't sort of doing anything
impactful or meaningful that was making a direct
impact on people's livelihoods. And so with Collectors MD,
we're helping people, you know, like. wherever
they are in their journeys, you know? And so
it's amazing to see this community sort of materialize
and come together and support one another. And
I would say like every conversation we have with
these different organizations, they all want
to get on board. They all want to support it
in some capacity, whether that be, you know,
a co -branded campaign around responsible ripping
or, layering in our tools and resources into
their ecosystem. I mean, there's a lot of different
ways that we can work together, but it seems
that most, if not all, folks that we're talking
to want to work with Collectors MD in some capacity,
which is really amazing. It's humbling, but it's
powerful. It's something that has been, again,
needed for far too long. As you've gotten...
Further along through this process of growing
Collectors MD and reaching out to people and creating
support for people and creating accountability
within the marketplace, what is something that
you've noticed that has really encouraged you?
And the other side of that is what is something
that continues to frustrate you? I think something
that really encourages me is, again, our community
coming together and supporting one another. It's
not just me leading the meetings. It's people
stepping up and looking out for their peers,
looking out for other folks who are going through
the same struggles, right? This is a peer support
movement. It's not a leader movement. And so
I've hammered that home from day one. And everybody
within our weekly meetings, our group chat, our
Discord, they all support one another. And it's
such a beautiful thing to watch and be a part
of. And so that's really encouraging, knowing
that there are people out there that might be
struggling, but they also want to help other
people, right? They want to support their neighbors,
even if they don't know them, even if they're
complete strangers. And so you've seen it. We
have weekly meetings. People share what they're
going through. And it's not just me providing
feedback or helping them get through these tough
times. It's the other folks that are also going
through these issues. that are stepping up and
providing really thoughtful and and candid feedback
and support and and that has that has just been
um so encouraging and then as far as something
that i do get frustrated with it's sort of the
uh a lot of people just don't want to see something
for what it is they just they look at it surface
level and that's That's all they care about.
They judge a book by its cover, so to speak.
So they see Collectors MD partnering with an organization
in the hobby that maybe they find polarizing
or that they don't like or support. And they
just automatically assume that we're by association,
you know, we have these malicious intentions
or we're not really mission -based or we're...
uh losing credibility things like that that's
not what it's about it's about reaching these
wide audiences like i mentioned right like for
instance if you look at uh the gambling industry
right there's a reason why you see a 1 -800 gamblers
or 1 -800 gambler hotline number on every single
casino or sportsbook ad right it doesn't mean
1 -800 gambler which by the way is a company
is an organization It doesn't mean they're endorsing
gambling behavior. It means they're providing
a layer of support for the people that might
need it. And so you can look at Collectors MD
sort of through the same lens, where when we're
partnering with breakers and card shops, we're
not endorsing malicious behavior or irresponsible
and predatory tactics. And I'm not saying that
any of the organizations that we partnered with
sort of do those things but everybody in the
sports card world if you rip on Whatnot you are
automatically placed in that bucket right and
so you're not going to be able to make an impact
by standing on the outside looking in you have
to be inside of the conversation making noise
so that you can help and reach those people that
actually need the support and many of those people
are either customers, users, consumers, whatever
you want to call them to a lot of these organizations
that we're partnering with. I hope that makes
sense. It does. Yeah. Yeah. And you've never
said once, I've never heard you say once that
you are trying to get rid of the sports card
hobby. You're not trying to get rid of breaking.
You're not trying to get rid of people buying
singles. You're trying to spread awareness of
certain behaviors that lead to destructive patterns,
right? Right. That's exactly right. So in these
meetings that you've talked about, these support
meetings, I assume there are people who have
been going for a while now and those who are
trickling in occasionally for the first time
or for the second time. Are you seeing any sort
of patterns in the people who are coming in with
the types of things that they are talking about
that they are dealing with themselves? Yeah,
absolutely. It definitely mirrors a lot of what
we see in Gamblers Anonymous traditional. you
know support group meetings where people have
you know um tendencies whether it be uh addictive
obsessive and it's having a direct negative impact
on their not just financial well -being but their
mental health their emotional well -being it's
impacting the people around them their family
members friends colleagues whoever and I would
say that what we're seeing is the Collectors
MD program and our recovery guide is providing
them with a foundation to stay on track, stay
on course, be held accountable, right? Yeah.
I mean, I'm not going to, I'm not going to like
BS you. Like we've had a handful of people come
and go. We've had some folks that were consistent,
consistently joining meetings week after week,
and then suddenly poof, they're gone. And I reach
out. I want to make sure they're okay, they're
doing well. And some folks respond, some don't.
But it's not like a foolproof program where you
join this group and suddenly you recover from
addiction. That's not how any recovery group
works. It's a lifelong commitment. And every
single day is a step toward recovery. But that
recovery never ends. You always have to put in
the work. Again, there are a lot of parallels
between what we're doing and what type of support
is offered in these traditional group settings,
recovery group settings, like GA, like NA, like
AA. But the difference is we are a full -fledged
movement. So beyond just the weekly meetings,
there are multiple touch points. There's the
group chats. There's the Discord. There's our
social media presence. The educational content
we put out, the podcast, the editorial franchises,
the partnerships, the tools and resources that
we offer our community members. So it's a full
-fledged ecosystem. And one other thing that
I think is really important to bring up is that
a lot of people have a hard time sort of slowing
down or walking away from something they've been
a part of for a long time because they're afraid
of losing that sense of community. especially
within the hobby right they feel like if we if
I walk away and stop collecting or abstain completely
then I'm no longer gonna be able to interact
with these people that I've interacted with every
single day for however long people feel like
they've made a lot of friends they go to card
shows they go to different events they link up
with whoever digitally, virtually, in live streams
and social media, et cetera, the most important
thing is that we still offer that sense of community
and camaraderie. It exists within Collectors MD.
It's just amongst people who want to help one
another, who want to hold each other accountable,
who want to proceed with the hobby or abstain
completely. Again, we offer two lanes, but do
so in a mindful... and responsible way. You mentioned
the partnerships and every now and then through
your social media feeds, we'll see that you've
entered into a partnership with a group. What
are some of the partnerships and how do they
benefit Collectors MD and the people who Collectors MD
seeks to help? Yeah, so we have a few different
buckets of partnerships or I should say different
types of partnerships. The first is our referral
network. these are individuals so therapists
doctors clinicians we just brought in a financial
advisor individuals who can provide that layered
support depending on what the you know individual
is going through we want to be able to again
meet folks where they are and provide whatever
service that they might be looking for. And so
the more folks that we can add to this referral
network, the better, because it gives people
more options. Beyond just partnering with folks
on the individual level, we're also partnering
with organizations like Birches Health, Right
Choice Recovery, Better Way of Miami. And so
these sort of partnerships. with longstanding
nonprofit organizations or facilities dedicated
to things like addiction recovery, mental health
support, community care. It allows us, again,
to provide our community with layers of support
wherever they are in their journey and to be
able to select a group, a facility, an organization.
based on what they're going through. So for instance,
Birch's Health offers telehealth support for
any and everybody dealing with gambling addiction,
behavioral issues, compulsive collecting, which
is obviously a layer that they've added. Right
Choice Recovery is a local facility here in New
Jersey that offers outpatient and inpatient treatment
for folks that are dealing with not just gambling
issues, but substance abuse. And then Better
Way of Miami, which is our most recent partnership
within the space, like Right Choice, offers their
patients things like outpatient programming and
telehealth and one -on -one therapy sessions,
things like that. So there are multiple options
that people can choose from. based on what they're
going through. And then beyond just the referral
network, we also are partnering with hobby organizations,
whether it be break shops, card shops, platforms
to promote our responsible ripping messaging.
And so these are mission aligned brands and companies
that want to get behind what we're doing and
provide their customers that sense of, hey, we're
looking out for you. We understand that this
hobby can be a slippery slope and we want to
make sure that we're providing you with the tools
and resources so that if things start to go down
that dark path, you have a safety net to fall
back on. So we've partnered with My Card Post,
which is a relatively new marketplace with. i
believe they're now at 16 000 users and uh their
founder Mark Hill was just on The Collector's
Compass podcast last week we had an amazing conversation
with him and he's been really supportive and
so we're doing some some co -branding with them
uh we partnered with um i mentioned yesterday
Market Movers so Geoff Wilson's uh platform same
thing with Card Ladder obviously Market Movers
and Card Ladder are direct competitors they offer
very similar services but it's not about competition
It's about making sure that we're offering as
many tools and resources that people can leverage
as part of their collecting journeys. And so
Chris HOJ, who is the co -founder of Card Ladder,
also is on The Collector's Compass. He's been
on two episodes now and he's fantastic and has
been incredibly supportive. And we have many
more rolling out. Oh, I didn't even mention Gamban.
So that's... app locking software that people
can download on their phone which uh allows you
to basically prevent yourself from going into
apps like Whatnot Fanatics eBay they originally
just offered the traditional gambling apps like
drafting's vandal you know those types of those
types of apps but they've seen they've recognized
they've acknowledged that uh break culture has
become synonymous with gambling and so They've
added these hobby -related platforms as well.
So if anybody is struggling with addiction and
feels like they can't find a way out or they
need to protect themselves, they can download
Gamban, get that software on their phone, and
sort of add that safeguard, add that layer of
protection where they won't be able to access
Whatnot in Fanatics at 2 a .m. when they're tossing
and turning and they feel that devil on their
shoulder trying to rip the wheel away from their
conscious. Again, we're continuing to partner
with organizations, like -minded organizations
across each of these verticals. We have half
a dozen rolling out in the next couple of weeks.
So be on the lookout for that. But we're doing
some really, really amazing things. And we're
really, really grateful for all of the support
we've received to date. I just have one more
question about the partnerships. Then I want
to jump topics a little bit. The ones that are
the partnerships that are about. helping people,
the sessions, the app locking, I get those. The
ones that you have, the partnerships that Collectors MD
has with My Card Post, with Card Ladder, with Market Movers,
what do those partnerships look like? And what
are you hoping that those larger organizations
do? And in terms of, well, I don't even want
to put an answer in your mouth. What are you
hoping to gain out of those types of partnerships?
Yeah, so the... Market Movers Partnership is
actually an extension of another partnership
we're building with Geoff Wilson's, one of his
other entities, CardsHQ, which is his main card
shop in Atlanta. And they've become one of the
biggest hobby shops in the entire country. And
so it all centers around what we call the Rip
Responsibly campaign. And so the big picture.
The Rip Responsibly mission is to normalize responsible,
intentional ripping in live breaks and personal
collecting, and to give collectors visual reminders
and language around limits, boundaries, and support
right where the behavior is happening, whether
it be on the desk, in the break, on screen. And
so the specific goal is to create co -branded
stands, break mats, desk accessories that carry
the hashtag Rip Responsibly message or mantra.
And so we layer in this messaging and subtle
prompts about intention and mindful spending
and support all within the ecosystem. Am I able
to share my screen? Because this actually just
went live today. So this is what the - Real quick,
if you're listening to this podcast, and this
will be on YouTube, but also on audio. If you're
listening right now, Alyx has just pulled up
some of these branded types of materials. as
part of the RIP responsibly campaign. So that's
what we're looking at right now. Yeah. So we
have like card stands, we have backdrops, we
have card mats. And the idea here, again, is
to subtly layer in the RIP responsibly messaging
so that people see it and they go, oh, what's
that? That's interesting, right? What's Collectors
MD? And Geoff has this recurring video that rolls
through their live breaks. I guess his plan is
to do it between every break. And it serves as
that disclaimer that gambling brands or gambling
companies and alcohol brands do. It's a part
of their corporate responsibility because of
the gaming commission and other rules and regulations
that require them to layer in this messaging.
Rather than following a law, so to speak, our
partners are... being proactive in acknowledging
that there's a real problem here. And we want
to offer that layer of support for our customers.
You can also purchase just Collectors MD branded
merchandise here as well. The card mat, the backdrop,
the card stand. If you want to just support the
movement and continue to get the word out. This
isn't about like making money or profiting or
anything like that. This is just about continued
spread awareness and making sure that the rip
responsibly mantra, the collect with intention,
not compulsion tagline that we use is in front
of as many people as possible. So we're partnering
with Chronic Cards on this. They've been incredibly
helpful and supportive. And there's going to
be more things rolling out like stickers. And
we're also working with Stand Up Displays, which
is actually an entity of Geoff Wilson's as well,
to sort of have alternate stands. But that really
is the theme behind the Rip Responsibly campaigns
that we're rolling out with these different card
shops and break groups. But with Card Ladder
and Market Movers and My Card Post, it's really
more so just about layering in subtle messaging.
Because those companies don't run breaks or sell
product per se, but they still want to be able
to... provide their customers, their user base
with that extra layer of support. We endorse
responsible ripping. We endorse responsible collecting.
If you have a problem, here's where to go. And
then vice versa. Collectors MD is offering these
tools and resources to our intentional collecting
vertical so that those individuals can continue
their hobbies, but in a more responsible and
mindful way. The other day, I think it was a
repack company. They had an ad that was running
on social with the father and son influencer
team of AJ and Big Justice. And I think it was
repacking in which a kid is opening repacks and
getting excited for it. The dad's saying, what'd
you get? What did you get? Since Collectors MD
has gotten moving, I think as the word spreads,
people understand that. Breaking is just basically
an online casino. But repacks have really gained
momentum. And this has been one of the things
that you have tried to talk about as well. I
saw that post because you shared it. As someone
who worked in marketing the way that you did,
what was your reaction when you saw the company
using a kid to market repacks? it's completely
irresponsible. It's exploitative. It's predatory.
I mean, these are the things that come to mind.
I mean, one thing that's become, it's something
that's become absolutely impossible to ignore,
right? It's this direction that some parts of
the industry, unfortunately, are heading, especially
around the repack products and how they're marketed.
You know, the way they advertise with using a
child to promote something. that is quite literally
gambling or sending a message saying, we missed
you, come back, trying to reel us back in if
we've stepped away. When you look at platforms
like Arena Club, we're talking about Arena Club
here. Is it okay that I mentioned them? 100%.
Okay. And like this broader sort of repack ecosystem,
what raises concern isn't just the product itself,
right? It's the language. and psychology that's
surrounding it we're seeing this messaging that
feels eerily similar to gambling promotion you
know chase the the monster hit like life -changing
polls don't miss your shot come back we miss
you like it's designed to trigger urgency uh
fantasy and dopamine and what's even more troubling
is how often this is packaged in a way that clearly
appeals to these younger audiences the young
collectors You have the flashy visuals, you have
the hype -driven influencers, kids we're talking
about, and content that really just blurs the
line between hobby, fun, and high -risk behavior.
So the issue isn't about whether someone likes
or agrees with the concept of a repack, which
is gambling, but that's a separate conversation.
The issue is when the marketing specifically
leans into manipulation instead of honesty and
transparency. when the like the odds aren't clear
the risks aren't explained the emotional hooks
are doing more work than you know the actual
value that's where it becomes predatory especially
when miners or emotionally vulnerable collectors
are watching and absorbing this as normal behavior
they're being conditioned right and so that's
what we're we're trying to keep like press and
make sure people are educated and understand
this because if we don't name this stuff if we
don't call it out right the next generation of
collectors are going to end up growing up thinking
this is just how the hobby works this is just
what collecting looks like now it's all about
chasing and overspending and emotional whiplash
and that's that's just a part of the fun so again
Dave like our goal isn't to cancel the hobby
it's to protect it to bring back things like
intention to create spaces where Excitement doesn't
come at the cost of mental health or financial
harm, especially for these young, impressionable
kids who don't have the tools or the wherewithal
to recognize the manipulation that's happening
in plain sight right in front of them. That's
the conversation that we're committed to keeping
alive because we want a safer, healthier, and
more sustainable future for the hobby. And that
conversation is everything. It's when the conversation
stops that the sort of the darkness continues
to creep in. So I've enjoyed talking with you
today. Thank you and continued good work with
what you're doing with Collectors MD. I look forward
to talking with you again another few months
down the line just to see what new developments
are happening, other new partnerships and ways
that you can continue to help people and people
can help themselves and help their fellow collectors.
Before we go, though, just talk about where people
can, find you where people can find Collectors MD
and maybe if they want to jump on a meeting,
how they can do that. Absolutely. So we have
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This episode will be syndicated as part of Collectors
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those meetings are every Wednesday night at 8
p .m. Eastern. We're obviously skipping this
week because of Thanksgiving, but we also have
a second meeting on Thursdays at 7 p .m. Eastern.
that is in partnership with The Problem Gambling
Coalition Of Colorado those meetings are called
Unboxed Powered by Collectors MD and uh if you'd
like to learn more about those you can email
info collectorsmd .com or just shoot me a dm
on instagram and i'll get back to you so uh there's
a lot more but i try to keep it as as uh contained
as possible um but Dave thank you so much for
your ongoing support you've been an incredible
ambassador and just uh really great friend as
I continue to navigate this journey. It is not
a one man show. It's not a one man mission. And
so any and all support that we can get from the
community is so incredibly appreciated. So I
just wanted to thank you again for all that you
do as well. Alyx Effron, Collectors MD, happy
holidays and thanks for being on. Take care.