I’ve been collecting for 40 years, and I don’t want to feel like I am being pushed away from collecting because of pure greed and selfishness.
It’s not going to get any easier - look how the price of Bundesliga boxes increased just on the strength of THAT Haaland sticker!!
Yeah, we're basically being deprived of collecting older sets just because of one/two stickers.
UCL 19/20: Haaland
UCL 17/18: Mbappé
Euro 2004: Ronaldo
WC 2006: Ronaldo + Messi (some more, but not sought as these two)
WC 2018 Gold: Ronaldo + Messi + Mbappé
Futebol 2018/19: João Félix
Foot 16/17: Mbappé
Calciatori 18/19: Zaniolo/Tonali
Liga Este 19/20: Ansu Fati (cards too)
And these are the only ones I remember now... There are some in danger too, like regular WC 2018 (similar to Gold, but more of Mbappé), Austrian Bundesliga 19/20 (Haaland), Foot 19/20 (Camavinga), Premier League 19/20 (Greenwood, Martinelli, couple more).
I'll say again: the only way to fight back is for both Panini and Topps to flood the market with these stickers, at least keep on printing the current seasons. I'm certain at some point, those greedy idiots will realize that maybe hoarding these stickers is not as valuable as they thought.