The Allure of “Just Checking”
It always starts innocently enough. You have no intentions to spend. You’re not even in the mood to buy. You’re just checking—mindlessly browsing eBay, popping on Whatnot, scrolling Fanatics Live, peeking at Instagram Live, flipping through Discord threads. Just checking comps. Just gauging prices. Just following up to see if that short print from the new set that just came out popped up somewhere. But buried in that phrase is often a quiet, sneaky craving—a