RifleSmile
Jedi Knight
- Joined
- Feb 11, 2015
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Stuart Skinner said:I can remember the first ever podcast we did and I interviewed Iain on it, he said during that interview words to this affect 'we've all been there, you start collecting, you pay £50 for an item, then £100, then £200 and it goes up'.
I was back in the infancy of collecting again and at that point had probably only spent £60/£70 maximum price at that time and thought to myself, can't see my spending £200 for an item. Roll on 18 months I have spent a couple of hundred quid on several items since and just before Christmas made my largest purchase which was £600.
Would I go above this amount, Yes I would as long as I had the funds readily available and it was something I could justify spending the money on then without doubt.
Totally agree Stuart and find lots of parallels with my collecting journey over the last year. Started off on a wide focus of ROTJ MOCs, then managed to pick up a bargain 12 back from Iain of all people. When I took delivery of it, the artwork, the logo blew me away far more than any of the ROTJ MOCs and that was that - next I knew I grabbed a couple of "budget" 12 backs in the £200/300 range and recently went as high as £600.
To fund these, Ive sold on a lot of my early MOCs, which has been a good thing for me and helped me find a tighter focus (Kenner 12/20/21 backs)
Would I go higher in price? Yes absolutely but primarily through selling to upgrade. Ive definitely slowed down vs my first six months which I think is a common trap!
Nicky