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So are all collectors the same?
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<blockquote data-quote="Snaketibe" data-source="post: 490808" data-attributes="member: 7379"><p>I've always collected what appeals to me personally, at least as far as my budget allows. Some things I'd like to own will likely forever be out of my financial reach, but that's life. Even the highest of high end collectors will usually have their own personal 'grail' items that they're still looking for and or cannot afford, just as the lowest of low-budget collectors will have their own target items too, some of which they may be unable to afford. In both cases, owning their collections should bring their owners pleasure, otherwise what's the point?</p><p></p><p>To state the very obvious, everyone is different and so is everyone's collection. You may not personally care for someone else's collecting choices or their collection in general, but that doesn't give you the right to look down your nose at them. For example, I don't collect the vintage era Star Wars ice-lolly wrappers because they don't appeal to me personally, but I absolutely would never criticize someone else for liking or collecting them, and I certainly wouldn't sneer at their collecting choice.</p><p></p><p>There is no right or wrong way to collect vintage (OK, stealing it is wrong, but you know what I mean! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ), and just because you might happen to have a 'better' collection (as presumably you alone define it) than someone else, doesn't give you the right to demean or belittle that person or their collection. People that behave in that way are basically cunts (please excuse my language), and I respect their worthless snobbish opinions not one iota. I have no time for them in any walk of life, be it collecting or elsewhere.</p><p></p><p>I have to say however, that in all my time on this Forum, whilst I have encountered the occasional abrasive individual, I can't recall ever having met a sneering collector of the type Lee describes. They certainly exist elsewhere (e.g. Facebook, by the sounds of things), but I think the members of this Forum can be pretty proud of their record of being an inclusive, helpful and encouraging bunch towards fellow collectors, regardless of the 'quality' of their collections.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snaketibe, post: 490808, member: 7379"] I've always collected what appeals to me personally, at least as far as my budget allows. Some things I'd like to own will likely forever be out of my financial reach, but that's life. Even the highest of high end collectors will usually have their own personal 'grail' items that they're still looking for and or cannot afford, just as the lowest of low-budget collectors will have their own target items too, some of which they may be unable to afford. In both cases, owning their collections should bring their owners pleasure, otherwise what's the point? To state the very obvious, everyone is different and so is everyone's collection. You may not personally care for someone else's collecting choices or their collection in general, but that doesn't give you the right to look down your nose at them. For example, I don't collect the vintage era Star Wars ice-lolly wrappers because they don't appeal to me personally, but I absolutely would never criticize someone else for liking or collecting them, and I certainly wouldn't sneer at their collecting choice. There is no right or wrong way to collect vintage (OK, stealing it is wrong, but you know what I mean! :) ), and just because you might happen to have a 'better' collection (as presumably you alone define it) than someone else, doesn't give you the right to demean or belittle that person or their collection. People that behave in that way are basically cunts (please excuse my language), and I respect their worthless snobbish opinions not one iota. I have no time for them in any walk of life, be it collecting or elsewhere. I have to say however, that in all my time on this Forum, whilst I have encountered the occasional abrasive individual, I can't recall ever having met a sneering collector of the type Lee describes. They certainly exist elsewhere (e.g. Facebook, by the sounds of things), but I think the members of this Forum can be pretty proud of their record of being an inclusive, helpful and encouraging bunch towards fellow collectors, regardless of the 'quality' of their collections. [/QUOTE]
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