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<blockquote data-quote="olisuds" data-source="post: 530895" data-attributes="member: 2119"><p>You have to consider that the same collectors you are competing against so ruthlessly are often the ones you are also asking for information from. It's called biting the hand that feeds. You can't expect collectors to willingly give you information knowing that you are then going to use it against them and go after the same pieces they need for their runs.</p><p></p><p>There are collectors out there that I would not compete with on a piece we both needed regardless of what they have or haven't given me. For the simple reason that they have been collecting the run far longer than I have, and it's one of the few remaining pieces they need to complete the run and lastly the knowledge I've gained has come from talking with them or reading and researching the posts they created in the past. I appreciate this might not be everyone's approach and perhaps I'm just not much of a competitive collector anymore but i've certainly not found it detrimental to my collecting. You don't need to always have the attitude, what's in it for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="olisuds, post: 530895, member: 2119"] You have to consider that the same collectors you are competing against so ruthlessly are often the ones you are also asking for information from. It’s called biting the hand that feeds. You can’t expect collectors to willingly give you information knowing that you are then going to use it against them and go after the same pieces they need for their runs. There are collectors out there that I would not compete with on a piece we both needed regardless of what they have or haven’t given me. For the simple reason that they have been collecting the run far longer than I have, and it’s one of the few remaining pieces they need to complete the run and lastly the knowledge I’ve gained has come from talking with them or reading and researching the posts they created in the past. I appreciate this might not be everyone’s approach and perhaps I’m just not much of a competitive collector anymore but i’ve certainly not found it detrimental to my collecting. You don’t need to always have the attitude, what’s in it for me. [/QUOTE]
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