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<blockquote data-quote="olisuds" data-source="post: 401013" data-attributes="member: 2119"><p>Matt I think it depends a great deal on what you collect. I'm sure thats fine with loose figures but it's just not possible with pre production or rare/foreign production stuff. You can't just pick that kind of stuff up by the bucket load and sell of your spares. Well at least not these days anyway.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't know if I agree so much with this either. I've had to sell choice items from my collection in order to fund other pieces. I don't think it shows you are skating a thin line with your finances, i actually think it's quite sensible and shows you are willing to budget strictly and make sacrifices. I'd personally be more alarmed at the person who wants to keep it all and needs to take out a payment plan to fund the growth of their collection. </p><p></p><p>Also as i've found over the last few years, sometimes you might embark on runs which you slowly come to appreciate are impossible or unrealistic to complete. I've sometimes been willing to sacrifice a piece from that in return for a piece that advances another run.</p><p></p><p>When I started collecting pre production I slowly learnt it's a slow road unless you have something to trade. Perhaps its just my impatience. I found it helpful to acquire a few pieces i really liked but that i was willing to trade if the pieces i needed came up. Funnily enough over the last year so may people seem to be cashing in, that trade bait seems to be less useful. More and more people are wanting cold hard cash. When you end up acquiring the pieces you want for cash it's reasonable to sell off some of your trade bait.</p><p></p><p>Both of these scenarios might give others the impression they are fickle collectors but unfortunately it seems like the only way to advance a run these days. Unless you are very patient. And even then there's no guarantees.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="olisuds, post: 401013, member: 2119"] Matt I think it depends a great deal on what you collect. I'm sure thats fine with loose figures but it's just not possible with pre production or rare/foreign production stuff. You can't just pick that kind of stuff up by the bucket load and sell of your spares. Well at least not these days anyway. I don't know if I agree so much with this either. I've had to sell choice items from my collection in order to fund other pieces. I don't think it shows you are skating a thin line with your finances, i actually think it's quite sensible and shows you are willing to budget strictly and make sacrifices. I'd personally be more alarmed at the person who wants to keep it all and needs to take out a payment plan to fund the growth of their collection. Also as i've found over the last few years, sometimes you might embark on runs which you slowly come to appreciate are impossible or unrealistic to complete. I've sometimes been willing to sacrifice a piece from that in return for a piece that advances another run. When I started collecting pre production I slowly learnt it's a slow road unless you have something to trade. Perhaps its just my impatience. I found it helpful to acquire a few pieces i really liked but that i was willing to trade if the pieces i needed came up. Funnily enough over the last year so may people seem to be cashing in, that trade bait seems to be less useful. More and more people are wanting cold hard cash. When you end up acquiring the pieces you want for cash it's reasonable to sell off some of your trade bait. Both of these scenarios might give others the impression they are fickle collectors but unfortunately it seems like the only way to advance a run these days. Unless you are very patient. And even then there's no guarantees. [/QUOTE]
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