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Becoming desensitised to money due to collecting?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nita Nitro" data-source="post: 494913" data-attributes="member: 7495"><p>I don't really have much in my collection that could be deemed high-end, or that I've spent hundreds on, but it seems that at all levels of collecting we make an assessment on whether to purchase something, or not, and one of the biggest factors that comes in to play is its cost relative to what we can afford to spend. Nostalgia can skew perspective on what we spend but even if I had enough money to not worry about the cost I think I'd still find it hard to part with the money that some items go for.</p><p>I remember buying a Klaatu MOC in the early 90's for £6 and that was expensive to me back then as I only earned about £30 a week from my part time job, and I probably scrimped on lunches at college that week because of it. To this day I still remember feeling that I shouldn't have spent that amount of money on it, and that feeling scales up to any level where I feel something is excessively priced. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nita Nitro, post: 494913, member: 7495"] I don’t really have much in my collection that could be deemed high-end, or that I’ve spent hundreds on, but it seems that at all levels of collecting we make an assessment on whether to purchase something, or not, and one of the biggest factors that comes in to play is its cost relative to what we can afford to spend. Nostalgia can skew perspective on what we spend but even if I had enough money to not worry about the cost I think I’d still find it hard to part with the money that some items go for. I remember buying a Klaatu MOC in the early 90’s for £6 and that was expensive to me back then as I only earned about £30 a week from my part time job, and I probably scrimped on lunches at college that week because of it. To this day I still remember feeling that I shouldn’t have spent that amount of money on it, and that feeling scales up to any level where I feel something is excessively priced. :) [/QUOTE]
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