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How do you sneak frequent/expensive stamp purchases past your spouse/folks?  Creative ideas, please
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Sneak them in hidden between pages of books!? ha I dunno, I was trying to think like a man!  Gussyboy1 Actually, my stamps are scattered everywhere in the guest bedroom (who could miss them?) That way we never can have guests! |
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I usually get home before my wife does. I run grab my stuff out of the mailbox before she sees it! Once the new stuff is in my pile she can't tell the difference.  |
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I avoid the whole sneaking thing all together I tell her before it shows up that I have bought that way I don't get into trouble for buying and then sneaking it in. It goes back to the old addage, is better to tell the truth then to have to come up with a passel of lies to cover ones butt......LOL |
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Great ideas guys...heres mine..my wife is not going to outlive her money....take a look at the Paypal purchases..they are almost all hers.. |
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My husband has an antique Jaguar. I don't think I'll ever match his ebay or any other purchases. So I guess I'm safe. Dianne  |
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My wife tells me she has so many different pairs of black shoes because there are different colors of black. Go figure!
In truth, she has her shoe collection and I have my stamp collection. We're both happy. |
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As long as she keeps smoking...
I'm with you. She has no room to complain as long as she spends $17 every couple of days on a packet of fags. Steve |
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From Henry Cecil's No Bail for the Judge: "It is astonishing to those who do not collect stamps that so much money can be sent by intelligent* people on buying small pieces of paper of no intrinsic and often no artistic value whatever." *Boldface added for emphasis  PS: I hate e-Bay sellers who bundle detailed invoices along with my stamps  |
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Once the new stuff is in my pile she can't tell the difference. Yep, few non-collectors can |
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Donning the devious Male hat Mail them to yourself, and when they arrive You make sure wifey is in earshot "Oh No! Bob has sent me some MORE stamps, tch!" |
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One of the dealers I buy from changed their merchant category code so that purchases at their store look like there are purchases at a grocery store. |
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Wife to Smauggie....
"Darling, it's nice to see you eating more vegetables these days,
good for you"
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Posted 06/11/2008 12:44 pm
