3 Types Of Stamper

Heres three types I can define..there must be more 1)the stamp collector who buys only the stamp he needs..sez, I dont have many duplicates when you ask about a swap ! 2) the show dealer..he does not want to bother with 50 cent and dollar transactions..UNLESS you sit at his table for a long while and build up a stack. 3) I am one of the type 3's...can not resist a bargain..offer me a pickup truck full for 75 dollars and I have accepted..storage can be a problem..but the type 3 can help with the low value stamp that every collector needs ..its possible I have a single stamp that will keep the type one collector from buying a complete set just to get one stamp..i feel there is a need for all 3 types...sooner or later type 1 and 3 are going to have to go to the dealer when we Really need a particular item !!

What about type 4 Phil

I get tempted by any kind of stamps deal or no deal I think the best deffinition for this type of collector is obsessed and that would deffinatetly describe me

Dianne

Diane, I will pray for you..you are in the lowest pit ! Deal or no deal ??????

Phil

Group me in there with the other type 3's I get a kick out of helping someone complete a set. My duplicates are always available

I find myself agreeing with Dianne. Type 4!

Rick there are a few of us...we just found another type 4..they really can not help themselves !!

Yeh but we probably have the most fun of all because we're not anal about getting that "perfect stamp" We just love them all equally

Dianne

Once again I agree with Dianne. Obsession is the key word here!

if a stamp is damaged..i mercifully let it go !!

Define Damaged Phil??

Dianne

Phil

I have some damaged stamps in my collection. I will give them a safe home until or if I find a better one. It then gets passed on to my children who think they are great! If a stamp is damaged so badly that it has to go in the trash I do so reluctantly especially if it is older and may have some history behind it. Maybe I am actualy a type 3.5 ? naw still a 3

I do the same thing rlorenz

Dianne

I am a type 3-4. I usually wait to find a deal, but if I really want a stamp I will pay usually whatever it takes to get it.

Diane, in most cases missing perfs is damaged to me..also creases or dirty cancel..there are people a lot more finicky than I am !

I'm probably a number 3. I just ran across a guy on ebay who broke up a dealers stock. There are a dozen or so lots with hundreds of $0.20 stamps each. I'm having to fight to keep from bidding on them all. Why do I need thirty copies of Germany 1021? Tha answer is - I don't! But my pointer keeps drifting over to the ebay icon and I keep having to slap myself!

BTW - I always cull out damaged stamps and send them on to their great reward unless they catalog over a dollar or so. It helps to keep the gene pool cleaner and I won't even give them away anyway.