We Are Not Elitists !

I just completed spending 7 full days 24 hours around the clock with one fellow collector and almost 4 full days with another..of course we talked stamps and got along without a squabble...the 3 of us love stamps and take them very seriously..but we are not elitists...if a super deal comes along we will break the budget..short of that we I would dare say we are frugal in our collecting and we are content in whats available to us in our price range !

Phil did Bob call you a philatelic elitist? I am personally glad we don't have that kind of attitude here that I see on other boards and forums.

Dude..one of the fellows we visited with was one of the founders of the stamp club on the big internet marketplace...but they soon tired of the place and Stampoffers was founded which was recently taken over by Wensy..he was the one who used the term eletist..they are still over on that other place squabbling...in 1999 I was looking for a stamp chat place and tried that site..they just ignored a newcomer like me and talked over me..no sense hanging around !

yes ur right plus here we offer patiala pegs too. now where is my dear friend t360 I havent seen him in years.

Is part of that, that we all have a bit or a lot of the perfectionist in us?

Puzzler, I don't have an answer to your question, but I do know, having learned over the years, that being a perfectionist will drive you crazy.

It is really frustrating trying to be a perfectionist in a very imperfect world. I have very gradually taught myself that all does not have to be perfect, and indeed, can't be.

Pardon the philosophizing, and now I will get back to my not so perfect stamps.

Well, I confess to being an unrepentant elitist ... but I don't mind a bit of slumming every now and then

... and a bit of a perfectionist, too, which is why I adore my imperfect stamps



Barwani SG 28ac

Thanks for the confession Tony, I still enjoy viewing your stamps and covers..thank goodness we do not all collect the same "stuff" !

Indeed! There's hardly enough Barwani to go around as it is. I won't object if you want to collect Bijawar, though.

And what about the three freaking hours you spent with me

As a newcomer I can say that I have never had the impression that anyone here is elitist.

Now if someone had accused a member of having a freakishly awesome knowledge of stamps, well, then I would have to agree.

Some of these guys do pack an awful look of knowledge..as far as being elitests or not I was only referring to the three of us who spent time together last week..we are just collectors and vest pocket dealers at best !!

Bob, those 3 hours were sublime ! like being 17 at the drive in movies !!

tony are you calling your barwani strip imperfect?

Perfectly imperfect

An elitist could be a philatelist, but a philatelist simply has more letters, phil.