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Like Kathey I tend to bid on stock pages and bulk lots of stamps..most of which I will not have much use for...i am a packrat..my wife is my opposite number..she buys items appropriate to her collecting interests. Compared to her I am harmless !! |
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I am a super focused type collector and hate clutter so I bid, buy and put immediately into my books and binders minutes after arrival. I have no heaps and piles or any unknown sorting to be done thankfully- but I still should be more careful about the impulse buying! |
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I'm new to the hobby and definitely done some impulse buys and now learning my lesson. I will try take I_Love_Stamps approach and put things away as I get them, that way I don't get overwhelmed as I am right now. After I'm finished with my current massive lot, then I can go on and find some better deals.
It is super easy to find myself in a buying frenzy with this hobby. |
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Since stamps in general are worth very little monetarily speaking (with a few exceptions, of course!) and the fact that it is very hard to re-sell stuff for any kind of decent profit, so I just purchase/bid on exactly what I'm looking for so normally I get very little to NO extras or clutter. I don't have a very large stamp room so even a little clutter can gum up the works very quickly. |
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It is super easy to find myself in a buying frenzy with this hobby. I completely agree! ILS, you hate clutter, huh? I should invite you to my house... I keep hoping I'll have a guest whose OCD kicks in and spurs them to clean up my basement. |
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I hadn't been on ebay for months. Then I made a little venture here and there over the past couple of days. Eight or night lots later (~$30) I am trying to put the brakes on my activity. It can be quite addicting. |
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Ummm... yeah.
In the last month I've bought a Scandinavia collection, a British collection, and two Belgium collections... all with the intent of cherrypicking and then flipping... at some point. |
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I don't have a very large stamp room so even a little clutter can gum up the works very quickly.
Stamp. Gum. That's funny!. Anyhow, I have been in SBA (Stamp Buyers Anonymous) for over a year now. I buy every stamp I want. I just lie at the meetings. If I can fool them for another year I will get my 2 year gold pin which I will melt into a nugget and sell so I can buy more stamps! -IBFS |
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I guess I'm guilty of impulse buying. Its mainly because if I see something I want I then trawl through the rest of the sellers lots and buy or bid on a few more items gaining the 'free' postage on the extra lots. Somehow it feels that I have bought these extra items at a bargain rate. Invariably I buy things I may never have bought individually. |
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I'm with revenuecollector: I buy because I know I will flip unwanted stamps and make money to buy more stamps  I plan on getting very rich this way. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! Hey, IBFS, is there a website for SBA? Just in case the above plan doesn't work...  |
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Hey, IBFS, is there a website for SBA? Just in case the above plan doesn't work... Sorry Kathey, there is no web site as of yet but here is the address... SBA 99 Main St. In The Basement Third Washroom Along Behind the Water Heater Wildwood, Missouri 63038 Join! You'll double our membership! -IBFS |
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IBFS: Is there a membership fee? Do I get a card with my name to use as a talisman to ward off the urge to buy? Is this your home address, if so, why do you have three "washrooms"? And isn't behind the water heater too humid/hot for stamps?  I believe everything on the Internet...  Kathey  |
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IBFS: Is there a membership fee? Do I get a card with my name to use as a talisman to ward off the urge to buy?
Is this your home address, if so, why do you have three "washrooms"? And isn't behind the water heater too humid/hot for stamps? The membership fee is one inverted Jenny. This makes for exclusive club membership and funds the small monthly news post-it. You can have a card if you want, but I don't know if it will stop you from buying. I've never tried it. Stamps are not allowed to discourage buying. ...You know, this is only going to get sillier... -IBFS |
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