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Am I Going To Quit Collecting?
Sep. 27th, 2011 05:41 pmDuring lunch break today I breezed by Wal-Mart to check out some of the tie-ins with the Blu-Ray release. I didn’t see the cereal boxes for General Mills but I did see the Pringles cans. Didn’t buy any of them. I didn’t want to be stuck with four cans of Pringles that I didn’t want to eat; food premiums from the late ‘90s through the ‘00s weren’t the only reason I got fat but they didn’t help.
I found the popcorn tins mentioned in a Rebelscum forum post. There were four different kinds. Just a few years ago, I would have bought all four without thinking about it. After all, they were only $4.98 apiece and they all look really nice. Instead I picked the two I liked the best and bought those, figuring it would be easy to pawn off the popcorn on my 100 co-workers. And even so, I felt guilty for even buying two.
Then I went to Target and found a great new puzzle featuring the Padme artwork on the popular Her Universe tees.
I’ve already cut back on books and on comics, sticking only with the stories, characters, etc. that I like. I think it’s time that I do the same with collectibles. My stash o’ stuff has become disorganized and I don’t want to be on the next season premiere of “Hoarders.” So I’m going to limit my purchases only to things that meet these criteria:
1. Do I love it that much?
2. Can I afford it?
3. Can I display or use the item?
4. Do I have room for it?
It’s got to meet three out of four of those questions before I buy it. Fortunately, I am not in debt or any kind of financial trouble, nor am I living atop a pile of trash with sail rats or flying possums. But I don’t want to just acquire stuff because it’s there either. It’s funny I’m thinking this now, months before a series of re-releases. We’ll see if it sticks, heh heh.
I found the popcorn tins mentioned in a Rebelscum forum post. There were four different kinds. Just a few years ago, I would have bought all four without thinking about it. After all, they were only $4.98 apiece and they all look really nice. Instead I picked the two I liked the best and bought those, figuring it would be easy to pawn off the popcorn on my 100 co-workers. And even so, I felt guilty for even buying two.
Then I went to Target and found a great new puzzle featuring the Padme artwork on the popular Her Universe tees.
I’ve already cut back on books and on comics, sticking only with the stories, characters, etc. that I like. I think it’s time that I do the same with collectibles. My stash o’ stuff has become disorganized and I don’t want to be on the next season premiere of “Hoarders.” So I’m going to limit my purchases only to things that meet these criteria:
1. Do I love it that much?
2. Can I afford it?
3. Can I display or use the item?
4. Do I have room for it?
It’s got to meet three out of four of those questions before I buy it. Fortunately, I am not in debt or any kind of financial trouble, nor am I living atop a pile of trash with sail rats or flying possums. But I don’t want to just acquire stuff because it’s there either. It’s funny I’m thinking this now, months before a series of re-releases. We’ll see if it sticks, heh heh.
