"Ever lose interest in collecting things? and why?"
I used to really be into collecting certain things - but now I don't care that much if I have them anymore.
Why is that? I make more money now - could it be that I could just buy something if I needed it?
Things I collected that I've kind of lost instrest in: Philip K. Dick books Greg Egan books Devo stuff Vinyl (in general) CDs (in general) The Roots stuff (CDs, vinyl, etc.)
Or is it that these are all available in non-physical format?
31. "I eBayed 10 crates of vinyl and magazines cuz I ran out of room " In response to Reply # 1
I was in a struggle studio apt and it was looking Hoarders status I came up on eBay, but that was in 04 I can only think what those Source, RapPages, and other early to late 90's mags are worth now
I built up a nice little collection, only a few bought online. I realized I was spending a ton of money on records I didn't really listen to and have pretty much lost all interest. I think there's a few reasons why:
My "music room" is also my home office now which I don't care to spend time in outside of work hours. Before I started to WFH I would just chill and hang out in here listening to records.
I was into sampling to make beats for a while and I lost interest in that too.
After moving my collection a couple times, I realized I was just amassing this big collection of stuff. I never listen to them now but I think I would find it hard to get rid of them. I could probably get rid of half of them though without caring much. Part of that is also just the annoyance of trying to sell them.
4. "I've never really collected anything" In response to Reply # 0
I think I started to collect things a few times but very rapidly lost interest, and wondered what was the point of collecting things - and especially if all I was really going to collect was a lot of dust due to having stuff sat on a shelf not doing anything.
I'm at a time and place where I don't want much of anything, and I don't want anything extra to clutter up what little space I have.
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5. "No. I only collect coins ad vinyl tho" In response to Reply # 0 Tue May-09-17 09:53 PM by flipnile
I play my vinyl, as I don't own any CDs or cassettes anymore. YouTube and vinyl (or WAVs ripped from records) are my only sources of music. When I want to hear new music I'll just play a random record that I haven't listened to yet. I try to only buy stuff that I like to listen to, which keeps the size down.
My coins are in two little boxes, and since they are mostly stuff I've found in change the collection hasn't grown much recently. Been harder to find old coins, and I never got into buying from shops.
I was building up a collection, from about age 12 or 13 to 23 when I moved. The people I left my stuff with sold it, I still have some albums like Illmatic and Liquid Swords but after losing probably about 90% of what I had I'm done with physical copies.
29. "yeah, once i started with digital downloads and pirating I stopped" In response to Reply # 6
collecting CDs.
In fact, when we moved I literally gave all my CDs to my cousin. There were so many that about 2 months after I unpacked, he gave me most of them shits back. Now they are in my storage area collecting dust.
8. "I'm strictly "wait for the trade" when it comes to comics" In response to Reply # 0
Can't do single issues anymore. Only one title out there where that would interest me, and even then, it just about always reads better as a trade paperback.
I also don't crate dig for vinyl as much. Feel like I've got most of what I need.
>Can't do single issues anymore. Only one title out there >where that would interest me, and even then, it just about >always reads better as a trade paperback. >
I'm about to move on to graphic novels too. Single issues are out of control.
15. "Yeah I tried the every Wednesday thing for a while" In response to Reply # 8 Wed May-10-17 10:59 AM by sectachrome86
buying the Snyder/Capullo Batman run. It was cool to experience the culture a little bit and frequent the local comic shop, but it was a lot of work and trades are just easier to read and store. I ended up just buying the the trades anyway. I never really got into the digital comic thing though.
39. "comics are headed in that direction anyhow" In response to Reply # 8
not completely, but you'll start seeing 2 Dr. Strange stories a year in GN format instead of a published series, as an example.
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47. "It's Cause The Collected Trades Started Coming Out In Months..." In response to Reply # 8
...instead of years after the comic storyline was finished, before a comic would have a storyline that was 8 issues, it would be years before Marvel or DC put them into a trade (and that's only if the book was popular or in high demand); now as soon as the 8th issue is out the next month it's a trade-paperback of all 8 issues with a new cover & some extra gallery art with it for under $20 when each issue probably costed $3.99 each.
For the comic company they're are trying to make as much money as possible cause they don't make money on back issues and resells, but on the other hand it makes collecting less exciting cause you might just like reading the book and having a book that's could be worth twice to ten times the cover price is a bonus, but not everyone is in it for the money/collectability part they just want to read it and see good artwork.
The main reason I got out of collecting comics was cause of the "variant cover" craze back when Image Comics first came out, it made every comic book company make multiple covers & then the retail prices started going up & up as they switched to different paper, and from old school coloring to digital coloring, to digital drawing.
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Whats so special about an event when another event starts up right after one just ends? Sometimes they overlap one another.
Right now I only buy singles if its a monthly release only, and the book has to be special for me. Others I'll get digital or in trade. Best advice if you still want to collect is only get milestone issues in singles or when something major happens in that one issue. Like a main character in The Walking Dead dies or some crap.
That hobby because some expensive I was forced to stop, only so much room for long boxes.
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12. "There've been times when I'm in the shop like:" In response to Reply # 11
Well...when the fuck did THIS happen?
The overlap shit is ridiculous. I got sucked into that 'Take Back The Shield' stuff in Capt America, and it had me buying stuff I don't even like. That's when I knew it had gone too far.
34. "Bruh.... I had to stop in the '90s because of this" In response to Reply # 9
>Too many reboots, plotlines, and alternate universe stuff. > >I'm not buying 10 different versions of Spider-Man every >month. >
I had to quit around the Maximum Carnage saga. 14 part story across 8 comics that came out by-weekly or some nonsense. My pockets could not keep up (especially if I was buying doubles, mylar and backing cards for special editions)
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46. "I've fallen off of comics multiple times." In response to Reply # 9
When I was a kid, I dropped them cold turkey for a subscription to VIBE. Now though, I wanted to get back in, and with the new X-Men run, there are already multiple books telling parts of the same story. I'm already disinterested.
while moving and then unpacking I realize I have too much. it's not even possible to wear that many clothes, shoes and carry that many purses in a lifetime. I'm downgrading..
17. "I'm into digital archiving now" In response to Reply # 0
Old documents (including pics) from my Nigerian side of the family are pretty scarce. If we come across a picture or anything, I scan it and share it with the extended family and then throw the original in the family safe.
I have a modest vinyl collection but even with that I'm like, ok about 100 more and I'm gonna have space trouble..
21. "My level of happiness used to depend on proximity to a record store." In response to Reply # 0
When I first moved up to Jersey all the record stores were in the process of closing and it made me immensely sad because I had to resort to either ordering CD's through Amazon, paying high prices at Border's or Barnes and Noble, or taking trips into New York. All to collect music.
Now I just pull stuff up on Youtube and listen to it almost whenever I want.
22. "I do this, but I can't give up the sound quality of vinyl" In response to Reply # 21
>Now I just pull stuff up on Youtube and listen to it almost >whenever I want.
I have some big speakers at home, and I like my music loud and deep without hurting my ears or being harsh. The only formats that work for me are vinyl, cassettes and 24bit WAVs. Everything else seems like it gets muddy fast when the volume and bass go up.
24. "cameras. I went deep for a few years." In response to Reply # 0
but I reached a point where I needed the money so I sold off my gear
now at this point I know how to make a great image and I realize that I like taking pictures and nerding out over cameras more than I like actually producing images (you only have so much wall space and it takes for fucking ever to process images) so I have boxes of undeveloped film as well as full CF cards.
I would like to get my hands on a medium format TLR again since I would be able to theoretically afford to develop a 24 roll per week and not even notice the cost.
becomes harder to get them can't get a fix on collecting them fast enough,so the desire dies down the item no longer fills the void it was meant to space, time, cost to collect them i've collected comic books, action figures, hilfiger shirts, girbaud jeans, japanese denim jeans, jordans, cds, and records records by far have been the most extensive and what i've been collecting for the longest even then, i've taken a 15 year break from collecting records, only to start up and amass a collection to rival what i still have from before
right now, i'm questioning myself, like what is my endgame with this?
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I wouldn't call myself a 'collector' but I have a ton of kicks I've bought over the years that I haven't thrown or given away simply bc they are still close to new. I only wear sneakers on the weekend and most weekends I have on my running shoes that I wear to the gym. I have jordans, air max, dunks, etc, that are just sitting in the boxes.
40. "i used to try to 'save' certain kicks" In response to Reply # 32
I had some airmax 95s years that were super fresh bc I had only worn them a few times. I broke them shits out the box and the damn sole came off. my boy, whos a serious sneakerhead, said you gotta wear your kicks or else that's gonna happen. LOL. i'm sure I have some shoes in my closet somewhere going through the same process right now.
36. "never lost interest in fossils" In response to Reply # 0 Sat May-13-17 03:14 PM by rawsouthpaw
everything else it's not happening. maybe ill art books. got wild / dope oceanic fossils from running through nature mostly as a yout'. and letting things go gets easier on the buddhist tip.
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44. "I’ll never get rid of my vinyl" In response to Reply # 41
It’s my dads collection so it’s sentimental.
We have a lot of purging we need to do tho. Taking photos and posting it is time consuming but I still think is better than a yard sale.
My wife LOVES the idea of yard sales. No contact yard sale? FOH. I hate them. I’m actually in the “donate that shit” like but my wife wants to did good homes for some of these baby strollers and shit.
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43. "As far as CDs/music, once the internet and streaming became " In response to Reply # 0
easy I realized all I really wanted was access to the music, not so much ownership. I'll buy CDs that I really cherish, or if I want to support the artist, but otherwise I'll just pull their stuff up on Youtube.
45. "Not yet, but I know it's coming." In response to Reply # 0
I collect records, CDs, and old video games. I've always been a collector; in my youth it was action figures and Bic pens (I can't explain that one). I've slowed down on buying CDs, since I mostly stream music, and barely have a working CD player. I still buy vinyl, but the thrill I used to get from that has mostly shifted to buying retro games. In all cases, I buy way more than I consume. I'm sure I'll eventually give it all up, but I'm not there yet.
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48. "yup i used to collect magazines" In response to Reply # 0
For a long time, I had a HUGE collections of GAMES Magazine. Mostly cuz I wanted to finish every puzzle before throwing it away.. Its a classic now and whenever I see it, i buy one and do some of the puzzles in it...
but yeah, i got bored of it..they were taking up space and i wasn't going back to finish the puzzles.
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49. "Most of Hendrix' stuff not on YouTube anymore" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Oct-28-20 03:07 PM by flipnile
A big reason I'm hanging onto the records. Online services are just not dependable enough for me. Been pissing me off that I can't pull up "If 6 was 9" online.
My mom gave me a grip of sports cards from her basement. Used to collect those as a kid. Gonna get rid of these.
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