Am I naive in my collecting?
- bikewrecked
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I don't really buy posters in order to trade them. Seems like this all artificially drymounts up the whole market.
I have sold/traded posters before. However in most cases I just realized I didn't really like the poster as much as I thought or it was the only way to get a poster I really wanted.
But I keep seeing people talk about buying Mr. Brainwash to fund their other posters or people +1ing and jamming em on Ebay or for trade immediately.
BTW, not an ExpressoBeans noob despite my account info.
I have sold/traded posters before. However in most cases I just realized I didn't really like the poster as much as I thought or it was the only way to get a poster I really wanted.
But I keep seeing people talk about buying Mr. Brainwash to fund their other posters or people +1ing and jamming em on Ebay or for trade immediately.
BTW, not an ExpressoBeans noob despite my account info.
What was your previous username?
I dont buy to trade but if I'm sitting at the computer with nothing else to do, and a hot print drops i will buy it and use it for trade. I don't do the whole eBay thing for prints. I know it might piss people off that I try to trade a print I didn't really want in the first place, but at least I'm not buying these things to flip and make profit..I do it just to get prints that I really want. Is that asshole-ish of me?bikewrecked wrote:I don't really buy posters in order to trade them. Seems like this all artificially drymounts up the whole market.
I have sold/traded posters before. However in most cases I just realized I didn't really like the poster as much as I thought or it was the only way to get a poster I really wanted.
But I keep seeing people talk about buying Mr. Brainwash to fund their other posters or people +1ing and jamming em on Ebay or for trade immediately.
BTW, not an ExpressoBeans noob despite my account info.
bsutter11 wrote:I dont buy to trade but if I'm sitting at the computer with nothing else to do, and a hot print drops i will buy it and use it for trade. I don't do the whole eBay thing for prints. I know it might piss people off that I try to trade a print I didn't really want in the first place, but at least I'm not buying these things to flip and make profit..I do it just to get prints that I really want. Is that asshole-ish of me?bikewrecked wrote:I don't really buy posters in order to trade them. Seems like this all artificially drymounts up the whole market.
I have sold/traded posters before. However in most cases I just realized I didn't really like the poster as much as I thought or it was the only way to get a poster I really wanted.
But I keep seeing people talk about buying Mr. Brainwash to fund their other posters or people +1ing and jamming em on Ebay or for trade immediately.
BTW, not an ExpressoBeans noob despite my account info.
ejg904 wrote:10 min later...bsutter11 wrote:Wow, the absolute worst print so far in my opinion. Definitely passing on this one.bsutter11 wrote:I'm sitting at the computer so might as well grab it. Probably use it for trade in the future.Codeblue wrote:Another valuable new member!
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Beautiful.bsutter11 wrote:I dont buy to trade but if I'm sitting at the computer with nothing else to do, and a hot print drops i will buy it and use it for trade.
There are plenty of people who only buy what they like. I do, but buy more stuff than I could ever hope to frame. I'm just too lazy to sell anything.
Okay, that just states exactly what i just said. If I'm sitting there, I will most likely grab it even if I don't like it. I'm sorry, sue me.mobius006 wrote:bsutter11 wrote:I dont buy to trade but if I'm sitting at the computer with nothing else to do, and a hot print drops i will buy it and use it for trade. I don't do the whole eBay thing for prints. I know it might piss people off that I try to trade a print I didn't really want in the first place, but at least I'm not buying these things to flip and make profit..I do it just to get prints that I really want. Is that asshole-ish of me?bikewrecked wrote:I don't really buy posters in order to trade them. Seems like this all artificially drymounts up the whole market.
I have sold/traded posters before. However in most cases I just realized I didn't really like the poster as much as I thought or it was the only way to get a poster I really wanted.
But I keep seeing people talk about buying Mr. Brainwash to fund their other posters or people +1ing and jamming em on Ebay or for trade immediately.
BTW, not an ExpressoBeans noob despite my account info.ejg904 wrote:10 min later...bsutter11 wrote:Wow, the absolute worst print so far in my opinion. Definitely passing on this one.bsutter11 wrote:I'm sitting at the computer so might as well grab it. Probably use it for trade in the future.Codeblue wrote:Another valuable new member!
Yes and I can understand that, but I'm not buying these To make a profit. And by the way I can count on one hand how many times I've bought a print i planned on trading. Hell, a lot of the prints I buy my brother likes and I sell them to him at cost.Awesome wrote:It's your money, do whatever you want to do but when it comes to limited edition hobby's other people get hostile when others hoard for some magical reason.
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- ironjaiden
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bsutter11 wrote: I dont buy to trade... i will buy it and use it for trade.
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ironjaiden wrote:bsutter11 wrote: I dont buy to trade... i will buy it and use it for trade.
Let me state this in the most obvious fashion for you all. I don't intentionally buy prints to trade them. If I happen to be on the Internet at a time when a popular print drops, and I don't like it, I will buy it and trade it. God damn...is it that hard to understand? I know many of you don't like it that I do this, but I honestly don't care. There's probably Hundreds of other users on here that do this and just don't say anything, at least I'm honest about itironjaiden wrote:bsutter11 wrote: I dont buy to trade... i will buy it and use it for trade.