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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;pixieforpapa, post: 3221825, member: 17703&quot;]1. Why do we buy things we know little/nothing about?</p><p><br /></p><p>Because we all did/do with the interest in history and beautiful things. Sometimes we just like something. Sometimes we get nostalgic. Sometimes we get caught up in the excitement of what COULD be. In any case, it is a learning process for each of us and we should NOT feel ashamed for chasing those dreams. We live. We learn.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. How do we end up “scoring” tourist items and other “crap”?</p><p><br /></p><p>Because we’re excited. Because we just simply don’t know. With all of the incredible cultures of the world, it is inevitable that we will all steer clear of these items. At least in the USA, we seem - as a society - exasperatedly ignorant of more than classic “tourist-type” information about any particular external culture. As we get older, we start to get some perspective on this and we get curious and excited and motivate ourselves to learn more.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. How far out in the woods was this sale?</p><p><br /></p><p>This is just plain insulting; implying the Buyer was stupid and had no idea what he was doing...or buying...we’ve ALL been there. But that’s one of the reasons this site exists, right? Having seasoned “pickers” provide input and (gentle?) feedback helps us learn to do better.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Did you buy for interest or resale?</p><p><br /></p><p>Seriously?! We all buy for resale. We want to make purchases that will ultimately be worth resale so, as we learn and grow and tweak our own interests, we can refine our collection to items that we love that we want to have around us.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Rude comments deleted, read the rules</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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