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<p>[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 17131, member: 50"]If you are looking to sell items you need to have a source where you can acquire them at a reasonable price. If you find items you think might have resale value, research recent sale prices, calculate any costs involved including fees and see if there is any money left to be made (to suit you). Good names are good to have but without knowing which of their items have resale value you can invest too much if you're not careful.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are thinking of collecting then buy what you like.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my personal collecting, after many years of buying practical useful things while trying to stay true to my likes I finally one day just gave myself permission to start buying what I really wanted (within my budget). Sounds silly but that's about it.....gave myself permission. I should probably revoke that permission about now, it's getting crazy around here <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /> so watch out![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 17131, member: 50"]If you are looking to sell items you need to have a source where you can acquire them at a reasonable price. If you find items you think might have resale value, research recent sale prices, calculate any costs involved including fees and see if there is any money left to be made (to suit you). Good names are good to have but without knowing which of their items have resale value you can invest too much if you're not careful. If you are thinking of collecting then buy what you like. In my personal collecting, after many years of buying practical useful things while trying to stay true to my likes I finally one day just gave myself permission to start buying what I really wanted (within my budget). Sounds silly but that's about it.....gave myself permission. I should probably revoke that permission about now, it's getting crazy around here :rolleyes: so watch out![/QUOTE]
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