"Collect to Collect Code of Honor"

-megalithanod · September 5th, 2004, 11:21 PM

Found this while cruising around - I like it!

- Buy only what you need and make sure others get one before you get many.

- Acquire pieces for your collection because you want them, not because you plan to profit from them.

- Help others achieve their collecting goals for the sake of the hobby, not profit.

- When you trade or sell available toys, do so at cost.

- When you trade or sell unavailable toys, do so keeping the golden rule in mind: you'll always win in the long run if you don't take advantage of people.

- Buy from scalpers as a very last resort. They exist because people buy from them and do not make collecting toys easier. Scalping only promotes decay within the hobby.

- Understand it is more important for a kid to have the toys than you; help them out whenever possible. You're likely to get another chance at the toy, he/she may not.

**toymank** · September 5th, 2004, 11:23 PM

posted this at the white board yet? [img]wink.gif[/img]

**Dajistano** · September 5th, 2004, 11:25 PM

I wouldn't have posted all those Stealth Predators over there, much more this.

**DemonsAngel** · September 5th, 2004, 11:28 PM

the collector's code COOL [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

**alkoholik** · September 5th, 2004, 11:31 PM

amen!

**Dajistano** · September 5th, 2004, 11:31 PM

It's good... just not enough people follow it. [img]frown.gif[/img]

-megalithanod · September 5th, 2004, 11:33 PM

Originally posted by Dajistano:
I wouldn't have posted all those Stealth Predators over there, much more this.

Why not Daj?

I posted what I did to offset the negativity that was being experienced with everyone else that was posting "I bought them and I am going to scalp them", or "look how many I got and you didn't"

Posting what I did got a good response from a lot of people in that 1) I left more than enough at the stores for the collectors in the area to obtain one, and 2) the ones I bought were to help those that didn't have the chance to get were getting a chance. I think it was needed to show that not everyone that posted about them was out to make a buck. I'll truly be lucky if I break even with how I charge people with shipping things out - even having someone else pack them up and ship them, I hate charging as much as I do even in C+S situations.

I think what I have gotten out of all the helping in the past and now far exceeds anything I could have gotten selling them at a profit or on eBay.

Someone needs to rattle the trees of the outspoken idiot over there that constantly post how much better they are by hoarding and selling on eBay. I am not the only one, just noticed the most at the moment.

I really don't see why I shouldn't have posted what I did in either case.

[ September 05, 2004 08:34 PM: Message edited by: -megalithanod ]

**Dajistano** · September 5th, 2004, 11:37 PM

Well said.

It's probably just me. I've started not posting my hauls over there anymore unless it's an exceptional occasion.

[ September 05, 2004 08:38 PM: Message edited by: Dajistano ]