My question is, at what point does collecting become hoarding. Is there a thin line between the two? I collect a few things my self and I have found myself sometime buying things, then saying ..damn why did I spend my money on that. What are your thoughts?
my wife calls me a hoarder all the time
but that's just cause I store stuff away for a rainy day
but there's a difference between a hoarder and a collector
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Me, I'm a window shopper just happy seeing stuff I like. But yeah after seeing these Hoarder shows on TV, I would say there is a huge difference between them. A collector maybe more focused on what they are buying.
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Ask yourself this ...
Can you walk freely threw your house ?
How many Muliples do you really have or need ?
Do you have to climb over stuff ...to get to stuff ?
Are there any Dead Animals underneath your collection ?
Whats your house smell like ?
Any Plumbing Problems ?
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I feel like a good collection should be able to be displayed, regardless of value. Having a designated room isn't a issue, but when your entire house turns into a museum, (look on youtube you will see tons of comic book, toy collectors were the house is nothing but comics and toys) then its gone too far. I have started collecting comic books again ( damn near my entire collection was stolen from my house several years back....took a huge lost),but instead of my trying to just grab every and anything, I am only now interested in very high grade silver age books (mostly). As for my mego collection, I don't stress wether or not they are repro parts or not, I just want them to look good on display and be as complete as possible.
lolOriginally Posted by BlackKnight
"Time to nut up or shut up"
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hoarding is a sickness...people who can't throw away garbage, like food wrappers, empty cans crap like that...Not toys or comics hanging neatly and displayed all over a house
"Time to nut up or shut up"
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I display everything, I forgot what I was watching but there was something on youtube where they went through a guy's collection which was just boxes in a storage unit. I could never be that guy.
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yeah a buddy of mine has three storage units of just toys, but sadly they're all in boxes and bins.
Maybe hoarding was wayyyyyyy too strong a term for me to use, because I have seen some collections that were out of control, but couldn't be considered hoarding. With that in mind I have some things I need to donate to good will lol
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