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How do you define "Collector".

mrpaseomrpaseo Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭
What determines you are a collector or a hoarder or something else?

From dictionary.com
col·lec·tor [kuh-lek-ter]

noun
1. a person or thing that collects.
2. a person employed to collect debts, duties, taxes, etc.
3. a person who collects books, paintings, stamps, shells, etc., especially as a hobby.

Is it a quantity of an item?

Is it the rarity of an item?

The desire to have an item?

Can you be a collector if you own just one of something?

What is your definition?

Ray

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    STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    My definition is "Cancer" image
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There can be several definitions.... my definition is an individual who focuses on a specific field (i.e. coins, rocks, stamps etc) and devotes time and often resources (money, space, tools, etc) to the endeavor. Cheers, RickO
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    << <i>How do you define "Collector". >>


    One who could care less about all the 25th Anniversary sets the flippers hoard or scammed the 5 minimum mint's limit...But ....
    ...Enjoys the single set that arrived intact...image
    ......Larry........image
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    AuroraBorealisAuroraBorealis Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A person who acquires "stuff" more then one of for personal pleasure...

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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,295 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A collector is someone with whom I can relate with over any subject. They're typically not as narrowminded as they appear in print. Most are so gentle, you'd think you found a box of kittens.

    Practice makes perfect & nobody is perfect. So, practice being nobody and be perfect !

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    AuroraBorealisAuroraBorealis Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>A collector is someone with whom I can relate with over any subject. They're typically not as narrowminded as they appear in print. Most are so gentle, you'd think you found a box of kittens. >>



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    JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭

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