Collecting: Fun or a waste of money?

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Well here's my opinion. I agree so much with what Rico said above, you have to have a passion for something (apart from our partners ;)  ;)  ). People whodrift through life with no intrest in anything just bore the crap out of me. Bryan you said it yourself your passion is your fitness, you own a bike that costs $4,000 you've worked hard for that and its your pride, Kenny you've spent 31 years collecting collectables and you have them in your special room, you work so hard and that's your treat. Rico's collection started when he was a kid and he treats himself to what makes him happy. My wife gawd bless her knows my passion for my comics, Dr Who and my huge DVD collection but she knows that if its food on the table or a DVD then it will always be food. You've got to have something in life that you enjoy and if its collectables then good on yer, if its buying cars great, or some nice art then go for it as long as you can afford it. My comics are number 1's they are worth nothing and probably will always be worth nothing in money terms but to me they are worth thousands.
Joe, my wife and I both love food, we love to go out to restaurants and if we can we try and go to a new one once a month, this is our treat together. ahhhhh food and toys.