Post #238066 by Kono on Thu, Jun 15, 2006 7:43 PM

On 2006-06-15 19:19, nitropic wrote:
To be a collector and an art lover it is difficult for me to get my head around how people can call "greed" on this subject.

From Merriam-Webster's:

**Greed **

Pronunciation: 'grEd
Function: noun
Etymology: back-formation from greedy
: excessive or reprehensible acquisitiveness : AVARICE

Obviously, what is excessive or reprehensibly excessive is up for debate and will surely differ from person to person.

On 2006-06-15 19:19, nitropic wrote:
I could have bought more but it would have been ones I just liked, so I passed on them, my hope being they would go to people that liked those ones just a bit more than I did.

Right there you tell me that (IMO) you are not horribly greedy. You are thinking about others. Good on ya!

On 2006-06-15 19:19, nitropic wrote:
I understand it is greedy to buy up multiple of the same item only to deprive others of it and probably profiting from it later. I honestly don't feel I've deprived anyone, not anymore than I feel deprived of not getting some of the CM's I loved but missed.

Well, you don't have to have the intent of "depriving others" or to "make a profit" to be greedy, but at least you're thinking about it and I respect that.

On 2006-06-15 19:19, nitropic wrote:
Can anyone say that they would not purchase everyone of these CM's that they liked if the pieces and the $$$ were available to them?

Yes. Easily. There are many of us who like to share the goodness with the ohana as much (well, almost as much) as we like collecting it.