Who says they're getting ripped off? If the collection is
all common stuff that everybody already has, all they will
get is lowball offers. If the collection has a lot of fakes
and damaged material, the price drops even more.

I used to dabble at being a dealer (until I found out it was
too much like work and gave it up). When I would look at a
collection, I would always try to find the stamps worth $100
and up. They, and they alone, really determine the value of
the collection. I can recall once looking at a 40 volume
collection without a single good stamp in it. In cases like
that the buy price is about $100 per volume.

On the other hand, if the collection is clean, neatly mounted,
with complete sets and better values, dealers will fall all
over themselves trying to buy it.

And notice that I haven't said anything about the dealer having
to feed his family and pay the rent.

Everyone who is approaching senior citizenry or is already
there (like me), should ask themselves - What kind of collection
do I have? If you have a lot of damaged and fake material
then I would say burn those stamps and keep the rest.

Jay Carrigan change domain to mchsi
www.jaypex.com


In article ,
says...

This situation is already very common among many seniors groups.

Time for someone, somehow, to figure a way for seniors to get a fair deal,
rather than having them ripped off by crooked big dealers.

On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 02:00:22 -0000, Anonymous , in wrote:

A friend has admitted that in disgust with offers to buy
from so-called reputable dealers, he has now started to
burn his huge collection.

He says that the offers to buy were so insulting,
he feels that by burning his collection, at least
he will be denying the crooks the chance to make
money from him.

Apparently his children have no interest in stamp
collecting, since they are busy with new families.

Like my friend, I also am disgusted with the larger
dealers, and have found no worthwhile charities to
which I would bequeath my collections.


Is burning the only sensible solution?

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