Burning Stamp Collection - Proper?

On Sun, 7 Oct 2007 14:48:21 -0700, "Richard C." wrote:

Troll or not, the OP is an idiot!

If it is truely worth something, then a dealer knows what it is worth.
Either that or sell it on eBay at least.
Burning a collection is a childish act.

A dealer knows how long it takes to break up and sell a collection.

If the collection had anything of real value a dealer will pay a fair price.

NOT IN USA!! Or Canada either.

From comments from many senior collectors, it seems there will be a lot of
collections getting burned by owners, to avoid getting burned by slimy
dealers.

And do not mention the crooked auctions, which seem to be worse than the
dealers!


And one more point to consider, re Canada.

Cheques and money orders from the USa are basically worthless in Canada,
as far as Canadian banks are concerned.

One will not get the cash from such, for up to 90 days, provided the draft or
cheque is actually good.

No prudent seller is going to release his goods to someone he does not know,
UNTIL HE ACTUALLY RECEIVES THE CASH!

There are too many crooked dealers and auctioneers out there.
Just ask APS.

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"Proposition 88" wrote in message
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It most definitely was no troll.

Too many of us seniors, who used to collect stamps, are in a similar
situation.

For many of us, sooner than sell below a fair price to some crooked
dealer,
by burning our collections we at least get the satisfaction of denying
some
thief the chance to profit from us.

Not all of us have worthwhile charities nearby, either.


On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:59:49 -0400, wrote:
On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 02:00:22 -0000, Anonymous
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?

Comments from all, invited.


This is a troll in the disguise of the so-called "friend". Do not
take it seriously.