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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Ar you a Seasonal Buyer?

 

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tuscany4me
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27 Jan 2014
11:40:39am
My apologies (in advance) for taking a "second" to think Thinking

But as I was going through the Auction and Approval pages this morning, I noticed many Christmas stamps and pondered.. I "usually" only buy Christmas stamps in November and December.

Anyone else out there buy "seasonally" ??

Have a Great Day/afternoon/night

Clayton


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michael78651
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27 Jan 2014
11:54:04am
re: Ar you a Seasonal Buyer?

A stamp is a stamp. If it comes my way, and I need it to fill an album space, I buy it.

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27 Jan 2014
12:12:49pm
re: Ar you a Seasonal Buyer?

Cannot say that I am Clayton, but I understand the concept of "seasonal buyer." I used to sell postcards and related memorabilia on ebay, and noticed that Christmas related cards sold better during December, Easter cards in March and April, Valentine cards in late January and February, etc. As Michael hinted at, it really shouldn't matter as whatever the stamp represents is history, and when it is placed into our collection is irrelevant - but I can see the "why" of the (I presume) subconscious predisposition to purchase such items at certain times.

Nice observation.

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27 Jan 2014
12:32:48pm
re: Ar you a Seasonal Buyer?

" .... noticed that Christmas related cards sold better during December, Easter cards in March and April, Valentine cards in late January and February, etc. ...."

Truly a puzzlement !
I'm going to have to think this over.
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27 Jan 2014
01:04:30pm
re: Ar you a Seasonal Buyer?

Charlie

Ummm, I forgot to mention that these were used postcards sold as collectibles, not new cards sold to be sent through the mail. Unless they were being cleaned up and recycled to be use again for their original purpose, I presume they were being added to collections, which is not a seasonal endeavor by collectors, but rather something done all year long.

By leaving this part out, it does seem like a rather silly observation doesn't it? Rolling On The Floor Laughing

Bobby

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philb
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27 Jan 2014
04:06:27pm

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Mating time is in the fall..but i tend to shop stamps 52 weeks a year !!

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27 Jan 2014
04:23:55pm
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And thus with one fell swipe of the pen, or perhaps a few clicks of the keyboard the puzzlement is deconstructed, sanity is restored and normal life resumes.
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michael78651
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28 Jan 2014
01:23:55am
re: Ar you a Seasonal Buyer?

Sanity is restored and normal life resumes??????????????? Were the hell do you live?

Sanity? Normal? We don't need no stinking sane people around! Silly

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28 Jan 2014
08:45:07pm
re: Ar you a Seasonal Buyer?

As my daughter keeps reminding me "normal" is a setting on the dryer. Rolling On The Floor Laughing

Roger

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29 Jan 2014
08:14:41am

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i am going to check the clothes dryer..i know where the on switch is !!

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red-eric-1

04 Feb 2014
12:18:14pm

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re: Ar you a Seasonal Buyer?

In a way, I probably am a seasonal buyer, although not exactly in the sense of the original poster.

I buy most of my stamps/covers at auction. I usually buy up a bunch of lots/collections in late spring/early summer to go through in the following fall/winter. One of the benefits of doing this (I find) is that bidding is not so fierce in the May to July period, so I can often get some bargains. Has anyone else noticed this?

Eric

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tuscany4me

27 Jan 2014
11:40:39am

My apologies (in advance) for taking a "second" to think Thinking

But as I was going through the Auction and Approval pages this morning, I noticed many Christmas stamps and pondered.. I "usually" only buy Christmas stamps in November and December.

Anyone else out there buy "seasonally" ??

Have a Great Day/afternoon/night

Clayton


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michael78651

27 Jan 2014
11:54:04am

re: Ar you a Seasonal Buyer?

A stamp is a stamp. If it comes my way, and I need it to fill an album space, I buy it.

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27 Jan 2014
12:12:49pm

re: Ar you a Seasonal Buyer?

Cannot say that I am Clayton, but I understand the concept of "seasonal buyer." I used to sell postcards and related memorabilia on ebay, and noticed that Christmas related cards sold better during December, Easter cards in March and April, Valentine cards in late January and February, etc. As Michael hinted at, it really shouldn't matter as whatever the stamp represents is history, and when it is placed into our collection is irrelevant - but I can see the "why" of the (I presume) subconscious predisposition to purchase such items at certain times.

Nice observation.

Bobby

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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. -Edmund Burke"

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
27 Jan 2014
12:32:48pm

re: Ar you a Seasonal Buyer?

" .... noticed that Christmas related cards sold better during December, Easter cards in March and April, Valentine cards in late January and February, etc. ...."

Truly a puzzlement !
I'm going to have to think this over.
Big Grin Laughing Winking

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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "

They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin
27 Jan 2014
01:04:30pm

re: Ar you a Seasonal Buyer?

Charlie

Ummm, I forgot to mention that these were used postcards sold as collectibles, not new cards sold to be sent through the mail. Unless they were being cleaned up and recycled to be use again for their original purpose, I presume they were being added to collections, which is not a seasonal endeavor by collectors, but rather something done all year long.

By leaving this part out, it does seem like a rather silly observation doesn't it? Rolling On The Floor Laughing

Bobby

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philb

27 Jan 2014
04:06:27pm

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re: Ar you a Seasonal Buyer?

Mating time is in the fall..but i tend to shop stamps 52 weeks a year !!

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"If a man would be anything, he must be himself."

Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
27 Jan 2014
04:23:55pm

re: Ar you a Seasonal Buyer?

And thus with one fell swipe of the pen, or perhaps a few clicks of the keyboard the puzzlement is deconstructed, sanity is restored and normal life resumes.
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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "
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michael78651

28 Jan 2014
01:23:55am

re: Ar you a Seasonal Buyer?

Sanity is restored and normal life resumes??????????????? Were the hell do you live?

Sanity? Normal? We don't need no stinking sane people around! Silly

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drmicro68

28 Jan 2014
08:45:07pm

re: Ar you a Seasonal Buyer?

As my daughter keeps reminding me "normal" is a setting on the dryer. Rolling On The Floor Laughing

Roger

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philb

29 Jan 2014
08:14:41am

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i am going to check the clothes dryer..i know where the on switch is !!

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red-eric-1

04 Feb 2014
12:18:14pm

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re: Ar you a Seasonal Buyer?

In a way, I probably am a seasonal buyer, although not exactly in the sense of the original poster.

I buy most of my stamps/covers at auction. I usually buy up a bunch of lots/collections in late spring/early summer to go through in the following fall/winter. One of the benefits of doing this (I find) is that bidding is not so fierce in the May to July period, so I can often get some bargains. Has anyone else noticed this?

Eric

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