@RamblerDon posted:To add to my own story.
Today I boxed up a number of things that I bought that completed collections and that I didn't really want. Took it all to the local train store and traded it all in for store credit and told them I am going to refocus in what I like and not to complete collections. They of course noted what I wanted to focus in on and gladly took my items.
Next weekend I will gather up more items that fill holes in collections but are not items I really want. Take those and trade those in also. I really appreciate that I have a local train shop that doesn't mind me trading in from time to time.
I've also decided on some things to sell outright because I don't really want them. They just filled holes in collections.
To sum up, it isn't that I really needed to thin my collection but I saw that I was becoming a collector without a focus. I had trains I ran once and never looked at again.
Yep that's exactly right. And I have done the same. And now it's time to begin the process of undoing what I have done
