| If you're hoping to collect a "full set" of Nascar diecast | | | | If you're something of an economic genius, you can |
| cars, you're probably expecting it to cost you | | | | even turn your collection into a financially self-sustaining |
| somewhere in the area of an arm and a leg, and | | | | hobby with the inexpensive investment of a single |
| probably take you somewhere around the rest of | | | | purchase. Say you buy a lot of cars at a discount, |
| your life to complete the collection. | | | | resell each one you don't want individual, and there you |
| Well, that could be what happens, unless you want to | | | | go, you've made enough cash to buy another lot. Keep |
| be realistic about it. | | | | doing that every time you see a lot with a piece you're |
| A "full set" of Nascar diecast cars is really for you to | | | | missing, and sooner or later you've got a full set at little |
| define. What would you consider a complete | | | | to no actual cost to yourself. Heck you might even |
| collection? Every single Nascar diecast ever | | | | make a profit. |
| produced? Ha, forget it! On the other hand, maybe | | | | In fact, that's how a lot of collectors get started: In |
| you're just after every winner of the Daytona 500, or | | | | retail. Comic books, for instance. Someone who runs a |
| maybe you want the full line of every Dale Earnhardt | | | | bookstore or a comic shop has their pick of the litter, |
| diecast ever produced. That's a little more like it. | | | | so they keep a copy of anything that might be |
| The trick to getting such a collection is pretty simple: | | | | valuable someday, and before long, they've got an |
| Buy a lot of cars. Well, yeah, of course, but what we | | | | impressive collection as a by-product of running a |
| mean by this is that you should look for any | | | | successful business. |
| opportunity to buy full sets of cars at a time. | | | | Of course, this is just one method of collecting. The fun |
| Say you're browsing eBay and you find someone | | | | of being a collector is in doing it your own way. Maybe |
| selling that rare piece you've been looking for, but | | | | you'd rather just buy each car individually, or maybe |
| they're selling it in a lot with about five or six other cars. | | | | you'd prefer to just browse hobby shops and flea |
| Go ahead and bid on it. When your package arrives, | | | | markets and see what catches your eye. It's your |
| take the Nascar diecast cars you're not interested in | | | | collection and it's your dime, so collect however you |
| keeping, and resell them. Simple as that. | | | | like. |