Perhaps it's culturally dependent? The community I grew up in could not accurately be described as poor, but money was tighter than in a lot of places. So peop

Perhaps it's culturally dependent? The community I grew up in could not accurately be described as poor, but money was tighter than in a lot of places. So people in this community prize getting good value for money, and not being tricked into wasting money. I don't care if that Funko Pop plastic figurine or that Magic The Gathering card is actually an investment that will go up in value, I ain't collecting shit. In my mind, the collectables market is only for a small fraction of the population - fools, and people with more money than sense.