1.   Casual passerby.   Sees the villages, likes them, and then gets 
a load of their prices, and says no way. 

2.   Passerby passes again, this time, thinks getting one with a couple 
accessories is not too bad a price. 

3.   Casual buyer returns to that store for their once a year purchase!


4.   Starts asking for the pieces as Birthday and Christmas presents, but
refuses to buy them for themselves. 

5.   Starts buying a few each year after the holidays because can find them
on sale (yes still!), and no family members are getting the hint that 
this is want he/she wants! 

6.   Layaway!   Leaves will a slight guilty feeling. 

7.   Has succumbed to buying all the current pieces, but would never spend
money on retired pieces! 

8.   Is just buying the retired pieces still on dealers shelves, by calling
all the stores around, or stopping at stores while on trips. 

9.   Starts on the secondary market, buying retired houses under $100. 

10.   If not already, has started to place other villages pieces in their
display because they look good together.   The problem is they all start to
look good together! 

11.   Starts buying all the villages and retired pieces.   Joins local 
collector clubs, goes 500 miles for a gathering, goes to all swap-and-sells
that he/she can smell (with their collector nose)! 

12.   Extreme cases only: Divorces non-collector spouse.   Starts to only
associate with collector friends, and puts off house payments for extra
swap-and-sell village money.    Starts calling D56 company officials by their
first names.

Written by: Kreg Burnette

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