| Many of us enjoy collecting certain things. This may | | | | Besides, there are only so many second hand shops, |
| be music, films, books or sports memorabilia. And a | | | | book stores or cult TV specialists out there. Unless |
| lot of collectors will go around countless second-hand | | | | you are going to do a tour of the entire British Isles, |
| shops trying to track down a particular album, DVD, | | | | then sooner or later you are going to run out of |
| novel or football programme. This can be quite an | | | | places to try. And it was not so many years ago |
| enjoyable experience to begin with, but as the | | | | that this was just an inevitability. Collectors would |
| weeks of hopeful hunting turn into months of | | | | arrive at a point where it was suddenly almost |
| fruitless searches, the novelty can begin to wear a | | | | impossible to find what they were after and they |
| little thin. And as your collection grows it will become | | | | would often end up feeling quite frustrated. But |
| increasingly difficult to find those items that are a | | | | these days we have the internet to help us search |
| little more obscure. | | | | and it has completely changed the entire situation. |