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sparklyberet
Apr 17, 2012, 4:25:44 AM4/17/12
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Are you a collector aged 35 or over? Are you interested in taking part
in a research study?
The study involves completing a series of online questionnaires
examining various personality characteristics of collectors and their
relatives (e.g. how you think about objects, other people, and the
world). We also aim to understand the impact of collecting behaviour
on relatives/spouses.
For the study you will be asked to complete online questionnaires,
which should take around 20minutes. We will also ask you to complete a
brief telephone interview (15-20minutes) with one of the research
team. All participants will be paid a £5 Amazon voucher for taking
part.
If you are interested in taking part or have any questions, email
helena...@kcl.ac.uk for details.
in a research study?
The study involves completing a series of online questionnaires
examining various personality characteristics of collectors and their
relatives (e.g. how you think about objects, other people, and the
world). We also aim to understand the impact of collecting behaviour
on relatives/spouses.
For the study you will be asked to complete online questionnaires,
which should take around 20minutes. We will also ask you to complete a
brief telephone interview (15-20minutes) with one of the research
team. All participants will be paid a £5 Amazon voucher for taking
part.
If you are interested in taking part or have any questions, email
helena...@kcl.ac.uk for details.
Bremick
Apr 17, 2012, 8:06:44 AM4/17/12
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"sparklyberet" <helena...@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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Would you care to reveal the eventual goal of this "study"? And who do you
represent? Is an exhaustive study really required to understand (predict??)
the impact of collecting behaviour on relatives or spouses? Why? It would
be meaningless to generalize here. Twenty minutes worth of questionnaires
isn't adequate? Another 15-20 minutes on the phone also will be necessary?
All this to examine personal characteristics of collectors and relatives?
How long would it really take to learn this, unless these "characteristics"
are more personal than you let on? Will the results be compared to
personal characteristics of non-collectors? Will you be coming here often?
oly
Apr 17, 2012, 8:58:13 AM4/17/12
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On Apr 17, 7:06 am, "Bremick" <rem...@cox.net> wrote:
> "sparklyberet" <helena.dr...@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
thing. You can always tell before someone is ten years old whether or
not they're the real deal. Spouses almost always try to screw it up
(spouses admire your collecting when they're in the dating phase and
ALWAYS try to screw it over - for the money and control - later on
when married).
oly
> "sparklyberet" <helena.dr...@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
>
> news:961312f9-42f6-4e3b...@c4g2000yqj.googlegroups.com...
> Are you a collector aged 35 or over? Are you interested in taking part
> in a research study?
>
> The study involves completing a series of online questionnaires
> examining various personality characteristics of collectors and their
> relatives (e.g. how you think about objects, other people, and the
> world). We also aim to understand the impact of collecting behaviour
> on relatives/spouses.
>
> For the study you will be asked to complete online questionnaires,
> which should take around 20minutes. We will also ask you to complete a
> brief telephone interview (15-20minutes) with one of the research
> team. All participants will be paid a £5 Amazon voucher for taking
> part.
>
> If you are interested in taking part or have any questions, email
> helena.dr...@kcl.ac.uk for details.
> news:961312f9-42f6-4e3b...@c4g2000yqj.googlegroups.com...
> Are you a collector aged 35 or over? Are you interested in taking part
> in a research study?
>
> The study involves completing a series of online questionnaires
> examining various personality characteristics of collectors and their
> relatives (e.g. how you think about objects, other people, and the
> world). We also aim to understand the impact of collecting behaviour
> on relatives/spouses.
>
> For the study you will be asked to complete online questionnaires,
> which should take around 20minutes. We will also ask you to complete a
> brief telephone interview (15-20minutes) with one of the research
> team. All participants will be paid a £5 Amazon voucher for taking
> part.
>
> If you are interested in taking part or have any questions, email
> --------------
>
> Would you care to reveal the eventual goal of this "study"? And who do you
> represent? Is an exhaustive study really required to understand (predict??)
> the impact of collecting behaviour on relatives or spouses? Why? It would
> be meaningless to generalize here. Twenty minutes worth of questionnaires
> isn't adequate? Another 15-20 minutes on the phone also will be necessary?
> All this to examine personal characteristics of collectors and relatives?
> How long would it really take to learn this, unless these "characteristics"
> are more personal than you let on? Will the results be compared to
> personal characteristics of non-collectors? Will you be coming here often?
Collectors are born, not made. It's a very basic hunter/ gatherer
>
> Would you care to reveal the eventual goal of this "study"? And who do you
> represent? Is an exhaustive study really required to understand (predict??)
> the impact of collecting behaviour on relatives or spouses? Why? It would
> be meaningless to generalize here. Twenty minutes worth of questionnaires
> isn't adequate? Another 15-20 minutes on the phone also will be necessary?
> All this to examine personal characteristics of collectors and relatives?
> How long would it really take to learn this, unless these "characteristics"
> are more personal than you let on? Will the results be compared to
> personal characteristics of non-collectors? Will you be coming here often?
thing. You can always tell before someone is ten years old whether or
not they're the real deal. Spouses almost always try to screw it up
(spouses admire your collecting when they're in the dating phase and
ALWAYS try to screw it over - for the money and control - later on
when married).
oly
Jud
Apr 17, 2012, 11:54:58 AM4/17/12
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Also of concern is security. Most coin collectors don't like 'strangers' knowing about their collections for fear of robbery. If totally anonymous, that's one thing, however having a phone number makes it fairly easy for someone to locate you, and your collection. Call me paranoid, but I would hate it if my collection was stolen because I took a survey.
beekeep
Apr 18, 2012, 6:17:43 AM4/18/12
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:58:13 -0700 (PDT), oly <oly...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>Collectors are born, not made. It's a very basic hunter/ gatherer
>thing. You can always tell before someone is ten years old whether or
>not they're the real deal. Spouses almost always try to screw it up
>(spouses admire your collecting when they're in the dating phase and
>ALWAYS try to screw it over - for the money and control - later on
>when married).
>
>oly
How in the hell is it a "hunter/gatherer" thing? In pre modern man
>
>Collectors are born, not made. It's a very basic hunter/ gatherer
>thing. You can always tell before someone is ten years old whether or
>not they're the real deal. Spouses almost always try to screw it up
>(spouses admire your collecting when they're in the dating phase and
>ALWAYS try to screw it over - for the money and control - later on
>when married).
>
>oly
the hunters were male and the gatherers were female. From what I have
seen most coin collecters are male and coin collecting has little in
common with hunting prey.
Chest thumping, look what I got, maybe.
beekeep
oly
Apr 18, 2012, 10:02:55 AM4/18/12
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On Apr 18, 5:17 am, hone...@radix.net (beekeep) wrote:
and building up "stores" or "reserves" (mostly in metallic form)
against the various future uncertainties (whichever one trips your
trigger - there are a raft of future negatives that coin people want
to avoid).
Now, I didn't make any great distinction in my mind between male and
female roles of "hunter" versus "gatherer".
Some people like to say "all of the coin people are sharks", but I
could be a bit kinder and say that we are "scavengers".
oly
> On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:58:13 -0700 (PDT), oly <oly2...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >Collectors are born, not made. It's a very basic hunter/ gatherer
> >thing. You can always tell before someone is ten years old whether or
> >not they're the real deal. Spouses almost always try to screw it up
> >(spouses admire your collecting when they're in the dating phase and
> >ALWAYS try to screw it over - for the money and control - later on
> >when married).
>
> >oly
>
> How in the @#!*% is it a "hunter/gatherer" thing? In pre modern man
>
> >Collectors are born, not made. It's a very basic hunter/ gatherer
> >thing. You can always tell before someone is ten years old whether or
> >not they're the real deal. Spouses almost always try to screw it up
> >(spouses admire your collecting when they're in the dating phase and
> >ALWAYS try to screw it over - for the money and control - later on
> >when married).
>
> >oly
>
> the hunters were male and the gatherers were female. From what I have
> seen most coin collecters are male and coin collecting has little in
> common with hunting prey.
>
> Chest thumping, look what I got, maybe.
>
> beekeep
My thinking is that most coin collectors are out hunting, gathering
> seen most coin collecters are male and coin collecting has little in
> common with hunting prey.
>
> Chest thumping, look what I got, maybe.
>
> beekeep
and building up "stores" or "reserves" (mostly in metallic form)
against the various future uncertainties (whichever one trips your
trigger - there are a raft of future negatives that coin people want
to avoid).
Now, I didn't make any great distinction in my mind between male and
female roles of "hunter" versus "gatherer".
Some people like to say "all of the coin people are sharks", but I
could be a bit kinder and say that we are "scavengers".
oly
sparklyberet
Apr 20, 2012, 10:03:07 AM4/20/12
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>
> Would you care to reveal the eventual goal of this "study"? And who do you
> represent? Is an exhaustive study really required to understand (predict??)
> the impact of collecting behaviour on relatives or spouses? Why? It would
> be meaningless to generalize here. Twenty minutes worth of questionnaires
> isn't adequate? Another 15-20 minutes on the phone also will be necessary?
> All this to examine personal characteristics of collectors and relatives?
> How long would it really take to learn this, unless these "characteristics"
> are more personal than you let on? Will the results be compared to
> personal characteristics of non-collectors? Will you be coming here often?
Hi everyone and thank you for your questions about the study.
>
> Would you care to reveal the eventual goal of this "study"? And who do you
> represent? Is an exhaustive study really required to understand (predict??)
> the impact of collecting behaviour on relatives or spouses? Why? It would
> be meaningless to generalize here. Twenty minutes worth of questionnaires
> isn't adequate? Another 15-20 minutes on the phone also will be necessary?
> All this to examine personal characteristics of collectors and relatives?
> How long would it really take to learn this, unless these "characteristics"
> are more personal than you let on? Will the results be compared to
> personal characteristics of non-collectors? Will you be coming here often?
I am a researcher at King's College London (KCL) and the study is
based jointly at KCL and University College London. More information
on the study can be found here: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/staff/staff-news/0212/23022012-collectingstudy
In our study we are looking at three different groups: people who
collect,people who hoard, and non-collectors. We understand that
collecting is a very enjoyable activity which does not tend to cause
people problems in their everyday life and are interested in finding
out more about what distinguishes people who hoard from people who
collect. Hoarding can also be a problem for family members and again
we are looking to compare and contrast this with people who collect.
We are also interested in finding out more about people who collect,
their motivation for collecting, and their experiences of collecting.
Some of this can be difficult to fully capture in online
questionnaires which is why we also include the phonecalls so that we
have chance to ask people about their collecting in a bit more detail.
All the collectors who have taken part so far have said that they
enjoyed haivng the chance to share their stories with us.
All information shared with the research team is treated as
confidential and will not be shared with anyone outside the team.
I hope that this information is helpful and would be very happy to
discuss the study further so do please let me know if you have any
more questions or are interested in taking part.
sgt23
May 3, 2012, 3:52:07 AM5/3/12
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On Apr 20, 10:03 am, sparklyberet <helena.dr...@btopenworld.com>
wrote:
I'm a bit under 35 and I collect, am I being discriminated against or
those the younger generation opinion still not count?
wrote:
those the younger generation opinion still not count?
Farmer Al Falfa
May 3, 2012, 9:59:34 AM5/3/12
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"sgt23" wrote in message
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>I'm a bit under 35 and I collect, am I being discriminated against or those the
>younger generation opinion still not count?
A bit under 35, what, your IQ?
>younger generation opinion still not count?
You aren't being discriminated against, you're just being ignored because you're
an idiot.
sgt23
May 6, 2012, 2:27:50 AM5/6/12
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Farmer Al Falfa
May 6, 2012, 3:29:42 PM5/6/12
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"sgt23" wrote in message
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It took you three days to come up with that rejoinder, didn't it you pinhead?
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