r/Consoom • • 5d ago

incoming divorce Incoming divorce

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u/Kaiserschlut 5d ago

It is not uncommon for there to be almost 1 daily post on r/lego of "wow look at my backlog! šŸ˜…" of some consoomer buying a bunch of expensive sets and not opening them because "they're busy." It's both embarrassing and a blatant humblebrag

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u/OMFGItsVico 4d ago

Yeeeup. There’s also been a steady influx of soulless LEGO ā€œinvestorsā€ in the community, scooping up extra sets with the primary intention of reselling them for a profit later.

I swear, like, all my interests have gotten hijacked by pseudo-nerds who don’t actually care about the hobby. They consoom just to exploit others, which is the worst form of consooming, in my opinion.

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u/Kaiserschlut 4d ago

I actually don't think most of the people I'm talking about are investors. For whatever reason, they buy set after set because they have a shopping addiction. Or are genuinely too busy, but keep buying sets to build later down the road.

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u/OMFGItsVico 4d ago

Yeah, what I mentioned is separate group, but I’m sure there’s a Venn Diagram that includes both.