I kind of don't really agree with that. Stocks/shares can be very volatile and quite often, people do lose money on them. Also, in most normal cases, even if they do appreciate, its very creeping and by a couple of (often single digit) percentage points. One'd only really be able to reap investment benefits if one invested in a big way (ie: tens of thousands of dollars). But then, if you lose, which I think is a 50/50 thing, you lose big too.
On the other hand, toys do appreciate much fast in terms of percentage and are more stable in terms of their value.
Just use United as an example. Some pieces can go up by 60% to 150% in price within days. When was the last time you heard a stock jump by even 50% in price within a matter of days? Drop by that amount, yes, appreciate by that amount, unlikely.
Also, it is not unusual that people wanting to sell toys can sell them at their cost price, at least (you can do that with stock/shares; sometimes, you'd be lucky to get away with minimizing your losses by selling below your 'cost' price).
For property, you can see that sort of 50% jump in price, but then, really, not many people have that kind of big money (hundreds of thousands) to buy property at the rate that people buy toys. So, not going to go into further comparison or analysis on this.
All in all, for the guy wanting to make a little bit of money, but with minimal risk, 'investing' in toys is not a bad idea. There are certainly worse things to invest in. So, saying
"If you want to invest, you're better off buying one of those things [blue chips, shares, stock market] rather than toys", is pretty cliche and not very accurate.
Originally Posted by heroic_decepticon
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