My Nerd Shelf
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
December 15, 2015 9:43pm CST
Yes I have one. I used to subscribe to those once monthly boxes of goodies from various vendors of gaming, movie, and comic book memorabillia. I probably subscribed to three or four different boxes over a span of a year.
I got to a point, however, when I said this is just ridiculous and stopped them altogether. At the beginning I Was getitng things I acutally liked, but it got to a point where the appeal was lost, and the money I was spending on "surprise" items could be spent on items I KNEW I'd like.
My nerd shelf is now full of around 20 items. I will probably end up giving away half of those items and starting to purchase directly the things I like from my favorite genres.
Of course some things that pique my interest really don't have a line of merchandise. Like Tudor History. One could hardly find a replica of poor Anne Boleyn's Severed head. Even so, I'd have to be truly morbid to want a keepsake such as that.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
16 Dec 15
That is way too funny. I would never collect a lot of stuff like this. I guess I like a lot of space and besides I would like to see what I am getting and not open a box of surprises that I had no idea what to do with them all. Maybe they will make some great gifts for people here and there.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Dec 15
We always knew the theme so we had an idea of what might be inside. Out of each box I would give away maybe two or three items instantaneously. I don't do the boxes anymore though because in all honesty it became more and more of things I was giving away.
I come from a family of collectors, I have an uncle with one whole room dedicated to his favorite singer of all time. A grandfather with a room dedicated to comic books and comic book merchandise.
I don't want to dedicate an entire room, one shelf will do.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Dec 15
@poehere My ex mother in law always collected shot glasses from each place they visited as well, or her husband would pick them up when he was a trucker.
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
16 Dec 15
@ScribbledAdNauseum That is amazing. I only use to pick up a shot glass from each country or place I had to work or visited. I never had much other need for other things and shot glasses are tiny and easy to store and get rid of if needed.
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
16 Dec 15
I subscribe to a couple of beauty box services. I give away at least half the stuff I get - but I quite enjoy giving it away.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Dec 15
The beauty boxes aren't my thing. I thought about getting one for my sister at one time but I don't know what she prefers, her skin tone or skin type either.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Dec 15
@boiboing Yes, I would have wanted it to be a surprise and there was no way to ask her beauty questions without her getting suspicious. I don't wear makeup and she knows I know very little about it.
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
16 Dec 15
@ScribbledAdNauseum Then best not to buy that for her. BUT with a lot of them, she gets to specify what she wants.
@DeborahDiane (40847)
• Laguna Woods, California
16 Dec 15
With four daughters, I signed up for a cosmetic club when they were teens. It worked well, because there were always things in the box that at least one of the girls wanted!
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Dec 15
I thought about gifting a subscription to a cosmetic box to my sister at one point but I just don't know. I know she wears makeup but what she prefers or even what her skintone is? I have no idea.
I'm not a make up type person myself.
@JudyEv (382240)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Dec 15
It's nice getting surprises in the mail but I can understand that they gradually accumulate.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Dec 15
I actually unsubscribed from these boxes months and months ago. I think I received my last one in March or a little before that.
