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I am clearly not the only one here who suffers from this affliction. How many is too many? At what point does one become a full blown sunglasses addict?
I buy vintage sunglasses that I never wear because they are external rare.
I hate all modern sunglasses.
I have a spreadsheet to keep track of them; just checked it and I currently have 79 pairs
I figure that as long as you're not sacrificing too much for the hobby and are still in control, it's not excessive.
I collect to wear as well, but I try to sell off ones that I don't use or have lost interest in. Sometimes it's harder to let go of the rarer limited editions that I know I won't be able to find again, but I haven't had seller's regret so far. I have a spreadsheet to keep track of them; just checked it and I currently have 79 pairs, although I've owned well over 200. I figure that as long as you're not sacrificing too much for the hobby and are still in control, it's not excessive.
You motivated me to inventory my sunglasses (I prepared a Word document, rather than a spreadsheet). I am well behind you -- I only have 54 pairs. On a different forum, a guy posted that he has over 100 pairs of sunglasses -- primarily vintage Raybans. However, he admittedly does not wear the majority of his sunglasses; rather, he "collects" them.
This is my rationalization for all of my addictive behavior . . . whereas drugs adversely affected my life, my other addictions are harmless.
Where do you sell them? Seems most of the places I have seen with any sort of reasonable collection of buyers carries ludicrous fees to sell sunglasses. Not sure why. Quite annoying when you want to part with an expensive pair. And unless you know the seller, too good to be true basically describes the vast majority of eBay. Fakes galore.
My wife really likes a pair of sunglasses made by Anne Valentin. Has anyone ever heard of this brand? How is the quality?
Just got a pair of JMM Taos in the "Noir 3" colorway that I pre-orderded a few months ago. I like the shape of the frames but I'm not sold on the blue lenses. Is it weird that my eyes are visible behind the lenses?