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You have to possess the expertise to keep and maintain your item in salable condition, which can sometimes be costly. Many articles are subject to loss of value if they are not stored properly, and this could require either specialized storage or an understanding of what can diminish its value, or both.
Many things have future value precisely because so many of the original articles deteriorated due to exposure to ordinary environmental degradation. If you buy one that has been properly kept pristine by a knowledgeable owner and then just put it on a shelf or coffee table, you will never get back what you paid for it.
There are not many 'consumer goods' that maintain their value over time... if they do, they become 'collectibles' and not 'consumer goods' ...
good ones mentioned already are forever stamps and DSLR camera lenses, along with maintained firearms, and also ammo properly stored... Also Water filters such as the katadyn pocket filter, fine wines, cigarettes/cigars, water, toilet paper, matches, gasoline... but it's hard because stuff decays over time.. gasoline will not be good in an engine stored for 5 years. You could also hoard some jefferson nickels, their melt value is over 5 cents each... but you have to be bothered storing all those heavy coins... blah...
Want to store collectibles? Get a vacuum sealer and some oxygen/moisture absorbers.. vacuum seal your firearm or whatever, and you should be good to go until the plastic degrades and loses it's vaccuum. Buy some gold, silver, palladium, or platinum, but these are technically not consumer goods.. otherwise stuff decays...
There are not many 'consumer goods' that maintain their value over time... if they do, they become 'collectibles' and not 'consumer goods' ...
Disagree. The thing that makes a "collectible" is the fact that most of the specimens were consumed. Things made by the Franklin Mint are not "collectibles" merely because that is what they called them and they had zero consumer utility.
Oh, yes. Consumer goods are good investments! Consumer goods produce lots of money! Consumer goods last a lifetime and then!
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