I am not a "collector". I am an "accumulator". Whether it was buying a gun as a base to build a new match gun, or because the agency went to a new issue sidearm, and I preferred to carry my own, rather than city property....I ended up accumulating more guns than I need. I have way more AR platform rifles and carbines, and 1911s than I will ever need because I just flat like building them, so they accumulate.
I admit, yes, sometimes I make whim purchases, like the stupid X-Frame I bought, or because whatever it may be is a "good deal" like a Sig P229 I bought not long ago. Every once in a while, I go through the accumulation and trade off, or sell off ones that I have never shot, or won't actually carry. But hey, if you like to collect or buy whatever X Brand boomer because it's the new gee whizz thing....more power to you. It's better than pissing away money on wives, strippers, and cocaine. I mean unless you like collecting wives who are strippers addicted to cocaine. It's not my place to judge. You do you.