Hi Karen (and everybody)

Jumping into survey fray:

I'm passing on what is most collected since 
people have already answered with what I would 
have said.

>What series do you buy from because the cels are 
cheap & cute, cheap & pretty, etc....

I'm sure I would have answered this differently a 
couple years ago since a few series have gotten a 
bit pricier. 

cheap and cute/cheap and pretty  -- I only buy 
inexpensive Miyu cels (not sure if you can find 
many of them nowadays). But by cheap, I would 
price that as under 20. 

I also buy from the Ghibli film Omoide Poroporo 
because they are cheaper in comparison of other 
Ghibli films (it is a happy fact, however, that 
it's one of my most favorite films of all time).

>What do you look for in cels?  

The more I collect, the less tolerant I am of 
damage/line fading to cels. That's one of the 
reasons I haven't been collecting SM lately nor 
can bring myself to shell out big bucks for a 
faded DBZ cel ^^;;

But price is a big factor with me. I've passed 
over nice things just because I thought they were 
too expensive. To me, there's no such thing as 
"money no object" just because there's always a 
cheaper alternative around the corner. Like Keys, 
I wait for them ^_^ It's an amazing feeling to 
find the perfect cel AND spend very little $$$ on 
it. 

Cel dealers: prices, courtesy, packing -- all 
those things are important. I don't necessarily 
pick a dealer to support. There are many very 
good sellers from whom I've only bought one or 
two cels and then there are other sellers I seem 
to buy constantly from -- but I make no 
comparison to how "good" they are. There are, 
however, some sellers (not always including the 
regular dealers) I avoid because I don't want to 
give them my business -- no matter how awesome 
the cel. This is for a variety of reasons which 
isn't appropriate to list here in a public forum.

Wendy