Having accepted Ariel's dictum that "
any collecting is a form of insanity"

I searched the forum for the most prevalent cause/s of this affliction
I was looking for an earlier poll but didn't find any. Thus this poll, for your kind participation, please
The two most interesting related thread I found by the way are Vandoo's
Different levels of collecting, and Antonio Cejunior's
A sociological and anthropological question.
Thanks for participating!