While I have been buying furniture and accessories for many years, buying food is very different.
I spent the next half-dozen years buying every Sondheim album in sight -- "Stavisky," anyone?
Hornby has pursued an expansion drive in recent years, buying Airfix and Corgi.
I bought my first BlackBerry in 2005 and owned the company's devices for a good seven years, buying three more.
"Apparently collectors from this area have been snapping up his work for years, buying whatever came available.
He had been in business for nearly 30 years, buying up the end stock of failing manufacturers and reselling it.
In those years, buying property in East Harlem seemed a brave — some might have said foolhardy — act, even for someone who knew the area well.
Despite his past legal troubles, Mr. Weitsman, 42, president of Upstate Shredding in Owego, N.Y., has spent 30 years buying 19th-century vessels made in New York State.
He stayed for 17 years, buying cheap land and constructing affordable houses for all the people moving South and West after World War II.
But in recent years, buying back stock has become one of the most popular ways for executives to use their excess cash.
But due to its sheer size Berkshire has been forced to be more aggressive in recent years, buying up whole firms.
