Are you as annoyed as I by the promotion of every useless knick-knack or piece of junk as a "collectable" (alternate spelling, "collectible")? Seems to me the word has some value when used as an adjective in referrence to bills as collectable or uncollectable, but seems rather meaningless in its noun usage noted above, except as an indication that the item being promoted is not worth one's attention. Do you know of better words which can be used to distinguish items of real value and items which have been produced for the sole purpose of sale to a gullible public? (Please pardon the trite phrase.) Should we eschew use of the noun "collectable" altogether?