Is it worth saving your used 209 primers?

[edgarspencer]

It would not surprise me if almost everyone who reloads, saves their spent primers. I do. It gives me some ridiculous sense of accomplishment. I actually know someone who puts each one back into the cute little plastic trays the new ones come in. (yes, I used to save them too)
Indirectly, my spent primer collection gave me a great deal of joy. Back in 1996, I had one of those blue plastic water jugs that go on the the office cooler, full to the top of the neck, and another older, glass one, also full. I left them behind when I moved out the house I gave my ex wife in the divorce. I told her they were worth a fortune, and I'd be back for them, eventually. I knew, full well she'd try to sell them as soon as my brake lights went down the driveway. My son told me, about a month later, that she was trying to load them in the back of her car, and dropped the glass one in the driveway. I think you can get the picture. Still puts a huge smile on my face almost 30 years later.