Originally Posted by
bostonbali
In my eyes, the less stamps the better.
More stamps mean having to get a new passport (or additional pages), often at a cost (either time, money, hassle, or all three).
Additionally, more stamps give customs officers more reason to take their time as they review your passport (reading more stamps), asking more stupid questions (why were you in XXX country only two days?), etc.
I don't care about bragging rights and, touch wood, none of my stamps have caused any questions. I think the stamps are fun. Some people collect spoons or magnets, I collect passport stamps
I think the only one that's gotten even a glance is Hutt River Province. Normally I'd say that's because the immigration agents ask as few questions as possible because they don't want to go on longer than is necessary. The only question that's come up is why I didn't have an "out" stamp when I returned to the Czech Republic but I shrugged and asked, "I don't know why your coworker chose not to stamp" and that was the end of that.