Everyone's entitled to their opinion; that's why 
some person's can't-miss tv show is the same show 
that someone else can't stand, and why some of us 
can obsess over finding the perfect shot of 
character A when 95% of the other cel collectors 
of that series find him a giant jerk and don't 
want to defile their collection with his image. 
*g* 

It's really difficult to compare the relative 
merits of shows, because they're not aimed at the 
same demographic, and aren't designed to appeal 
to everyone. There are some really deep, 
thoughtful, insightful anime out there... and I 
can't stand to watch some of these deep, 
thoughtful, insightful shows because I can't get 
past the lousy character design or the gallons of 
blood. And then there are some shows out there 
that *I* find deep, thoughtful, and insightful, 
but they're so confusing and move so slowly that 
some people won't watch it past ep. 1 or 2.

But ignore that--- the most difficult part of 
your argument is with the idea that the cel 
collectors encourage the production of bad 
animation, by collecting cels from bad anime.

Cel collectors get the end-product, what the 
studios are finished with, after the filming has 
been completed, and often years after the filming 
has finished. But I don't think that we directly 
influence the further production of more 
animation by our appetite for the cels from the 
past animation. Rather, I think it's the people 
who buy the cheesy plastic tv-based toys and 
products, how the manga is doing in the market, 
the advertisers who advertise while it's being 
aired, the people who buy the DVDs and the VHS. 
If it's something that's not even commercialized 
here, I think that cel collectors, at least in 
the US, are even more of a nonfactor. Not only 
are we unable to buy the paraphernalia, but the 
show isn't even airing where we can see it. A lot 
of us are collecting cels from shows that are 
still in the fansub stages.

I'd say that if you don't care for a show, don't 
collect cels from it. But I don't believe that 
the studios say, "Wow! The cel collectors in the 
US are really paying high prices for a series 
that we stopped airing five years ago! Let's make 
a sequel!" Rather, I think that there are more 
direct factors that influence whether or not a 
studio embarks on a costly animation project.

And whether or not that costly animation project 
is "good anime" or "bad anime" is a very 
subjective thing. ^_^

-Cres