Collection inside a class, issues retrieving data

But you aren't returning a collection here;

Public Property Get item(indexorname As Variant) As Collection
    Set item = pSSCC(indexorname)
End Property

You're returning an element from a collection, so it should really be:

Public Property Get item(indexorname As Variant) As String
    item = pSSCC(indexorname)
End Property

Since all you're really putting into the collection is a string. Does that make sense?