Do you like the coins you purchased? If you said yes, then it is a steal. If you said no, then it is not a steal.
Well take it easy. All that matters is what he thinks of the coins. While I do realize he asked for our critique, your response was very juvenile.
I felt that his response gave this thread an uplifting sense of youthful expression. Most coin collectors tend to be old men and retirees so if one posting was "juvenile" then so be it, accept it in stride.
What ever he thinks is great and as long as he's happy with it then it's all good. I just gave him my response regardless if it was "juvenile" or not.
They way I look at is in ten years from now you will be wishing you bought silver at $65 a ounce today.
No, if he likes the coins, then he likes the coins, but that doesn't make it a "steal". I doubt that the original poster was asking about a steal in terms of enjoyment, as opposed to value. Based on the information provided, no, the buyer did not get a steal, and likely, overpaid.
Well, I think three pages in this thread is enough advice this new collector needs to be successful in future purchases. Luckily he didn't go out and blow $10k on silver halves at the price he paid. I don't think any one of us would ever live it down. Luckily, he has us to instill good purchase decisions and education in coins and PM's, he will be okay from here.
Exactly. Was it a steal? No, it wasn't. He likely overpaid. Was it a terrible mistake? No, it wasn't. I've made way worse purchases. Most of us who've been collecting a while have made a few downright terrible purchases, and this definitely wasn't one. I once bid a small lot of junk IHCs up at a live auction because I misread a date and the shill bidder knew I thought I had something when I really didn't. THAT was a mistake. This is just overpaying a little, which most of us do more than we may realize.
We all get burned periodically, its just exactly what "lesson" did we learn from it? A slap on the hand is much more reasonable than losing your kid's tuition money.
