I don't get it..What's the point of buying

You better hope that trends like these - whether you personally like the or not - continue to bring new people into the hobby or when the time comes there won't be any where to dispose of your collection except Coinstar.

At best we are but short term custodians - and we owe the future our efforts to ensure continued interest

 

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As far as I can remember it was pretty much the same as a kid in the 60's and 70's. Collecting was often about filling the holes that nobody else could fill in the cardboard coin board or collecting baseball cards that nobody else had. In the early 70's my friend's ultimate sports hero was Paul Warfield, WR for Miami Dolphins. I pulled a Paul Warfield "In Action" card out of a pack that he had been trying for all year and neither of us had ever seen. I could have traded that card for any 10 or 20 cards out of his collection but wouldn't do it because that's the way it was. That stupid card isn't worth a dime today.

 

Worth more than a dime (in my mind) as a memory of the friend and the collection.

 

I will say this for registries.......It's a pretty good way to keep track of your inventory in a particular series. I don't/can't compete with the top dogs.

 

True!

 

I guess what I don't get, is all the animosity and insults to other collectors. I understand you may not agree with it, but I don't get the extra garbage to go along with it. There is a specific part of our hobby (that was mentioned in this thread) that I can't understand why they would spend such money on. The only difference is, although I may not understand it, I will not try to belittle them or insult them for what they spend their money on.

 

Check out what they say to those that collect ASE's in MS70. That gets really negative.

 

... or even what is said about ANY collector of modern pieces, or proofs generally. This entire field is AWASH in people belittling what the next guy collects.

 

Upon viewing top registry sets I've heard of collectors scraping the entire series or collection that they had worked years on and were completely satisfied with. No chance in that world unless one has Harry Bass or D. Brent Pogue type loot. Satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment was much easier when your entire world was less than one square block instead of the entire world wide web.

 

I do use NGC's collection management software but I have never opened a registry set. It almost looks like registry sets are an indispensable element of using the product, but believe me, they are not. They make registries POSSIBLE, not NECESSARY, which is a distinction that spawned a Yogi-ism.

 

What you described at the top of your post is, to me, purely a sign of a dangerously sick mind. If that sort of competitiveness is what trips your trigger, a) I'm glad you're in the hobby building it, and b) stay the heck away from me [edited - language].

 

I think I may have bagged on Zombucks earlier, or maybe I just said that I don't get it. I really don't get it, at all. Sorry if I offended Zombucks collectors.

 

Seems it's not limited to Moderns. You have no problem insulting people as well.

 

Sure, I'll insult anybody any day who needs a competition element to enjoy a hobby. They are M-O-R-O-N-S in my view, okay? That opinion will NEVER change, no matter how often you invoke a Clint Eastwood effigy, sir. They tend to be of a personality type with which I have zero desire to share proximity, as is my right.

 

I don't "invoke" my avatar. It shows up with every post. Like your senior picture.

 

I know I am just a punk new member but I think a careful review of Coin Talk Rule # 2, by all of us, is in order before this gets out of hand:
Rule #2 – Personal attacks are not permitted. All Coin Talk members, young, old and in between, will treat all other members with respect and be civil at all times. You are expected to act as responsible individuals, there will be no name calling or flame wars.

 

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Neutral corners........

 

Too darned many thin skins looking to be offended. If having what you believe challenged is more than you can handle, grow up and put on some big boy pants. News flash: there still is no right to not be offended. That is the reader's problem to deal with or not.