that's pretty good, definitely seems like a very honest seller, isn't advertising the albums as maybe having any key dates, so that should keep folks from getting upset if they aren't really there. pretty funny though.
Winning bid $288.66 - kinda makes me wonder if that is what will happen to my collection when I'm dead and gone.
Yeah, he does seem honest. By looking at his feedback, he probably has it all spent on hotwheels cars by now. For some reason, I'm imagining a gaudy, dedicated room out there somewhere.....
I'm not going to sit and figure out if $288 was a good deal or not, but I bet it was fun searching through the mess for anything better than the coins I currently have.
DOCUMENT DOCUMENT DOCUMENT!!!! it is essential for collectors to log what they buy, where from, and how much, this way when you die your kids can get into the hobby and not just say ahhhh im going to sell all this crap my dad had. If the lucky person who inherits my collection looks at my log at all they will know how much it meant to me and how much time and money I invested into the hobby- I could only hope something like this wouldnt happen to anything I own.
It's a scary thought! I hear the stories of a young person cashing in their dead grandfather's collection at a bank, and it makes me truly sick to my stomach. If I can't raise my children to find the joys of coin collecting, I would hope they at least have an ounce of common sense. If my wife outlives me, she will at least be able to tell someone what my collection means to me!
I had a friend who was working at domino's, some kids came in and asked if they could pay in change. My friend reluctantly said yes, as long as its rolled or you count it out in front of me. The kids proceed to get a large pizza and hand him two rolls of pre1964 quarters as 20$ payment for a pizza. Those coins were prob worth around $300+ While this does suck... its also how coins get back into circulation so lucky people like us who know what they are doing can get a bigger collection.
