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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tonphil1960, post: 722592, member: 1629&quot;]<b>I think that</b></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;&quot; The chat rooms are filled with the same type of collectors that have always existed. There are newbies that discuss coins they found in pocket change. Big money investors that throw money around with reckless abandon. Bargain hunters who seek to purchase every coin for below greysheet. Registry drones who know little of coins and basically buy high priced plastic. Toning enthusiasts who love eye appeal more than money. Blast white collectors that prefer their coins look exactly the same as the day they left the mint. Bullion investors who watch the prices of silver and gold as if they were their children. Error and Variety collectors who search thousands of coins with a loupe in search of the next great discovery. Plastic haters who think the TPG&#039;s have ruined the coin industry. Kool-aid drinkers who believe only in TPG snobbery and superiority. There are modern collectors who love mint and proof sets and the like. Darkside collectors who live happily in the shadow of the US coin collectors.&nbsp; &quot;&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I love this paragraph, wow you hit it on the head. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think the internet has helped in many ways and has damaged also the hobby. Lots of hobbies and pastimes have been damaged by the Net. Exposure of all things is the Nets&nbsp; asset, other than that I don;t know. It has created a very competetive atmoshpere in many hobbies, to the detriment of those hobbies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tony, a small time collector with a feeble collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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