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Message:: [QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3358336, member: 57463"]See above: 10 million people say that they collect coins. 100,000 subscribe to Coin World. How many of your club members do that? We can get into personalities because like all market decisions it is a personal choice. Coin collectors collect coins. How many of your local club members have not bought a coin in the last year? But how many go to shows? Local shows? Statewide? Regional? National? The ANA was in Dallas twice (2016 and 2018) and of our club of 50, eight of us made the 3-hour drive. And I confess that I did not when they were in Dallas in 2012. (I was working that weekend and did not want to take the time off.) In my local club the same eight people are the ones who make the two-hour drive to the state show. (But I do not.) So, it is all about choices. And I could make a strong case for shows over any other shopping because you have form 20 to 200+ dealers competing for your money. And you have presentations and exhibits. The ANA conventions are the top of the show pyramid: more dealers, more presentations, more and better exhibits, and other auctions at the same time nearby. And, I assure you, if you shop the dealers tables with an ANA member badge, you get a different price (buy or sell) than a member of the public who walked in on free day. "What do you get out of it?" is a valid question. And we have some good answers here.[/QUOTE]