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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prez2, post: 3361750, member: 93969&quot;]Part of what you say pertaining to the &#039;you get what you put in&#039; attitude is a pet peeve of mine relating to an irritating thread I created some time ago. What I mean without getting into it is that I really don&#039;t appreciate the &#039;work for free&#039; aspect. Anything worth being done is worth a price and it annoys me that so many are willing to surrender their labor unpaid, especially in today&#039;s corporate &#039;profit has to be had on every investment&#039; (and hence the abuses of corporate labor). Point being that I don&#039;t really accept that premise since everything I do via the corporate labor market has to be &#039;earned&#039;, and so on. So, I guess if the ANA hinges on the participation of paid members well, perhaps it isn&#039;t for me. If it is truly geared to high dollar dealers and not so much towards collectors of &#039;lesser means&#039; than indeed I probably don&#039;t belong. You seem to say &#039;we&#039;re not Stacks/Bowers&#039; on one hand and blame the members for the lack of interest (apparently) that many share. To me, that says the &#039;big boys&#039; club and it probably isn&#039;t for me. I have many of the same issues in this forum with the disconnect between hobbyists like myself versus the high rollers. I was looking for an all inclusive kind of atmosphere rather than a county club setting. Now I&#039;m uncertain whether I want to even waste the meager membership fee my club offers and instead invest that same money in an actually coin or coins. When the big boys start handing out cash for free or pay better, (or at least NOT expect people to work for little to nothing) I&#039;ll probably keep that attitude. </p><p>Anyway. I am not getting into a whole diatribe on that front again. I was just wondering whether the ANA was &#039;worth&#039; joining for someone like myself. Seems I got my answer. I again, appreciate the responses. I do enjoy &#039;The Numismatist&#039; though it seems also geared towards high rollers. It&#039;s a shame the hobby seems so split in two different directions. It is a product of today though I suppose.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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