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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WhispTech, post: 543382, member: 1565&quot;]This was my pm to Peter for the survey.</p><p><br /></p><p>I answered no and no and&nbsp; didnt answer #3.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to my comments. I live in Canada so no idea if this information will be of any value although canada too is struggling.</p><p><br /></p><p>To start off I am not a huge collector. I like to collect the odd jamaican coin when it comes in and there is a few series of Canadian coins that i still collect such as the dinosaur series which is one coin per year along with some quarters and such. If a coin is highly detailed, looks nice, and proof and pure silver being .999 I may buy it for my collection which I do time to time. That is the extant of my collecttng habits when it come to coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>However depending on spot value I like to collect silver bullion if the price is right. that I will always continually buy when i have an extra dollar to spend. I usally buy this bullion to keep for the long term and also as a way of saving money up. As of late I have not sold off any of my bullion since I have been fortunate enough that I havn&#039;t needed too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Something that is similar but is not in the coin genre but is still collecting is comics. I still also purchase comics time to time. Now I can only speak for myself as being fortunate that I don&#039;t have to sell off my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if my next comments are any of use but these are observations I have seen being that my best friend runs a coin and collectibles store in which I hang out time to time. His store has seen lower sales when it comes to actual coin collecting but has been stable when it comes to bullion especially silver. Their seems to be an influx of people coming in selling thier coins though in which he has of late has been having to be more selective of what he purchases and pretty much turns away anything common unless it has silver in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stamps on the other hand have strangely been doing a bit better at his store but not as good as it could be. Usually purchasers are looking for lower prices stuff under I would say $50 and not really buying the more expensive stuff. Also it would have to be understood that he has a loyal customer base.</p><p><br /></p><p>And a bit more off topic and has to do with the comic industry. There seems to be more books that are harder to get coming up for sale in the market places such as CGC and ebay. If you look at the for sales section of CGC you will see multiple ads such as &quot;lost my job need to make a quick few books&quot; or along the lines of that. There was even a discussion about it. On the other hand you look at companies like wizard and such that do comic conventions that are cancelling conventions because of the economy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways it is hard times for some and because of it i would expect a lot of people would be selling off their stuff and the people better off as sually will pick up these bargains.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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