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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 331074, member: 2972&quot;]So, on the one hand you can &quot;pretty much guarantee&quot; and on the other hand there is &quot;no way of knowing&quot;.&nbsp; Hmmm....</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I am well aware of Usenet, Fidonet, and other online forums, and my use of them predates the rise in prices in &#039;88-&#039;89.&nbsp; To point to them as a reason for the rise in price is experienced in this timeframe is flat out wrong.&nbsp; I&#039;d have to see when rec.coin.collecting was started, but I would be surprised if it was any earlier than the early to middle 90&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I agree with you that the Internet has had an effect.&nbsp; However, I do not believe that it is the primary reason you suggest that it is, and given that there is &quot;no way of knowing&quot;, it is hardly a &quot;guarantee&quot;.&nbsp; Which was the point of my response above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I would point to the following as increasing prices (i.e. demand) over the past twenty years:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) TPGs</p><p>2) Internet (and eBay)</p><p>3) State Quarter program</p><p>4) Overall economic conditions (i.e. disposable incomes, consumer confidence, inflation)</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, to point to one of these, the Internet, as the root of the price concern is to ignore other very important factors...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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