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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 812749, member: 13650&quot;]I have to agree and disagree with this.&nbsp;&nbsp; Yes, you do see the threads all the time and for some, you could never pay a cheap enough price for anything for them to think you did well.&nbsp; &nbsp; Basically, I just don&#039;t want to get ripped off, but I am willing to pay a fair price for things.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t expect a seller to lose money for me.&nbsp; &nbsp; Many times I&#039;ve made offers to sellers on ebay.&nbsp; Reasonable offers.&nbsp; And they get rejected or ignored every time.&nbsp; And, it can be hit or miss at shows where prices are already inflated anyway.&nbsp; Doesn&#039;t matter who you deal with.&nbsp;&nbsp; So some people act like they know what prices &#039;should&#039; be but they can&#039;t possibly be buying anything themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; At times it does seem like a dog eat dog hobby by the way people talk.&nbsp; But on the flip side, look at the contest forum here.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve won in contests here.&nbsp; I&#039;ve held my own contest here and gave stuff away.&nbsp; Many people have had several contests giving away a lot of neat stuff.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve never been involved with a forum where people had free contests for each other.&nbsp;&nbsp; That&#039;s far from being greedy.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I think there may just be a lot of old dealers that are burnt out on the hobby side and are mainly focused on the profit side of things now.&nbsp; Which gives everybody an unjustified negative label.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; As a collector, I like to sit back and look how far I&#039;ve come in a short period of time, personally.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m picky enough now to where I dont want every coin I see.&nbsp; Not even close anymore.&nbsp; I actually have a hard time finding good stuff that I want and can afford.&nbsp; Which is kind of nice.&nbsp; I suspect many get to that point eventually.&nbsp;&nbsp; My desire to acquire more has diminished over time.&nbsp; &nbsp; But it&#039;s still there, for sure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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