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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;numist, post: 2956, member: 35&quot;]I have never dealt full time, but did work for a full timer growing up (grade school thru high school).&nbsp; I do know from that experience that if you collect in what you deal, you will never make enough money to survive.&nbsp; If you are collecting coins while trying to deal in them, it gets real hard to sell the nice, choice coins.. you will tend to keep them in your &#039;personal&#039; collection thus tying up money that you&#039;ve invested in them... money that you should be trying to recover with hopefully a little profit added in there.</p><p>It&#039;s a little thing called &quot;conflict of interest&quot;.</p><p>Since the time I worked for that dealer, I have dealt part-time, setting up at a few shows though I haven&#039;t done that in several years now.</p><p>I guess I am half and half as a vest-pocket dealer (one who goes to a few shows, dabbles with mail-order and online auctions) and a collector.</p><p>Since I am not trying to make a living by selling coins, I look at the money I invest in my collection as purely recreational spending.&nbsp; I sell a few coins here and there, mostly weeding out the collection to use the money to upgrade.&nbsp; Most recently, I have posted a bunch of stuff up for auction, but it was mainly a result of housekeeping&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>I&#039;m sure that there are other views on this subject, but I speak soley from my experiences.&nbsp; Hope this sheds a little light on things.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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