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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3103742, member: 19463&quot;]If your main interest in the coins is whether you will make a financial profit, I doubt you will be happy in the hobby.&nbsp; However, if you buy now and plan to sell in 50-80 years, you may find you could sell for a profit but don&#039;t want to because you realize that you don&#039;t need that money enough to send them down the river.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you want to make a profit on coins, study hard, become a dealer and replace Harlan Berk.&nbsp; If you want to enjoy a hobby and don&#039;t care as much for the money as for the coins, come play with us.&nbsp;&nbsp; We have members here who spend $100,000 on a single coin and others who will not spend that in a lifetime of collecting. Both can enjoy.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, I am rooting against your plans for profit.&nbsp; I would prefer the bottom fall out of the market and coins sell for a fraction of what they do today.&nbsp; Those who are in it for the money will dump their holdings to the dealers who did not jump off high buildings and I&#039;ll buy twice as many with the money I have for hobby use.&nbsp; I&#039;m not planning on living to see you reach my current age and I know I can&#039;t take either modern money or ancient coins with me when I go.&nbsp; That being the case, I don&#039;t care if my collection is worth $100 or $100 million.&nbsp; You have to sell coins to &#039;profit&#039; and I&#039;m not in it for profit.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I heard of an interesting survey taken by some psych school.&nbsp; They divided the online/electronic experience into sections like Social Media, Search Engines, Online Shopping and eMail.&nbsp; They asked people to tell how much cash they would take to give up these sections for one year.&nbsp; How much would you need to be bribed to give up all Social Media (that includes Facebook, Twitter and Coin Talk).&nbsp; I don&#039;t remember all the ranks but the average showed Internet search (all varieties as a group) was most expensive.&nbsp; What would you require to drop out of the coin hobby (buy, sell, read, study, Coin Talk, clubs, looking at your collection or even thinking - everything) for a year?&nbsp; 21 year olds might be cheaper than 101 year olds???[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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