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<p>[QUOTE="Owle, post: 1765164, member: 22004"]Another thought on the topic of coins as investments; it is interesting that some claim pure motives, i.e. they only bought coins that they liked, not to make money. Question: if this is so do these same people ever lose an opportunity to take advantage of a $$$ profit on their carefully purchased nice coins? I seriously doubt it. </p><p> </p><p>I was reading an article on "peace of mind" by Robert Ringer ("Winning through Intimidation") who gives the example of the extremely successful Jim Blanchard, coin investment promoter:</p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">"I remember Jim once telling me about a guy who had shafted him out of a lot of money. I asked how he could be so calm about it, and I’ll never forget his response: “I'’ve found that it’s disarming just to smile, be polite, and act as though nothing is wrong. " </span></font><a href="https://robertringer.com/peace-of-mind-part-v/?inf_contact_key=9688537664eb15a05a782d8a9a54739cd4ee5f2a3bb7015645b911209e4a4e5f" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://robertringer.com/peace-of-mind-part-v/?inf_contact_key=9688537664eb15a05a782d8a9a54739cd4ee5f2a3bb7015645b911209e4a4e5f" rel="nofollow">https://robertringer.com/peace-of-mind-part-v/?inf_contact_key=9688537664eb15a05a782d8a9a54739cd4ee5f2a3bb7015645b911209e4a4e5f</a></p><p> </p><p>Easy to do when you are rolling in dough....I know a fellow who was shafted by the company buying an MS67 $2 1/2 Indian (common date) as a "rare" coin sure to appreciate as the new "suckers" rolled through the investment gateway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Owle, post: 1765164, member: 22004"]Another thought on the topic of coins as investments; it is interesting that some claim pure motives, i.e. they only bought coins that they liked, not to make money. Question: if this is so do these same people ever lose an opportunity to take advantage of a $$$ profit on their carefully purchased nice coins? I seriously doubt it. I was reading an article on "peace of mind" by Robert Ringer ("Winning through Intimidation") who gives the example of the extremely successful Jim Blanchard, coin investment promoter: [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]"I remember Jim once telling me about a guy who had shafted him out of a lot of money. I asked how he could be so calm about it, and I’ll never forget his response: “I'’ve found that it’s disarming just to smile, be polite, and act as though nothing is wrong. " [/COLOR][/FONT][url]https://robertringer.com/peace-of-mind-part-v/?inf_contact_key=9688537664eb15a05a782d8a9a54739cd4ee5f2a3bb7015645b911209e4a4e5f[/url] Easy to do when you are rolling in dough....I know a fellow who was shafted by the company buying an MS67 $2 1/2 Indian (common date) as a "rare" coin sure to appreciate as the new "suckers" rolled through the investment gateway.[/QUOTE]
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