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<p>[QUOTE="mlov43, post: 2404433, member: 16729"]It may be worse than that: More like "fast, easy, and fun."</p><p><br /></p><p>This phenomenon has increased over the decades, and is setting up many a young person for some serious disappointment when they find out that they aren't rock stars, or the bright, shiny center-of-the-universe their parents and advertising told them they were. Luckily, there are enough young people who are quick studies of life and figure these things out before they get too old... </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the OP: The negativity about dealers needs to be qualified a little perhaps. Let's remember that it is dealers that "move" pretty much all the coins around, and thanks to their self-interest, they get these coins before our eyes for consideration. Without dealers, there would certainly be fewer coins out there for consideration. And without them, the value of all of our coins would probably disappear. ...Hey, maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing, huh?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mlov43, post: 2404433, member: 16729"]It may be worse than that: More like "fast, easy, and fun." This phenomenon has increased over the decades, and is setting up many a young person for some serious disappointment when they find out that they aren't rock stars, or the bright, shiny center-of-the-universe their parents and advertising told them they were. Luckily, there are enough young people who are quick studies of life and figure these things out before they get too old... As for the OP: The negativity about dealers needs to be qualified a little perhaps. Let's remember that it is dealers that "move" pretty much all the coins around, and thanks to their self-interest, they get these coins before our eyes for consideration. Without dealers, there would certainly be fewer coins out there for consideration. And without them, the value of all of our coins would probably disappear. ...Hey, maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing, huh?[/QUOTE]
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