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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1907621, member: 15929&quot;]The term &quot;naïve collector&quot; is a presumptuous term since some &quot;seasoned collectors&quot; are willing to pay obscene prices just to get &quot;what&quot; they want &quot;when&quot; they can afford it and just &quot;because&quot; they want it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I have been know to fork over some serious money simply for a couple of reasons:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. I know that I may not have to opportunity to purchase the coin again.</p><p>2. I do not have the ability to get the label that I am collecting</p><p>3. If I have the ability to get the label, I may not have received a high grade example from the mint that will give me the grade I am desiring.</p><p>4. I have already committed myself to collecting a specific set and am willing to take some knocks for the sake of completing the set.</p><p><br /></p><p>From an &quot;outside&quot; perspective, people do some crazy things but &quot;to them&quot;, its not crazy. It just makes sense &quot;to them&quot; for any number of reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not see it as &quot;taking advantage of naïve collectors&quot;. I see it as something that ALWAYS happens as people are taking advantage of &quot;opportunities&quot; which exist with in the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>It certainly is not something that is new (although it happens much more quickly today due to the internet than it did in the past) and it is NOT something that is going to go away.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can either swim with the wave and make it to shore by getting off at the right time OR you can try to stay with the wave and end up crashed on the shore.</p><p>--OR--</p><p>You can stand on the shore, watch what happens and then make judgmental and critical calls over what you saw.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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