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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor, post: 806439, member: 5454&quot;]Probably the way I look at it too.&nbsp; For a solid return I go to CDs&nbsp; [certificates of deposit].&nbsp; None pay more than 3 percent but none are tied up for longer than 4 years.&nbsp; It&#039;s minimal but it pays.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; The coins are more risky.&nbsp; Even if the price guides say your coin just increased in value 30% you still have to market that thing.</p><p>What will it cost to bring that coin to market?</p><p>How are you so sure you can find a buyer at that premium?</p><p>What will it cost in auction/eBay/Paypal/dealer fees to bring a sale?&nbsp; How much are you giving to the middleman?&nbsp; And that&#039;s the story in a nutshell.</p><p>&nbsp; For the &quot;mainly collecting&quot; side of things; well it&#039;s a free for all is it not?</p><p>If you don&#039;t care about a return on your money spent and are not in it for profit then buy what you want.</p><p>&nbsp; The human behavior part of this is most assuredly obsessive/compulsive.</p><p>&nbsp;It goes back to the hunter gatherer personality roots.</p><p>However, one must be careful in application of the term &quot;disorder&quot;.</p><p>Is it a disorder?&nbsp; That is debatable.&nbsp; You are not a neurotic, psychotic&nbsp; or social psychopath.&nbsp; OK so maybe you are neurotic about it.&nbsp; LOL</p><p>But unless you are not paying the bills first or not feeding your family, your activities are not destructive.</p><p>&nbsp;So this brings us up a notch on Maslow&#039;s hierarchy of needs pyramid to the pleasure level.&nbsp; Love and belonging then self actualization.</p><p>In essence you are consiously or unconsiously rewarding yourself for not screwing up your life and the world around you.</p><p>&nbsp;So obsessive/compulsive be damned.&nbsp; I say carry on collecting and don&#039;t worry about it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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