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<p>[QUOTE="Prez2, post: 3423663, member: 93969"]One last update to this thread. I attended my last coin club meeting last night. It just isn't my bag. Bunch of old men trying to dump their junk in the auction part of it (the only reason I even was attracted to it in the first place). Mix that in with a few bored dealers (I'm speculating on the bored part but can find little other reason for their attendance) and sprinkle in several idiots fighting over 50 cent bid increments and that's it. One gent sits up front and has to have everything personally repeated to him, shown to him before he outbids everybody else that might be interested his same interests and viola, you have the picture. Bunch of angry older guys with nothing better to do, trying to impress each other on how much they think they know. <sigh> Just not my bag. I pictured something better. Something of value. I asked this one gent who was offering a 'complete' set of circulated Lincoln cents (including the 1922!!). He voluntarily offered "That's a good nice set. It even has the 1922. Not the 22 everybody is looking for, only the 22d but still a nice set!". I declined interest in it. Upon bidding some asked specifically "Which 22 is in there?". He offered, "I don't even know. I haven't looked". Ugh. The set went unsold without a bid with the minimum bid being 29 dollars. He commented, "Geez, the holder is worth half of the minimum bid!". I can't take it. I scooped up 4 old editions of "US Coin Prices" from 2010 being offered for free and departed. This is the same gent (I think) that was trying to peddle the ANA memberships I asked about here in another thread. What a waste of unpaid time. I'm done. No wonder the hobby suffers so badly these days. That's that. I guess the moral of the story goes, 'If you enjoy bragging to your other buddies in your local coin club about your stuff then, by all means this is for you'. If that's not your bag or if you were hoping to possibly learn something, or something else then stay home and access the internet. Pat yourself on the back if need be but stay home. Very sad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Prez2, post: 3423663, member: 93969"]One last update to this thread. I attended my last coin club meeting last night. It just isn't my bag. Bunch of old men trying to dump their junk in the auction part of it (the only reason I even was attracted to it in the first place). Mix that in with a few bored dealers (I'm speculating on the bored part but can find little other reason for their attendance) and sprinkle in several idiots fighting over 50 cent bid increments and that's it. One gent sits up front and has to have everything personally repeated to him, shown to him before he outbids everybody else that might be interested his same interests and viola, you have the picture. Bunch of angry older guys with nothing better to do, trying to impress each other on how much they think they know. <sigh> Just not my bag. I pictured something better. Something of value. I asked this one gent who was offering a 'complete' set of circulated Lincoln cents (including the 1922!!). He voluntarily offered "That's a good nice set. It even has the 1922. Not the 22 everybody is looking for, only the 22d but still a nice set!". I declined interest in it. Upon bidding some asked specifically "Which 22 is in there?". He offered, "I don't even know. I haven't looked". Ugh. The set went unsold without a bid with the minimum bid being 29 dollars. He commented, "Geez, the holder is worth half of the minimum bid!". I can't take it. I scooped up 4 old editions of "US Coin Prices" from 2010 being offered for free and departed. This is the same gent (I think) that was trying to peddle the ANA memberships I asked about here in another thread. What a waste of unpaid time. I'm done. No wonder the hobby suffers so badly these days. That's that. I guess the moral of the story goes, 'If you enjoy bragging to your other buddies in your local coin club about your stuff then, by all means this is for you'. If that's not your bag or if you were hoping to possibly learn something, or something else then stay home and access the internet. Pat yourself on the back if need be but stay home. Very sad.[/QUOTE]
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