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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2390555, member: 36230"]You do realize that this subject was broached with the qualifier "if genuinely knowledgeable enough to safely do so", right?</p><p><br /></p><p>And, of course, it must be assumed the view was based entirely on money because, well, that's what we do. Unfortunately for the narrative, money has little to do with it, at least from my perspective. Time and time again over my years of involvement, I've watched as someone left the keys for last and ended up settling for sub par material, often in the haste or excitement of finally finishing the set. By being open to purchasing the keys earlier ("earlier" does not mean "first"), and again, <i><u><b>only</b></u></i> <i>when <u>knowledgeable</u> <u>enough</u> <u>to</u> <u>safely</u> <u>do</u> <u>so</u></i>, one can allow themselves a significant amount of non-rushed time to wait for the "right" coin to show itself. Now, by "right" this could certainly mean price, but could and perhaps should mean quality as the main consideration with price as a fairly distant second, but why bother looking at the big picture.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2390555, member: 36230"]You do realize that this subject was broached with the qualifier "if genuinely knowledgeable enough to safely do so", right? And, of course, it must be assumed the view was based entirely on money because, well, that's what we do. Unfortunately for the narrative, money has little to do with it, at least from my perspective. Time and time again over my years of involvement, I've watched as someone left the keys for last and ended up settling for sub par material, often in the haste or excitement of finally finishing the set. By being open to purchasing the keys earlier ("earlier" does not mean "first"), and again, [I][U][B]only[/B][/U][/I] [I]when [U]knowledgeable[/U] [U]enough[/U] [U]to[/U] [U]safely[/U] [U]do[/U] [U]so[/U][/I], one can allow themselves a significant amount of non-rushed time to wait for the "right" coin to show itself. Now, by "right" this could certainly mean price, but could and perhaps should mean quality as the main consideration with price as a fairly distant second, but why bother looking at the big picture.[/QUOTE]
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