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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sholom, post: 799615, member: 17753&quot;]<b>how about a purchase not made?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>How about a purchase not made?</p><p><br /></p><p>I was watching the debate about purchasing the mint box sets of Lincoln Cents LP1.&nbsp; I was close to purchasing it, then not, then I was, then I wasn&#039;t (getting influenced one way or the other by the debate raging on CT). . . and while I was watching the debate as if I was watching a ping-pong match, and trying to decide based on all that -- poof -- they sold out, and prices went through the roof.</p><p><br /></p><p>We might recall that after the Harrison dollar sets sold out and prices also went through the roof, that the next dollar -- Tylers? -- sold out.&nbsp; Then they came back on sale and everyone here was in a mad rush to get more.&nbsp; I was skeptical, but everybody here was so sure that the prices would jump, I purchased a bunch of sets (and I even remember writing: &quot;I hope you guys know what I&#039;m doing&quot;).&nbsp; Well, deliveries took a while, the price didn&#039;t jump so much, and people started regretting their purchase and returning them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Among other things I learned that this forum has a bunch of folks who have a whole lot of knowledge about coins, but not quite as much knowledge about what prices are going to be in the future.&nbsp; (Mark Twain was rumored to have said something like: &quot;predictions are hard, especially the ones for the future&quot;)</p><p><br /></p><p>So, anyways, in answer to a question not asked: my biggest coin regret was not purchasing the LP1 sets.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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