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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1243779, member: 26302"]Can I ask you a question sir? Do you still collect coins, or does all of them passing through your fingers every day either bore you with it, or does having access to them every day fill your desire to be around coins? My fear would be I would simply tire of coins, and then it would turn into a job.</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems to be split between dealers still collecting, and dealers who no longer collect. I really don't care if my dealer collects, I just think they shouldn't talk about it. I had one dealer I used to buy from brag to me one day about a group of coins he bought and kept all for himself, the exact coins that I had bought from him repeatedly, (XF-AU SL halves), and he just kept going on about how wonderful they were, and how he can never find this quality for sale, etc. etc. I never bought from him again, figuring that I should not give money to a man who is keeping all of the coins I am pursuing off of the marketplace. Better to buy from a dealer who will buy coins and turn around and offer them to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1243779, member: 26302"]Can I ask you a question sir? Do you still collect coins, or does all of them passing through your fingers every day either bore you with it, or does having access to them every day fill your desire to be around coins? My fear would be I would simply tire of coins, and then it would turn into a job. It seems to be split between dealers still collecting, and dealers who no longer collect. I really don't care if my dealer collects, I just think they shouldn't talk about it. I had one dealer I used to buy from brag to me one day about a group of coins he bought and kept all for himself, the exact coins that I had bought from him repeatedly, (XF-AU SL halves), and he just kept going on about how wonderful they were, and how he can never find this quality for sale, etc. etc. I never bought from him again, figuring that I should not give money to a man who is keeping all of the coins I am pursuing off of the marketplace. Better to buy from a dealer who will buy coins and turn around and offer them to me. Chris[/QUOTE]
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