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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2298808, member: 36230"]Buying only via auction, bidding a low max, and letting the cards fall where they may is a essentially a game of chance, and if this was what you were recommending to the OP, it should've been made clear from the get go. You cannot rightfully make such generic blanket statements when, in fact, you're talking about a single narrow purchasing method that almost certainly will NOT work in the great majority of venues. In one of his many past "<i>collecting specialties</i>", the OP focused on, iirc, slabbed mid circ grade bust material, so let's say, only for the sake of discussion, this again was where he wished to collect. Your advice, as written, would have had him expecting dealers to sell him such material at or back of bluebook; how well do you think that would work out for him? The point here, and this is aside from the foolishness of recommending a so-called "<i>dealer book</i>" for a collector, shouldn't be too hard to understand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone with the most basic computer skills and the ability to read can do as you claim to, so don't put yourself on too high of a pedestal just yet.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, that's it... I'm just so jealous that I haven't quite figured out how to buy a $10-$12 book, look at it, mindlessly toss bids in on a computer, and pretend to be some slick hotshot. I do not collect, nor have I ever collected, sir; your attempted insult failed even worse than your advice. "<i>Don't judge cuz you clearly don't know</i>".... sound familiar?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2298808, member: 36230"]Buying only via auction, bidding a low max, and letting the cards fall where they may is a essentially a game of chance, and if this was what you were recommending to the OP, it should've been made clear from the get go. You cannot rightfully make such generic blanket statements when, in fact, you're talking about a single narrow purchasing method that almost certainly will NOT work in the great majority of venues. In one of his many past "[I]collecting specialties[/I]", the OP focused on, iirc, slabbed mid circ grade bust material, so let's say, only for the sake of discussion, this again was where he wished to collect. Your advice, as written, would have had him expecting dealers to sell him such material at or back of bluebook; how well do you think that would work out for him? The point here, and this is aside from the foolishness of recommending a so-called "[I]dealer book[/I]" for a collector, shouldn't be too hard to understand. Anyone with the most basic computer skills and the ability to read can do as you claim to, so don't put yourself on too high of a pedestal just yet. Yeah, that's it... I'm just so jealous that I haven't quite figured out how to buy a $10-$12 book, look at it, mindlessly toss bids in on a computer, and pretend to be some slick hotshot. I do not collect, nor have I ever collected, sir; your attempted insult failed even worse than your advice. "[I]Don't judge cuz you clearly don't know[/I]".... sound familiar?[/QUOTE]
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