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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1550, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Intangibles Are Always Worth What You Pay For Them</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You know, it is common for someone to pay $25 for a coin that they later discover they could have bought for $6 and they say &quot;Oh, well!&quot; and chalk it up to education.&nbsp; But when it comes to the ANA, &quot;I don&#039;t know&quot; is the rule of thumb, the easy way out.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The ANA is 111 years old.&nbsp; How bad can it be?&nbsp; If you spend $35 and do not get your money&#039;s worth from the membership, you can always get your $35 back in complaints, gripes, and moans to newsgroups. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The Library has every book you would want.&nbsp; If you want one and they do not have it, let the world know because it would be an oversight.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Collector&#039;s Insurance covers you when you are on the road with your coins.&nbsp; It costs less if you actually keep them in a bank vault.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The ANA has group plans for medical insurance, car rentals, on and on...</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;Money Market&quot; store has books and supplies discounted for members.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of that and the Library.&nbsp; The Library recently had an Auction fundraiser.&nbsp; They sold off books that people donated for the sale.&nbsp; I got the Lemke catalog of US Paper Money for $5 -- just by asking.&nbsp; I made my bids and got the other books (Goethe&#039;s Renaissance Medals, for instance) and when I did not get the Lemke book, I sent an &quot;Aw shucks!&quot; note with my check and they sent me another copy of the book with an invoice for $5.&nbsp; That is not something that comes in a membership brochure or is placed online.</p><p><br /></p><p>Membership in the ANA has so many benefits, it amazes me that people waffle on this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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