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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3031558, member: 76863"]So? In the age of internet transactions sticking to slabbed coins minimizes risk and allows them to sell them easier if the time comes. Far more shady things happen in the raw coin market and it seems rather intelligent to me for people to minimize their risk as they learn. Learning or having an understanding their own or the purchasing venues limitations doesn't make someone clueless or a plastic buyer. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There's clueless people in everything, my point was their existence is greatly overblown on forum discussions. Often times these supposed clueless collectors is really just saying "I don't agree with how/what they collect or understand their markets so they must not be as smart as me". Modern collectors come to mind as a great example of how it's really just name calling and demeaning to other collectors trying to brow beat them into what someone else wants. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No it's not. It's buyers who buy coins already graded. Unless you're talking about the sample slab market or the generation slab collectors the overwhelming majority are collectors buying graded coins that they like. No one is going "I hate this coin but it says its xyz so I'll take it"</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That's happened to everyone if they bothered to further their learning.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3031558, member: 76863"]So? In the age of internet transactions sticking to slabbed coins minimizes risk and allows them to sell them easier if the time comes. Far more shady things happen in the raw coin market and it seems rather intelligent to me for people to minimize their risk as they learn. Learning or having an understanding their own or the purchasing venues limitations doesn't make someone clueless or a plastic buyer. There's clueless people in everything, my point was their existence is greatly overblown on forum discussions. Often times these supposed clueless collectors is really just saying "I don't agree with how/what they collect or understand their markets so they must not be as smart as me". Modern collectors come to mind as a great example of how it's really just name calling and demeaning to other collectors trying to brow beat them into what someone else wants. No it's not. It's buyers who buy coins already graded. Unless you're talking about the sample slab market or the generation slab collectors the overwhelming majority are collectors buying graded coins that they like. No one is going "I hate this coin but it says its xyz so I'll take it" That's happened to everyone if they bothered to further their learning.[/QUOTE]
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