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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Detecto92, post: 1599079, member: 75105&quot;]With eBay and similar websites, you have instant gratification. </p><p><br /></p><p><font face="arial">The psychological concept of </font><i>Instant Gratification</i>[FONT=arial, sans-serif]<font size="2"> refers to the idea that humans like to have what they want right now; not later and they don&#039;t want to wait.</font>[/FONT]</p><p><br /></p><p>[FONT=arial, sans-serif]<font size="2">It&#039;s not just you, it&#039;s everyone. We all want something now. </font>[/FONT]</p><p><br /></p><p>[FONT=arial, sans-serif]<font size="2">That might idea might work when you see a new camera on sale. The problem is that all those boxes in the warehouse of that model, look exactly the same. </font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">When it comes to coins, instant gratification can be a real problem. You see a coin, you buy the coin, but then you get looking it over and wonder &quot;why did I buy this coin.&quot;</font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">Or you might see only 5 coins offered for sale, but they are all ugly. So you look them all over and settle...</font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">Stop right there! You should never have to settle for a coin. Your under no obligation to buy it. If you don&#039;t like it, don&#039;t buy it. </font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">Now I collect bust halves, and their are currently over 19,000 of them slabbed with PCGS. So I&#039;m guessing there is about 2000 of them floating around on eBay now and in the near future. Who knows, maybe a huge capped bust collector will pass away tomorrow, and his heirs put the entire collection on eBay.</font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">It&#039;s been very hard for me to learn patience, but after finding out it&#039;s rewards, it&#039;s coming a lot easier. There has been many coins I almost pulled the trigger on. They are still for sale, right now, and I could buy anyone of them if I wanted to. </font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">However I decided not to, because I know there will be more in the future. </font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">Anytime you get ready to buy a coin, think to yourself &quot;can I look at this coin a year from now and appreciate it?&quot;. If you can&#039;t then don&#039;t buy it.</font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">Now, there may be times where this rule don&#039;t work. Maybe it&#039;s some super rare coin that only 5 of them exist, so at the point, you do want to buy it, if of course you like it. Who knows, it might be 20 years before another one pops up. </font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">So to all you new collectors out there, if you don&#039;t see what you like, then wait a little while. I&#039;m sure within two weeks you may find something you will fall in love with. Don&#039;t just purchase something only because you can buy it right now.</font>[/FONT][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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