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<p>[QUOTE="Breakdown, post: 766413, member: 19532"]An interesting question but I think the answer has to be f) None of the above. Collectors are just way too diverse to group together. Some are clearly only interested in buying a coin if they can "make a good deal" or "get a steal". Others generally are buying for their collecting jones and for some coins will pay well over "a good deal."</p><p>Dealers might fall in together a bit better because in the end, all (or almost all) are trying to make a living. Nevertheless, they run the gamut -- a lot of honest, ethical, hard-working types (hard for me to characterize this as greed). But there are also dirtbags, some of whom have been enabled by the anonymity of the Bay and other such electronic venues.</p><p>Glad I was able to clear this up!:loud:<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Breakdown, post: 766413, member: 19532"]An interesting question but I think the answer has to be f) None of the above. Collectors are just way too diverse to group together. Some are clearly only interested in buying a coin if they can "make a good deal" or "get a steal". Others generally are buying for their collecting jones and for some coins will pay well over "a good deal." Dealers might fall in together a bit better because in the end, all (or almost all) are trying to make a living. Nevertheless, they run the gamut -- a lot of honest, ethical, hard-working types (hard for me to characterize this as greed). But there are also dirtbags, some of whom have been enabled by the anonymity of the Bay and other such electronic venues. Glad I was able to clear this up!:loud::D[/QUOTE]
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