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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2741827, member: 19463&quot;]I prefer to look at the above in the opposite way.&nbsp; When I see a coin I like and can afford, I don&#039;t let the fact it was not on my list stop me.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Want List:</p><p>1.&nbsp; Coins that speak to me more than they do to most people.</p><p>2.&nbsp; Coins I (or most people) never before knew existed.</p><p>3.&nbsp; Coins I can reasonably figure I may not see again &#039;this life&#039;.</p><p>4.&nbsp; Coins I know I will regret not buying before I get home from the show or before the sale closes.&nbsp; </p><p>5.&nbsp; Coins that have merit but few &#039;normal&#039; people want but only if I think I know why and disagree.</p><p>6.&nbsp; Coins I feel are worth the cost when it means I don&#039;t buy something else.</p><p><br /></p><p>Few coins make all six list criteria.&nbsp; Coins missing point #1 have little chance.&nbsp; Sometimes I&#039;m wrong and a #3 has to be purchased again because I can&#039;t admit I was so wrong.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Curtis Clay has said that collectors collect to have things their friends don&#039;t/can&#039;t have.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think he may be right in many cases but we need to avoid buying things that those friends would not even want to see or the point is lost.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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