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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 1982026, member: 36248&quot;]I&#039;m fairly young (at least in my mind) at 33, and I&#039;m definitely of the &quot;new generation&quot; in this hobby.&nbsp;&nbsp; I prefer to shop online, almost exclusively.&nbsp; I love eBay and Amazon and Paypal and typing messages on CoinTalk.&nbsp;&nbsp; I like to have multiple sites to check and compare and be thoughtful and diligent with my coin funds.&nbsp;&nbsp; I prefer to check 20 dealer inventories a day, everyday, using bots and other automated means, versus dealing in person a few times a year at a show, or a few times a month at a local B&amp;M.</p><p><br /></p><p>But to say we are not social???&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>All we do on CT is spend all day talking to strangers</u>!&nbsp;&nbsp; (Well, I&#039;ve been lucky enough to meet a few of you, [USER=70936]@mainer020648[/USER] &amp; [USER=44004]@Mainebill[/USER]).</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;everybody is in a hurry&quot; is not relevant to understanding why people shop online.&nbsp; The way I do it online research takes more time, not less, than the &quot;old fashioned&quot; way of chatting up a dealer and buying the coin in person for 10% off the listed (or un-listed) price.&nbsp;&nbsp; Well, I guess once I make a purchase decision, I&#039;m in hurry to pay so the coin gets to me faster.&nbsp; But, again, shopping online take MORE time to get the coin in-hand, not less.&nbsp;&nbsp; So really, the &quot;old-timers&quot; like [USER=112]@GDJMSP[/USER] are the ones in a hurry, always having to shop in person and taking the coin as soon as the cash exchanges hands.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; (wait, Doug doesn&#039;t even buy coins anymore, so much for the &quot;good old boy network&quot;) The reason the hobby is evolving more and more online is because technology allows for greater selection and greater convenience and greater transparency, which is GREAT news for everyone involved.&nbsp;&nbsp; The collectors and dealers who stay in the game are better, not worse, than there historical counterparts.</p><p><br /></p><p>@<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/torontokuba.56793/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/torontokuba.56793/">torontokuba</a>, I agree with some of your basic points, but I don&#039;t understand why you have such an anti-establishment attitude to the more traditional dealers and traditional ways of doing business in this hobby.&nbsp;&nbsp; Why can&#039;t you bridge the gap between the old and the new?&nbsp; You disparage the &quot;good old boy&#039;s club&quot;, and yet, the second you start forming relationships with dealers, creating a short list of dealers that meet your apparently exactly requirements, you&#039;ll be a member of one of these social groups (I think some people call them &quot;friends&quot;).&nbsp; How are you going to feel in 10 years when some whipper-snapper comes along and rails against your &quot;good old boy&#039;s club&quot;?&nbsp; &nbsp; Disparaging respected dealers is not winning you any points in my book.&nbsp; You&#039;ve been on this forum for 12 months, and based on the way you&#039;re torn into certain member/ dealers here, I don&#039;t think you&#039;ve managed to differentiate between the good-guys and the bad-guys.&nbsp;&nbsp; Actually, most dealers in the bad-guys camp don&#039;t bother posting on forums, as that requires giving back to the community.&nbsp;&nbsp; You&#039;re aiming your guns at the wrong people IMHO.</p><p><br /></p><p>It sounds like you may have some issues from being picked last on the recess dodge-ball team one too many times, and now you&#039;re getting your revenge by bringing a &quot;revolution&quot; to the coin hobby.&nbsp;&nbsp; You don&#039;t need to tear down the old ways to embrace the new ways.&nbsp;&nbsp; The hobby is evolving with or without you or me, for the better.&nbsp; The thing is, do you need to be a jerk about it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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