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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 402539, member: 6370&quot;]Okay...just a quickie as I have a little time on my hands.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When I first started collecting it was just me, I knew nobody else who collected, no world wide web and I bought cheap LRB from a catalog and world coins only. When the web came about and a forum like this is born I found many more collectors. Sadly I often see them outbidding me for more rare finds.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The first forums I went to were part of online coin shops (I like that cointalk isn&#039;t). These people are going to be concerned about attracting new collectors, more potential customers. So they put up a forum to aid people and attract new customers (less so open discussion.) Nothing wrong with this at all...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I took the same opinion because that was how these forums are geared, to foster the feeling that more people should collect coins. After a while I started thinking that in truth, attracting more collectors, to me, a collector, only means more money, more competition, less coins. Its a bit contrary to a cheap collectors best interests to concern themselves with attracting new collectors. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I know there are a lot of people here who DO concern themselves with attracting new young collectors and worry that the hobby isn&#039;t growing or getting enough new blood. Just wondering, as a collector, not someone who engages in the business of selling coin or makes money from the hobby, what inspires you to want the hobby to have more people participating? What are your opinions on the subject of being a bit of an ambassador for the hobby as well as a collector?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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