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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Endeavor, post: 2230759, member: 60292&quot;]I think we all agree when it comes to describing registry sets as a game of &quot;one-ups-man-ship&quot; which drive prices to insanely high amounts. This is the reason why I do think they affect prices for some coins beyond the top pops, although agreed, probably not as much (or to as many) as I was making it out to seem earlier.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like yourself, I also don&#039;t feel the <i>need</i> to get into competing with others. Mainly because it makes it much more expensive to collect! If the competition wouldn&#039;t raise prices by so much, then maybe it would be fun to participate in registry sets. Not to the extent where you become obsessed or make it the main objective of your collecting, but just for a little extra fun. Of course we know this not the reality of it though.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As for &quot;do little to expand the collector base&quot;, I don&#039;t know if that&#039;s necessarily true. I guess that depends on your definition of collector. If by collector you mean a purest, then that&#039;s probably true. However the registry&#039;s have brought in a lot of non-purest (investor type collectors) simply because of the money. If you include these people then the base has certainly expanded.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>BOOM! Take that registry set clowns*!</p><p><br /></p><p>On a serious note, I think you&#039;re talking about the purest collectors here. These are the collectors that are more knowledgeable about coins and their history. These people tend to be the ones you see buying classic coins for large sums of money at fancy auctions. However, there is also another breed of collector out there. They seem to be the younger crowd which prefers to buy labels nor cares about history. They too can shell out some big bucks despite being younger (perhaps they are spending trust fund money??). I&#039;m not saying one is better than the other, just pointing out that they both exist.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">*Does not apply to those that purchase from me</font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dispels? So you believe that there are more participating than not participating? I honestly have no idea which has more, but this part would be in disagreement with Medoraman who stated earlier he believes there are less people participating. Interesting to see the numbers behind your analysis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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