Strange feeling. Anyone else?

Hey guys. Today i went to a local monthly coin show. Its the first time i have been to a show in nearly half a year. I have been saving up as much money as i could to take to the show with me and i could not wait! To go. When i got their i started purusing the tables and looking through some binders but i didnt really see much. I must have gone to each dealers table at least 4 times each and i could tell they were getting annoued. I ended up not buying anything and i dont know why i passed on every coin that interested me. I saw lots of coins thati wanted and had the money for but for some reason i was being extremely conservative and wasnt willing to pay more than like 3 dollars a coin. Has anyone else ever left a show empty handed, not because you couldnt find a specific coin, just cuz you didnt feel like buying anything?

 

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No, I think in your case with everything you've told us (including youtube which I still follow you), I think you appreciate the coins more than you want them. Maybe coin collecting isnt your thing. Like I really appreciate old bronze statues but would never shell out over $100 for one. I'm by no means saying this in a rude way but you need to ask yourself if you really want to continue to collect coins for profit or for hobby.

 

Thanks for the thoughts vdb but i absolutly LOVE coin collecting. There is no question in my mind that i want to collect. I wanted the coins at the show i just didnt want to spend the money today. Im going to the 500dealer+ whitman show on saturday where im sure ill leave with no money left.

 

I went to the FUN Show last January with plenty of money to spend and with certain things in mind to buy, but I didn't see a thing I liked. So, I came home without spending anything except for the $2 tip for a free beer at the NGC Luncheon.

There is no point buying something just so you can say you came home broke. There will always be other shows.

Chris

 

Better not buying than buying and regretting it later. :yes:

 

i am the opposite...i can tell myself all day that i am not going to stop at the coin store, or not going to look on ebay, or anything of the sort but in the end i do....and i buy.....but i rarely regret it as i love my little treasures!

 

Just speculation but I’m guessing that you had Baltimore Expo and 500+ Dealers on your mind. I’d be extra careful to spend too much when I knew I would be attending a major show a few weeks later.

 

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Worry not, there is absolutely nothing wrong with saving your money! I personally have never left a coin show empty-handed, but the impulse control to be able to do so is very admirable!

 

Hahahaha I love REO Speedwagon. Perfect song.

 

I've had this feeling (and still have it) for a long time. I've gone to three shows in a row without getting anything, it's odd.

 

Go to the bar. Maybe your luck will change.

Chris

 

I have been to a total of 20 coin shows last year. Out of the 20 that I went to last year, there were about 3 coin shows that I traveled to where I ended up leaving empty-handed because I did not find anything interesting to buy. I always love going to coin shows and I always go to a coin show with the intention to spend money on silver art bars that I have an interest in collecting. Coin shows can be disappointing if you end up leaving empty-handed but that is a chance that a person takes when they go to a coin show. Sometimes you are not going to always find what you are looking for at a coin show.

 

Nothing wrong with not buying anything. Maybe you're not ready to get back in, and sometimes you change your mind in the last minute. I think also, you may need to make up your mind what you want before you go to a show. Looking at too many things you want or like at once may make you hesitant in spending money. Its like getting cold feet.

 

Congratulations form not buying anything! It is called impulse control. I wish I had some when it comes to coins. . TC

 

I have left coin shows empty handed before but it was only because they didn't have what I was looking for. Usually I have my mind made up what I want. I do my homework and I know how much I'm gonna spend. That said, I also take a two to three twenty's for overflow. :thumb:

 

I've left shows empty handed many times. If something don't strike my fancy I don't bite. You were wise in exercising restraint if what you saw didn't please you. Too many people make the mistake feeling that they have to leave the show with something in their hand or pocket. In this case you left with something in your pocket.......your hard earned money. Money that you weren't willing to squander on a meaningless impulse buy. Good for you.....

 

Thanks for the reassurance guys, and yes, saving money for the whitman show was on my mind the whole time. I orginally went to complete my 1940-1950 set of bu wheats but nobody had the conditions i was looking for so i just started to look ar everything. There was one 3 cent piece that i was very interested in but i passed.

 

I almost always leave empty handed. Sometimes I'll find a new fly by night slab I haven't seen, but coins almost never. The stuff I need just isn't there. I get most of my stuff now either from specialty dealers, auctions, or ebay. Shows for me are pretty much a let down except for the people, visiting old acquaintances. I went to the ANA in Chicago last year, walked the whole floor, found over a dozen dealers with stocks of Conder tokens including a couple of specialists in the series, and left empty handed because not one of them had anything I could use. I take that back I did buy a new book on bust quarters. Good book and it adds to my reference library, but I don't collect bust quarters. Spend nothing on coins and hundreds of dollars on books on coins I don't collect.

 

I agree with other posters. I go to shows more often than not and not buy anything. I got lucky last weekend and got a gold coin I wanted for spot, and a rarer central asian coin that I probably could not find at another coin show short of CICF or NYINC in ten years. However, most shows I walk out empty. I actually get mad at myself for being the other way sometimes, buying something I don't really want out of boredom, like a CBH or something.

Keep your money for coins you really want. If nothing jumped out at you at the show, then any purchase would have been a bad one.

Chris