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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 969560, member: 6370&quot;]I do understand what you are saying Gao but to be honest, I would not buy a coin from Vcoins just to support Dougs site (I just bought one and often buy from there, only because I wanted the coin) and I would not buy a book I could somehow get for free simply because I worry about the author making money and I certainly would not be sad to see the works I want given away for free because you are worried about the value of the books you bought or you feel its unfair that you bought something that was later given out for free. I do not believe a person is owed a living wage off me or this hobby, if they can make one, more power to them but it is not my concern how they make money any more than it is their concern how I make mine. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As for the value of your books. If I went out and bought something that someone later started handing out for free (which has happened)...I would not care all that much as I obviously thought it was worth buying at the time. I do understand your point though, if you had waited you would have receive the info for free but there is also something to be said about having the physical volume compared to a PDF. If I buy a book I just assume that its value will plummet once I buy it and I do not think about reselling it as I bought it because I wanted it...Just like coins, I do not sell books or buy them with their resale value in mind. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would love to at least make back what I spend on my hobby and my site and unlike Doug I pay out of my pocket to keep it up...but my site is not near as informative as his and I make my money elsewhere. I upkeep my site simply because I love coins and and to showcase them and history. I have been buying up notgeld to build a searchable reference for them...all out of pocket because I believe his is something people need. People have asked to put ads on my site and I do not allow it. All the same I have had quite a few people tell me they found my website to be greatly helpfull and I help them further if they contact me. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I know a lot of people who collect or study coins as a hobby would love to make a living doing it...I see it all the time, people trying to make this hobby they love into a living wage...good when they are trying to create something that will help collectors, bad when they are just trying to eek a few more bucks out of collectors. All the same, as a collector who only loses hard earned money in this hobby I love, I feel nobody is owed anything from me unless I want or need what they are offering and any time someone offers up information for free...all the better for me, I hemorage a little less money for what I want as there is nothing about this hobby that I NEED. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I tend to think that there are so many people out there offering up their free time to this hobby and so often I find I can get the information I need without buying references because SO MANY people produce so much for free out of a passion for the hobby...Possibly this information is not quite as good as if you have people dedicating all their professional time in research and writing but I do believe much of the information people find they need can be produced for free by dedicated hobbyist who dedicate their free time to the hobby so if people arent buying, I think the information would still be produced. I certainly almost always find what I need (with some exception) Even those references I feel I need I will not pay full price. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I dont spend thousands, or even hundreds each year on reference material, I cheapside my way through everything like this so I can grow my COIN collection as I only collect coins. nuff said from me[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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