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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 4246518, member: 112&quot;]Boy ! You just can&#039;t imagine how tempted I was to throw a good natured rib jab your way on that comment ! But seeing as how you&#039;ve gotten &quot;no respect for 64 years&quot; - I suffered a severe moment of weakness and resisted the temptation. Not sure it&#039;ll ever happen again though <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But back to the subject at hand - regretting buying problem coins. I think of it in a rather simple and straightforward way. Whether you regret it or not depends on why ya did it in the first place. For example, I know all to well how people want to complete sets and or fill holes. And in order to do that they often feel almost compelled to settle for either a problem coin or an example of one graded much lower (but problem free) than what what they really want because of budget constraints. As I see it, either one of those reasons is reason for regret.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s why. In both cases you are spending money that is not well spent. Spending money on coins that you fully intend to upgrade at some point in the future, well, it&#039;s kinda spending the same money twice, and for a poor reason - namely to satisfy impatience. And sometimes the way it works out you end up spending even more than the same money twice because the cost of the coin you want has increased, sometimes greatly increased, over what it was back then. Thus often making you wait even longer to get what you really want.</p><p><br /></p><p>The answer to this dilemma is patience at the beginning. If you can&#039;t get what you want, then simply wait and save up for that coin until you can. This usually reduces the total amount of money you spend, and usually reduces the time you have to wait. Both things end up being the plus column for you. And the added bonus is an additional coin you could buy with the money you saved on the 1st by being smart about it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And no, I didn&#039;t start this post without also having an example in mind of when buying a problem is justified - and without regret. That occurs when you buy a problem coin for the best reason there is - because you like it ! </p><p><br /></p><p>Ya see, there&#039;s never gonna be any regret for buying a coin because you like it. The regret only comes when you buy a coin because of an excuse. Throw that excuse in there and yeah, it&#039;s a near certainty there&#039;s gonna be eventual regret. It&#039;s a lesson that everyone should tuck away in their minds, and even better, teach to others <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now have I ever bought a problem coin, and I have bought my share of them, and ended up regretting it ? Nope, not even once. Because I never bought one unless I liked purely for itself <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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