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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 4038113, member: 112&quot;]I readily agreed with you on that by saying all of the above to your original question.</p><p><br /></p><p>My comment about the hobby never dying, that was addressing a completely different thing than your question. And I also agree that your comparison to astronomy is a valid one, and for the same reasons. In other words, the individuals who drop out, I don&#039;t believe it&#039;s just because of a bad experience, but rather that it was the combination of the bad experience and coin collecting being something of a passing fancy, as you put it, that caused them to drop out. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now are there some drop out for a single reason only ? I&#039;m sure there are. But by the same token there are also those who have those bad experiences and yet become even more involved in the hobby. Only to drop out later because of life. Or, continue with it becoming even more and more involved in spite of the bad experiences.</p><p><br /></p><p>As this thread pretty much shows, there are almost as many different reasons for leaving the hobby, or staying in it, as there are different people. In the end, it&#039;s the individual and what makes him/her tick that determines everything. And to me that&#039;s kind of the beauty of it all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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