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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3094214, member: 76086&quot;]Sadly, yes.&nbsp; It&#039;s true.&nbsp; I may sound jaded (and I most certainly am) but it is just a changing society.&nbsp; Different demographics, technology, expectations, etc.&nbsp; Back in the &#039;old&#039; days people would travel to meet one another in person.&nbsp; It was part of a buying budget.&nbsp; There is so much more to the experience.&nbsp; But that is lost on newer collectors and it may be difficult for me to explain or for others to understand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Part of it was just meeting other people of like mind.&nbsp; Also, people you knew only through phone conversations or (aghast!!!!!! written letters) you could meet in person.&nbsp; I corresponded with Basil Demedriadi and sold him coins for years before I went to London and met him.&nbsp; Such a great guy, but I would never have known if I hadn&#039;t taken part of my budget and gotten on a plane.</p><p><br /></p><p>And of course there is the experience itself.&nbsp; Traveling to another place, taking that chance....I recall staying in London and getting bitten by bed bugs at the Senator Hotel.&nbsp; Other dealers will remember!</p><p><br /></p><p>But, I am isolated here in California (what with its cost being often ten times of elsewhere).&nbsp; Those who live closer to the east coast of the US have amazing opportunities I cannot imagine they do not take advantage of.&nbsp; If I lived on the East Cost I would be flying to Europe probably monthly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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