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<p>[QUOTE="clembo, post: 312253, member: 8033"]A good chance it will be but not from me. They already have WAY too much stuff. My mint purchases for 2007 will be ZERO. 2008 is looking the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mint is becoming nothing more than a "government extension" of TV shows like QVC. Too much "crap" and most of it is anymore IMHO. I'm not saying there aren't a lot of good things but they are saturating their own market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seems to me they are leaning more towards sucking in "new collectors" by offering the beautiful pieces. Problem is most of these "newbies" coime in thinking they'll get something of real value but not being collectors tend to buy the cheapest stuff. Years down the road they dump it for an overall loss.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, we get "lucky" sometimes but most of the time we don't. Unless you can afford to buy multiples of everything and hope something really hits you may as well be going to a casino. Eventually people may catch on to this but I'm not holding my breath.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clembo, post: 312253, member: 8033"]A good chance it will be but not from me. They already have WAY too much stuff. My mint purchases for 2007 will be ZERO. 2008 is looking the same. The mint is becoming nothing more than a "government extension" of TV shows like QVC. Too much "crap" and most of it is anymore IMHO. I'm not saying there aren't a lot of good things but they are saturating their own market. Seems to me they are leaning more towards sucking in "new collectors" by offering the beautiful pieces. Problem is most of these "newbies" coime in thinking they'll get something of real value but not being collectors tend to buy the cheapest stuff. Years down the road they dump it for an overall loss. Sure, we get "lucky" sometimes but most of the time we don't. Unless you can afford to buy multiples of everything and hope something really hits you may as well be going to a casino. Eventually people may catch on to this but I'm not holding my breath.[/QUOTE]
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