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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1896981, member: 19065&quot;]The future you spoke of is already the history of the past few years as well as the present situation, but it&#039;s one (I think, ugly) side of the coin industry, not the hobby. I don&#039;t think the past or future&nbsp; of this hobby is or ever was (should be) about gambling. In fact, most people who collect don&#039;t do it as a gamble, it&#039;s not simply about financial reward, it&#039;s not an investment nor a &quot;flash trade&quot; investment opportunity, which is what flipping these coins in minutes after buying them on release day has become equivalent to. It&#039;s no longer an arena of the pre-sale and in-hand offer on an auction site. It&#039;s predominantly for the dealers with industry access to and business at the coin shows to take advantage of, and their behavior is setting the actions of the collectors who attend in motion.</p><p><br /></p><p>This behavior (hype, creating a buzz, etc.) inspires sales of products to those who cannot attend and desire or lust after the returns they imagine others are making. But as I explained, most don&#039;t reach this, while those who manipulated the market, capitalize and devour the hobby, its resources and realistic value of coins among collectors.&nbsp; Reality or not, it is a particularly nasty character flaw that has infected coin hobbyists, that this is some sort of competition as you strongly alluded to a reality of winners and losers, competing and gambling for success, financial success.</p><p><br /></p><p>Baseball like any sport is a competition, even more so when backed by strong marketing campaigns that tug at peoples weaknesses for loyalty to a team, a home town, a nation and essentially what is a form of social control. Go to the game, go early, get a bobble-head, spend more time at the stadium consuming over priced food, beverages and souvenirs-- that&#039;s a captive audience that marketing ensnares and decided for them what to buy and how much to milk the flock for.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is what has crept into the hobby and these are the results.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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