Are you buying more or less?

nwcs

In this economic situation, are you finding yourself hunting for bargains or just spending on coins? Or are you scaling back your expenses in buying shiny discs of metal?

Placid

Less due to a request from my wife.

Russ

More due to a request from my credit card companies.

Russ, NCNE

prooflike

I am more picky and looking for better pricing these days.

MAULUMALL

Russ,If I was getting what you are getting I would never slow down.

kieferscoins

I have found that I am buying more raw coins and submitting them to PCGS myself than buying already slabbed coins.

Cameron Kiefer

LucyBop

I had been buying at a steady pace but now I have to slow down and prepare for Xmas which is right around the corner Kiddies!

tjkillian

I'm working on a complete type set and my buying has gone down a lot. All the easy ones (less than $300) are already aquired. The harder ones (bust coinage for example) is very difficult to find in mid grades. When they become available, they go for stupid money.

Tom

DoubleDime

So far this year I have bought less. I'm staying focused on a definite plan as to what coins and sets I want to add. I'm trying not to "stray" off the path too far which can easily be done at a show with all those great looking coins around. I do have some money set aside in case a target of opportunity comes along.

Nic

More. With higher prices some nice coins are coming out of the woodwork. K

DHeath

More, and it isn't as much as I'd like. It seems you have to filter so much junk to find anything worth buying.

heavycopper

I stopped buying for 3 months this summer. I was paying for my new computer and for a summer trip. I'm buying again, but not the Washington quarters. They are too expensive now.

oldcameoproofsguy

My coin budget is the same but I am buying fewer coins with larger price tags. I am lucky to be in a profession that has a really high demand right now. Maybe someday I'll have to tighten my grip on the wallet, but not yet.

stman

Buying more. And with higher price tags. Everytime I say I need to stop for a bit, I end up looking at something even more expensive.

Thats what happens in this hobby, tastes change and so do the price tags!!!!!!

stman

crito

Only US coins Ive bought all year have been a couple 2002 uncs and an extra 2001 mint set, just a few months ago, direct from the mint. That's about it, all the rest have been darkside coins better to be a seller than a buyer in this market.

09sVDB

uying more , but only because I sold a lot of bulk stuff. So my actual $$ spent is about the same. I too get the complaints from the wife.

BlueCole

what ever i can get away with !!! my wife and i have finally come up with an alottment system that we are both happy with, and 8/10 coins have come from this board.

B.

ARCO

I make a third of the income I did two years ago and find myself spending three times as much on coins? Can't stop, can't pace myself...just a coin addict to the hilt!

HELP!!

Tyler

gemseeker

I stopped buying for over a month now. Been focusing on researching travel sites since I will be going overseas soon.

chrisfuccione

working full time again. so buying more. chris

jtryka

After today's purchase, I'd have to say more! Though I may take a breather for a while.

goyankeez

Right now, I'm spending less on coins. I'm limiting my big purchases. Eventhough, I just found a 1952 CAM Roosevelt, I'll have to put it off until I can raise some cash. Hopefully, it will still be there.

I am buying more coins (low $ range) for my raw type set.

danarchy

Far less in the coin end. Not seeing what I want, at a price I want. That is if I see it at all. Spending far more on guitars. AND CHRISTMAS IS COMING!!!!!!!!!!

dan

leothelyon

I'm broke and out of work. I may need to sell the collection and retire.

Leo