Will work overtime for coins

shirohniichan · August 1, 2004 12:35AM

How many of us put in extra hours to pay for our coin fixes?

I've been wanting to buy some recent RCM products, but I've felt ashamed to take money out of my budget for "real" coins to pay for RCM stuff (mostly for the packaging). I went into work on my day off yesterday to sell enough cars to hit my next bonus level, and I've earmarked $155 of the extra $450 I earned to pay for my habit.

ajaan · August 1, 2004 12:37AM

I don't get overtime.

shirohniichan · August 1, 2004 12:44AM

<< I don't get overtime. >>

I don't, either-- but I get more commission if I sell more cars.

JamminJ · August 1, 2004 1:26AM

I've worked a few extra odds and ends over the weekend to make up some extra coin money. I bought coins instead of packaging, however.

-JamminJ

wybrit · August 1, 2004 1:45AM

My second job, coming up this fall, is to subsidize my addiction.

It's either for coins or to pay my income taxes.

lordmarcovan · August 1, 2004 2:34AM

Back in 1998, I took on a part-time second job, waiting tables for the Sea Island Company, at The Cloister, ostensibly to increase my coin budget, but also to widen my experience (The Cloister was a Five-Star resort at the time), and to widen my social life (I was a divorced hermit who did nothing but work and go metal detecting at the time).

Not only did I put the first bricks in the foundation of my numismatic "empire" then, but I also met my wife there at The Cloister (she still works there). Now, six years later, I have much larger numismatic holdings, a happy marriage, a beautiful daughter, and I am working for the Sea Island Company again, in a Five-Star resort (this time the new Lodge), thanks in part to experience I gained way back when.

One of the best moves I ever made.

JamminJ · August 1, 2004 3:12AM

<< I bought coins instead of packaging, however.

>>

I though this over and decided that was not exactly true. I do spend a good deal of cash on packaging like this:

-JamminJ

python · August 1, 2004 3:58AM

I just got back on the overtime list for that very reason.

Askari · August 1, 2004 3:59AM

That's the first Klippe I've seen in a slab.

SYRACUSIAN · August 1, 2004 5:57AM

And behind the slab, I see the monogramed green pouch , manufactured exclusively by LamminL. Now, that's serious packaging.

shirohniichan · August 1, 2004 7:06AM

<< And behind the slab, I see the monogramed green pouch , manufactured exclusively by LamminL. Now, that's serious packaging.

>>

Alas, the RCM has not contracted LamminL to make official cozies for their products, but at least my RCM coins fit better in their packaging than the NGC packaging for the klippe.

boz · August 1, 2004 7:40AM

I usually get about 16 - 24 hrs overtime every 2 weeks. That plus whatever I can spare goes into my coin embezzlement fund.

JamminJ · August 1, 2004 11:06AM

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That's the first Klippe I've seen in a slab. >>

Me too. Not exactly what i was expecting, but better than having it slide around in a flip.

-JamminJ

JamminJ · August 1, 2004 11:07AM

<< And behind the slab, I see the monogramed green pouch , manufactured exclusively by LamminL. Now, that's serious packaging.

>>

That's some impressive attention to detail!

-JamminJ

mercurynut · August 1, 2004 11:15AM

<< Back in 1998, I took on a part-time second job, waiting tables for the Sea Island Company, at The Cloister, ostensibly to increase my coin budget, but also to widen my experience (The Cloister was a Five-Star resort at the time), and to widen my social life (I was a divorced hermit who did nothing but work and go metal detecting at the time).

Not only did I put the first bricks in the foundation of my numismatic "empire" then, but I also met my wife there at The Cloister (she still works there). Now, six years later, I have much larger numismatic holdings, a happy marriage, a beautiful daughter, and I am working for the Sea Island Company again, in a Five-Star resort (this time the new Lodge), thanks in part to experience I gained way back when.

One of the best moves I ever made. >>

WTG! I like positive stories like this one!

Justhavingfun · August 1, 2004 9:50PM

My clients love it when then see me shopping for coins. They know that virtually the only thing keeping me from retiring is the desire to have enough money to buy coins. So you could say that yes, I do work overtime for time. Like for about 2 years.

Just Having Fun!

Zulan · August 1, 2004 9:58PM

I just cashed in some stock options... to pay for coins.

and a new Metal Detector. To look for more coins.

SYRACUSIAN · August 1, 2004 10:41PM

Zulan, you're the man

that we'd all like to be

SPEEDracer · August 1, 2004 11:20PM

What's overtime?

shirohniichan · August 2, 2004 1:26PM

<< Back in 1998, I took on a part-time second job, waiting tables for the Sea Island Company, at The Cloister, ostensibly to increase my coin budget, but also to widen my experience (The Cloister was a Five-Star resort at the time), and to widen my social life (I was a divorced hermit who did nothing but work and go metal detecting at the time).

Not only did I put the first bricks in the foundation of my numismatic "empire" then, but I also met my wife there at The Cloister (she still works there). Now, six years later, I have much larger numismatic holdings, a happy marriage, a beautiful daughter, and I am working for the Sea Island Company again, in a Five-Star resort (this time the new Lodge), thanks in part to experience I gained way back when.

One of the best moves I ever made. >>

That sounds like a great package deal. Who says coin collecting isn't productive?

cosmicdebris · August 2, 2004 8:39PM

Overtime! Not me not ever again. I used to try and get every ounce of OT I could and even worked a part time job for awhile too. All it ever got me was tired and divorced. I was never home and my ex-wife and one of my so-called friends were having a grand old time spending all the extra money I earned.

Now I never work more than 40 hours a week and I am as happy as a clam.

Will work overtime for coins

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