HERE THEY ARE...The 15 COIN OCD THEORUMS
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ANY REAL good additions are welcome...I will update the list with qualifiers!
1 -Clearly we are "SICK". We have no control when buying coins.
2 -Bipolar disorder may be contributing to this but that's OK.
3 -We will do anything to achieve this. Lie to wives. Use our kids savings. Borrow from IRA's.
4 -WIVES have no idea what we are up to and we are VERY reluctant if not downright crazy to let them even approach the 'loop'.
5 -Home Equity loans are great for really "big dates".
6 -Waiting for delivery is excruciating. Even "24 hour priority'" is a lifetime.
7 -Many of us have anxiety attacks when we simply SEE a FEDEX truck.
8 -Any delivery personnel is both the savior or enemy depending on the timing.
9 -We will stop everything we are doing in the face of a wrong delivery and drive miles in the dark to retrieve a coin before the depot closes.
10 -Emailing coins is our next hope for 21st century technology
11 -When a set is completed, submitting for upgrades is a sad substitute for BUYING, but necessary to "feed the beast".
12 -Empolyment/unemployment has no bearing on buying coins.
13 -SELLING is a demonic idea along the same concept of trading our children for whiskey.
14 -We are geniuses for doing this instead of drugs, porno, hookers or riding subways muttering to ourselves; although any of those are wonderful "sidedishes" in conjunction with buying coins.
15 -Posting on this board IS another manifestation of OCD...we need to talk to other sick, sick people like us.
1 -Clearly we are "SICK". We have no control when buying coins.
2 -Bipolar disorder may be contributing to this but that's OK.
3 -We will do anything to achieve this. Lie to wives. Use our kids savings. Borrow from IRA's.
4 -WIVES have no idea what we are up to and we are VERY reluctant if not downright crazy to let them even approach the 'loop'.
5 -Home Equity loans are great for really "big dates".
6 -Waiting for delivery is excruciating. Even "24 hour priority'" is a lifetime.
7 -Many of us have anxiety attacks when we simply SEE a FEDEX truck.
8 -Any delivery personnel is both the savior or enemy depending on the timing.
9 -We will stop everything we are doing in the face of a wrong delivery and drive miles in the dark to retrieve a coin before the depot closes.
10 -Emailing coins is our next hope for 21st century technology
11 -When a set is completed, submitting for upgrades is a sad substitute for BUYING, but necessary to "feed the beast".
12 -Empolyment/unemployment has no bearing on buying coins.
13 -SELLING is a demonic idea along the same concept of trading our children for whiskey.
14 -We are geniuses for doing this instead of drugs, porno, hookers or riding subways muttering to ourselves; although any of those are wonderful "sidedishes" in conjunction with buying coins.
15 -Posting on this board IS another manifestation of OCD...we need to talk to other sick, sick people like us.
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<< <i>Let's do lunch!
I have recently decided to let my wife in on coin purchases. I had a rough stretch at work, and she knew I was stressed out and cranky. On Monday, I came home in an upbeat mood. She asked me if things were better. I said that they are now because I ordered a coin. She has no idea, however, about the previous 7 coin purchases this year. I think that by letting her in one a purchase now and then, she will think that she is in the loop, not knowing that she is only seeing the tip of the iceberg. I am very bad.
I DID NOT!!
(She never asked, but if she would have, I would have been off...by about 80%
Edited to add: I have used the old Barry trick before. She asks how much, I say "five" knowing that she is thinking about a different decimal place than I am.
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Great post. I don't feel alone anymore.
Up until about 6 months ago, my wife had absolutely no interest in my hobby. She use to always give me a hard time as I sat at my desk going through my “change” with my loupe. One weekend we were out running some errands and I stopped by a local shop to sell a coin that I no longer had any interest in and I needed the money for some new interests. She walked in with me and I could see that her jaw nearly hit the ground when the dealer offered me $600 for it, which I accepted. I took her to dinner at a nice restaurant on the way home where we sat and chatted about coins a bit. She just could not believe I had a coin worth $600. It never came up and I am not sure that I would have volunteered the information anyway. But, when I purchased it I paid $570. At least I did not lose money to prove my point, unless you count dinner.
MS 1883 Registry Set
How do I tell my wife it's worth $80K???
You had me worried there for a moment!
<< <i>My wife has a knack for smelling big credit card bills. She never checks my bill, but seems to always look at it when I happened to spend a lot of money that month (I don't know how she does it). I knew I was in trouble when I got home and my credit card bill was sitting opened right out on the kitchen counter. She "proclaimed" that I am not allowed to spend anything over $X on coins without consulting with her and agreeing on it first. I wonder if the rule applies to payments by check out of my "secret account" at work funded through payroll deductions.
Get a card for "emergencies" and use that solely for your coin purchases.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
<< <i>16. Savings are repugnant. They are the haunting evidence of the many coins we should have bought, or shouldn't have sold. >>
Signed,
Ditressed coin addict in OR.
<< <i>Please mister OCD guy, what do I do? My wife pays all of the bills! And she's a CPA!
Signed,
Ditressed coin addict in OR. >>
Take pics of other's coins....Butterfly collection?? You're screwed Mister!
<< <i>My wife has a knack for smelling big credit card bills. She never checks my bill, but seems to always look at it when I happened to spend a lot of money that month (I don't know how she does it). I knew I was in trouble when I got home and my credit card bill was sitting opened right out on the kitchen counter. She "proclaimed" that I am not allowed to spend anything over $X on coins without consulting with her and agreeing on it first. I wonder if the rule applies to payments by check out of my "secret account" at work funded through payroll deductions.
I also have the littel deduction from my check but I also "cook the books" a little since I do the billing in our house. I "write off $20 dollars here and there by deducting it from the balance when I write big checks like for the car or house payment. At the end of the month I usually have about $100.00 that I can withdraw without changing the balance.
This is bad but a true confession that I really do have coin OCD.
Chris
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
I compulsively keep a Quicken register on my computer that my wife and I both use. Very transparent, eh? This month, a large bolus of cash with the entry "Vanguard Funds" was diverted elsewhere...and it wasn't no stinkin' mutual fund.
Why are coins and drugs, hookers, porno mutually exclusive????? I've heard that prior coin shows/auctions used to be full of all 4!
BTW -- I think you forgot to add "strippers."
TPN
<< <i>We are geniuses for doing this instead of drugs, porno, hookers or riding subways muttering to ourselves; although any of those are wonderful "sidedishes" in conjunction with buying coins.
Why are coins and drugs, hookers, porno mutually exclusive????? I've heard that prior coin shows/auctions used to be full of all 4!
BTW -- I think you forgot to add "strippers."
TPN >>
By ALL means STRIPPERS are a fine vice!! But rarely an OCD..I think???
<< <i>Give the Mrs. the most loving look you can muster and say " I don't chase women, hang out in bars or leave the toilet seat up-- All I do is play with my coins----dear" It works like a charm. >>
NO NO NO!! That is admission and worse yet, the UNVEILING of your asset that they should never have more than a superficial knowledge of. Let's be real here...coins are a "special" asset class if the little lady "acts up" and decides you are tomorrow's garbage!!
<< <i>its like the people here understand what it's like to be a collector with no family who collects. >>
I think I understand that??? NO..I don't. Is that in Esperanto??
18. Honey, I promise, it is the last time. I promise!
19. "Honey, no it is not yet time to sell. Yes, it is getting closer but we have a ways to go."
20. "No, honey those are NOT more coins I bought. Those are free auction catalogues just to look at."
21. "What coins?"
<< <i>17. "Coins, coins everywhere, but no money to spend."
18. Honey, I promise, it is the last time. I promise!
19. "Honey, no it is not yet time to sell. Yes, it is getting closer but we have a ways to go."
20. "No, honey those are NOT more coins I bought. Those are free auction catalogues just to look at."
21. "What coins?" >>
sound like someone need coin collectors anonnomys
#16 My coins always grade higher than the grade I bought them at (no matter what)
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#16 My coins always grade higher than the grade I bought them at (no matter what) >>
Holy Cow!!!!! I'm upgraded to "member"!!!!!
Happiness is not a fish that you can catch.......
17- A FEDEX "error" should be a capital crime. 24 hour service MEANS 12 hours with a little lee-way!!
18- The Registry is the creation of Satan. It is the equivallent of giving heroin to a college kid. As if it has anything to do with "showing" your coins? Look up "addiction" in the dictionary. It says PCGS REGISTRY. Some call it "chasing the dragon"!
23. Your coins are worth more than your cars.
24. You think about equity as your collection value, not your house value minus mortgage dept.
25. You gage larger personal-life purchases in terms of how many of a particular coin you could buy in a certain grade.
26. When you write comments in this forum, you reffer to personal-life... the infrence being that it is seperate from coin-life... you lead a double life.
27. You've got things you need to get done before work, but you find yourself looking at the PCGS message boards. Really bad cases might even reply to a post!
28. You justify having coins because it's not money "thrown away" ... even though you'll NEVER sell.
David