Do you coin purchases come in spurts, or are you pretty consistent?

SethChandler

Usually for me, my purchases come in spurts. I don't attend alot of coins shows and I really don't do want lists, therefore I am the one who is always on the hunt, not others for me. Which is easier on the bank account because if I get offered the right coin at the right price, its hard for me to say no! I guess most of my purchases come from local dealers and the two or three coins shows that I attend in a year. When you are on the lookout for your coins time is a major factor. With two young kids and business to run, I don't get too much time to shop for coins. But when I do, I let it rip!!! Hence, my coins come in spurts! What about you?

Seth

RYK

I am pretty steady with a few gaps/pauses in between. It really all depends on the availability of coins that interest me. With all the shows and auctions, it seems that there is always a coin or two in my sites. Presently, I am eyeing two lots in the Heritage sale next week. After that, win or lose, there will be other coins to consider (perhaps in a dealer inventory). The key for me is to always have something to consider. I get frustrated when there are no potential purchases on the horizon. It does not bother me, though, when the purchases do not pan out.

dizzyfoxx

My buying "spurts" seem to be pretty consistently steady.

ER

Spurt

Curley

Spurts...big time. I hadn't bought a coin in two years until March and then in the span of four weeks I bought two! Didn't relax my standards; just patient until the right ones came along and these were both right...REALLY right.

Probably another two years until I find the next!

LindeDad

He says two years, I do good to get past two days or a week at the most.

Jdurg

As a collector of many things, I tend to purchase in spurts when I'll suddenly get interested in a particular hobby. With my element collection, I purchased nearly everything in a few big spurts, and when I do upgrades/additions of samples I tend to do that in spurts as well. With my coins, I went in a big spending spree and picked up the last coins I needed for my Roosevelt Dime collection, and got into an 1880 purchase spree as well. Once the cheaper coins were obtained, the spurt kind of ended. As a baseball card collector, I'm currently going through a spurt there as well. A goal of mine was to have every Complete Set of Topps baseball cards from my birth year through the present. I accomplished the main goal and am working on the traded sets that come out every year. I went from having about half of the sets to having everything in a matter of a few weeks. I guess that's just my personality. When I set out on a goal, I don't stop until the goal is done.

mirabela

Definitely spurts. I go months and months buying/selling nothing, then get real busy for a little while before going back to sleep.

Trime

Pretty consistent. Too much too often.

Elcontador

It all depends on what's available that I like and how much I have to spend when coins do come available. I've walked out of shows with plenty of available funds to spend because I didn't see anything that interested me. If I see nothing that interests me at shows, and my contacts at the auction houses tell me that the lots about which I inquire aren't attractive, I don't buy anything.

OTOH, I found four coins that have interested me in the last month; usually I buy four to six coins a year.

PerryHall

I try to spread them out but tend toward spurts. Coin purchaces tend be determined by availability and opportunity.

dthigpen

Spurts... I just came off of a roughly 5 month gap in purchases.

ziggy29

Definitely in spurts. I can go six months without buying a coin, and then buy five in a month.

Numismanic

Spurts

mgoodm3

Consistent. I purchase one or two coins a month.

Tsimmerdown

Spurts: Availability of an item I want that matches my budget.

NumisOxide

<< <i>Spurts: Availability of an item I want that matches my budget. >>


I agree. Same here.

Barry

Spurts, usually related to shows or auctions. I'm looking for a few very specific coins right now, and they don't come along too often. This year, I've only purchased 2 coins (so far.)

Shamika

I save hobby money in a consistent manner, but I buy whenever the right material comes available. Unfortunately, it seems to come in spurts.

PerryHall

<< <i>I save hobby money in a consistent manner, but I buy whenever the right material comes available. Unfortunately, it seems to come in spurts. >>



Shamika---Do you ever notice that the right material always seems to come around when you're out of funds?

Myqqy

Pretty consistent. Too much too often

That's me.....

numonebuyer

I buy most of my coins each year in a one or two month window.

Baley

The coins I seek are rarely available.

Spurts, definitely spurts

mozin

<< <i>Definitely in spurts. I can go six months without buying a coin, and then buy five in a month. >>

shirohniichan

<< <i>Pretty consistent. Too much too often. >>



That was me before I got a job that kept me really busy.

I collect in spurts. If I run across a coin I haven't been able to find over the past 8 years of avid collecting, I buy it (if I can afford it). There are only a few coins that I'd buy right away without worrying too much about cost, though.

drzaius

Spurts! I end up buying several at once. I'm not quite sure why.

DUIGUY

Whenever, I have the monies to burn.