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Honestly, how long can you go between purchases?

ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
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Assume you have the money and time to shop. How much "will-power" do you have?

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  • KoinlinkKoinlink Posts: 593 ✭✭✭
    Not a lot!! I'm having buy withdrawals now! It's seems like a month is a year when I haven't bought anything!!
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm getting more restrained as time goes on... I'd like to think that more and more I can wait between purchases.

    That said, I only got four coins in three days at FUN, while at a regional Boston show a few weeks ago I got at least half a dozen and spent much more. If the right coins are there, I buy.
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  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,502 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not a matter of self-discipline...instead it is a matter of availability of the right coin. Sometimes there are nice coins available a couple times in a week, sometimes it could be one in two months.
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  • eyoung429eyoung429 Posts: 6,374 ✭
    We gotta get the post office or fed ex to start delivering on Sundays....this one day hiatus is killing me.
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  • LeeGLeeG Posts: 12,162 ✭


    << <i>instead it is a matter of availability of the right coin >>


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    But self control does play a factor also. I'm getting better here also. I'm happy with a coin every month or so.image
  • joefrojoefro Posts: 1,872 ✭✭


    << <i>Honestly, how long can you go between purchases? >>



    Coincidentally, about as long as I go between paychecks. image
    Lincoln Cent & Libertad Collector
  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    As long as I'm hunting, I pretty good with a couple purchases a month.... any less, and I start getting freaky.... image
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  • LincolnCentManLincolnCentMan Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭✭
    ...about a month.

    David
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  • 66Tbird66Tbird Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭
    I'm getting to the point of 'the right coin' for my collection much easier. Unfortunatly two have gone by while waiting for a four figure refund from a board member. Stay tuned for that threadimage
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  • constructconstruct Posts: 932


    << <i>

    << <i>instead it is a matter of availability of the right coin >>


    image

    But self control does play a factor also. I'm getting better here also. I'm happy with a coin every month or so.image >>



    About a month between purchases for me too. But each of my purchases will be two or more coins. I'm also counting a show as a single purchase for purposes of this thread. image
    The strangest things seem suddenly routine.
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭



    << <i>Unfortunatly two have gone by while waiting for a four figure refund from a board member. >>


    Nothing is worse than finding the right coin, but not having the money just yet to pick it up.

    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,119 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Nothing is worse than finding the right coin, but not having the money just yet to pick it up. >>



    Amen to THAT!!
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  • 66Tbird66Tbird Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭


    << <i><< Nothing is worse than finding the right coin, but not having the money just yet to pick it up. >
    >Amen to THAT!! >>



    Losing the money is worseimage Missing out on the coin is a close second.
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  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,039 ✭✭✭✭✭
    bout a month too
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  • TorinoCobra71TorinoCobra71 Posts: 8,054 ✭✭✭
    Once a month.

    TC71

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,339 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Nothing is worse than finding the right coin, but not having the money just yet to pick it up. >>



    Amen to THAT!! >>



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  • gyocomgdgyocomgd Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭
    All I can say is, I'm not only addicted to the coins, but to the commerce side of it as well. I like action, things coming in and out, something better always on the horizon.
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  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    easily weeks at a time. sometimes a month. but a coin a month
    is about right. sometimes two.

    over time this will slow down as holes get filled so to speak.
  • rec78rec78 Posts: 5,746 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not a matter of self-discipline...instead it is a matter of availability of the right coin. Sometimes there are nice coins available a couple times in a week, sometimes it could be one in two months.
    image

    If the right coin comes along i will find the money somewhere. I have a lot of money that i haven't borrowed yet.
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  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,997 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can go about a month if I had too.

    I buy about 2 coins per month.

  • 777777 Posts: 1,056
    About 5 min. image
  • Freak1cFreak1c Posts: 714
    I always seem to find something I need every few weeks.

    Freak
  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A few hours if I have the money, longer if I don't!!!!
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  • 09sVDB09sVDB Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭
    not much!
  • BustmanBustman Posts: 1,911 ✭
    I'm currently going through my longest span without purchasing a coin ( a little over 2 months). I'm concentrating on early commems with nice color. Not for a lack of trying, but I have not been able to find anything that excites me. I'm starting to get the shakes.image
  • mozeppamozeppa Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭
    bought one 1 minute ago....i need a fix!
  • FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭
    I am in no hurry to put my sets together. I have not acquired a coin in nearly 3 months. I hope to do some buying at the Atlanta ANA, but if I can't find any coins to fit the bill I will gladly come home empty handed. 2005 was a record buying year for me as I added 16 significant coins to my collection. My checkbook was a victum of the record setting activity. This year I will be happy if I acquire 8 significant coins. If more, then the merrier. The greatest lessen I've learned over the years is the lesson of patience.
  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭
    I've got pretty good willpower, although it was not always so. These days, how long I go between purchases is more a function of coin availability than willpower...Mike
    Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.
  • MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I've got pretty good willpower, although it was not always so. These days, how long I go between purchases is more a function of coin availability than willpower...Mike >>



    I agree wholeheartedly !
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  • ChangeInHistoryChangeInHistory Posts: 3,058 ✭✭✭✭✭
    About as long as I can go without se.....nevermind!
  • bhartman35bhartman35 Posts: 1,398
    I've bought 4 dimes in the space of two weeks, so the answer is...not long, but I'm making up for lost time. image
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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The greatest lessen I've learned over the years is the lesson of patience. >>


    Patience is as important as money. Without, you'll never put together a quality collection.

    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • CharlieBCharlieB Posts: 441 ✭


    << <i>Not a matter of self-discipline...instead it is a matter of availability of the right coin >>



    Above quote from Barndog is how I operate too.
    "location, location, location...eye appeal, eye appeal, eye appeal"
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  • MillertimeMillertime Posts: 2,048 ✭✭
    With both money and time I wouldn't last a day (or whenever the eBay auction ends). If eBay isn't being cooperative I wouldn't be able to stay out of the coin shop I like.

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