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What is the breaking point financially that would keep you from attending a coin show?

MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
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A follow up to the who is going to the ANA convention.

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  • LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭
    The money isn't an issue. It's the time. I can't justify spending a few days (at least) away from the wife and kiddies.
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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was about to post the same thing as Longy. It's hard to ditch the family in the summer...much easier when the kids are in school.

    In 2004, I brought my son with me to the ANA in Pittsburgh. That will be my strategy in the future.
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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    Right now I can't because we have moved and still own two homes while we try to sell one. That has pretty much eaten all of our cash flow and discretionary income, and there's a fork stuck in my coin budget until it sells.
  • RickMilauskasRickMilauskas Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭
    It's definitely a time thing...being away from the family.

    I plan to try to turn con convention/shows into "family getaways" where the boys can go with me and the girls can participate in another activity that interests them.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,625 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If I have to buy plane tickets, hotel room, etc, I'd rather stay home and spend that money on a nice coin. If its within driving distance, no problem.



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  • GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,764 ✭✭✭✭
    I'm with Perry. Anything witin 3-4 hours drive is okay by me.........anything more is too expensive right now.
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  • ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭
    Its hard to imagine that traveling a good distance (i.e. one requiring a flight and a hotel stay) to attend a coin show for any collector can be justified economically.

    Its expensive. Add that cost to whatever you buy while at the show and, unless you buy an awful lot, the math doesn't work.

    On the other hand, its great fun - and that cannot be measured in $ and cents.

    I think its better to think of it as a mini-coin-vacation and to weigh the costs vs the enjoyment derived. Which of course brings in spouse and/or family considerations as noted by others.
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  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The money isn't an issue. It's the time. I can't justify spending a few days (at least) away from the wife and kiddies. >>


    Same here. Also, I have to keep an eye on my pile of books and make sure nobody reaaranges them image
  • LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>The money isn't an issue. It's the time. I can't justify spending a few days (at least) away from the wife and kiddies. >>


    Same here. Also, I have to keep an eye on my pile of books and make sure nobody reaaranges them image >>




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  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    A nuclear catastrophe.
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  • PhillyJoePhillyJoe Posts: 2,705 ✭✭✭✭
    It was fortunate that the 2003 and 2004 ANA shows were within driving distance. The plane ticket is pretty much the deal breaker. Two days away from home is no big deal, but a week would be tough. You can't attend Denver on a two day trip.

    Joe
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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Its hard to imagine that traveling a good distance (i.e. one requiring a flight and a hotel stay) to attend a coin show for any collector can be justified economically.

    Its expensive. Add that cost to whatever you buy while at the show and, unless you buy an awful lot, the math doesn't work.

    On the other hand, its great fun - and that cannot be measured in $ and cents.

    It's great fun. That's why I travel to coin shows. As for prowling for coins, at least for what I collect, there are more cost-efficient ways to do so.

    Also, big shows are very educational. The experience of going through signature auction boxes of coins in your specialty cannot be matched at home.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Financially, I've been so low, I didn't even know which was was up. I was pinchin' pennies so much that Abe Lincoln cried. I was so poor that once I was kicking a can down the street and someone asked what I was doing and I said "moving." I was so poor once that people broke into my house and LEFT money. I was so broke I couldn't even afford to pay attention.

    STILL, I made it to a coin show. I got a $2 off coupon for the Santa Clara and dropped about $20.00 on a few nice Jefferson nickels.
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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Financially? If it cost $2,000,000, I would probably wait for a cheaper one.

    Say the summer ANA was on the sea of tranquility, I'd wait for it to come earthside.
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  • FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭
    It's not about finances, it's about permission.image
  • tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭
    There is more to going to a coin show than buying coins. It provides entertainment and education. The cost of going to a show with travel expenses and hotel cannot be totally connected to the price of a (or many) coin.

    I have tried to work my work travel schedule around a couple of shows in the past. I do want to get to a large show like ANA or FUN. Long Beach is the biggest I've been to so far, but now my collecting interests have changed so much sice I was last there.
  • ttxpttxp Posts: 576


    << <i>What is the breaking point financially that would keep you from attending a coin show? >>


    If I couldn't afford the entrance fee?
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