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MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,618 ✭✭✭✭✭
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It's been a couple years since I sold my collection.

It's been about a year since I came back and started a new collection.

Actually I never really left the forum; I continued to participate in theads.

Yet I still get asked questions and receive comments that seem to me as if some people resent either that I sold the collection, or that I came back.

Why is that?

Do any of you resent what I did?

Or am I just being paranoid?

I posted the following in a recent thread -

I came back because I like old coins. There were (and still are) many things about the hobby that I don't like, but I still really enjoy owning a tangible piece of Amercan history and collecting old coins is the most fun way I've found to do that.

I'm better of for the experience because I was able to put the money to other good uses; because I was able to prove to myself and to my wife that I could sell everything, make some money, and walk away; and because it enabled me to come back a year later and start over with a fresh perspective and a different collecting focus.

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    bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,359 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I could care less what you did. Are you wearing tin foil on your head? Welcome back to you and your new collection. image
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    drwstr123drwstr123 Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It usta was a free country...float ya own boat.
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    messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,855 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No big deal. When an artist is done with a painting and sells it, he starts with another blank canvas. Why couldn't coin collecting work the same way.
    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
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    jayPemjayPem Posts: 4,121 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe some folks felt that you were thumbing your nose at the forum and collecting in general...?

    I didn't read it that way, but it seems that a few here may have got their feathers slightly ruffled image

    All I have to say is...let me know if that awesome Geo III octoganal c/s is ever up for grabs image
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    WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 7,078 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not a problem with me.There are NO collecting rules - but there are those who think there are.

    WS
    Proud recipient of the coveted PCGS Forum "You Suck" Award Thursday July 19, 2007 11:33 PM and December 30th, 2011 at 8:50 PM.
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    jmski52jmski52 Posts: 24,018 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I asked you the question because I was curious and because I am considering selling my collection. Nothing more than that.
    Q: Are You Printing Money? Bernanke: Not Literally

    I knew it would happen.
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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think what you did is a great example of very active collecting at a high numismatic level, and find it admirable that you can afford the time and money to pursue it.

    What kind of questions and comments do folks make that indicate they resent what you did? Or are they possibly responding to the repetition of the story again as if it were a big deal?

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,702 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yep - paranoid. image
    Gone but not forgotten: IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal, CoinsAreFun.
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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,958 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm highly offended by what you did only because being offended is fashionable in this day and age. image

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    ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Yep - paranoid. image >>



    Even paranoids have enemies. . . . image

    One of the joys of this Forum is its Humanity. . . . . image . image . image
    "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Geo. Orwell
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    BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,734 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Yep - paranoid. image >>



    Beautiful new collection you have...and yes, you are paranoid. Most people are too focused on their individuals collection to really worry what you do with yours.

    Latin American Collection

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    BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe what you're feeling is pushback from the statements you made when you sold. IIRC, you made it perfectly clear that you were selling and that you had no intention of ever coming back. It was clear (to me at least) that actually staying away is something you wouldn't really do, and it was no surprise when you were right back in it again.

    I don't resent what you did, or that you came back (the more the merrier), but it seems the whole bit about "I'm leaving" was just a ruse. Most people don't like being toyed with.

    You collect in a different area than I do, what you post is interesting, and beyond that, what other people think doesn't seem terribly important.
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    hchcoinhchcoin Posts: 4,843 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think it is cool that you sold your collection and then came back.
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    BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,790 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Personally, I'm glad you stayed.
    I was a bit sad when you sold your collection, as I liked to live vicariously with some of the pieces you had, but I never resented it or had any ill feelings. It's completely YOUR (generic) decision to sell whenever YOU (generic again) want to.

    I liken it to my feelings about living in a community with a HOA.....I will keep my side of things up, but if I do something reasonable, that you don't like, YOU (generic again) don't get to tell me what to do....unless you are paying MY bills.
    So, since none of us paid for the coins you collected, then sold, we don't have a say in the matter.


    I don't know many, hardly any to be honest, people outside of the online community here that collect, so I can't base my generalizations on any but those here. To me, a high percentage of the vocal element of collectors have ego issues. That's right. Issues. They have to have things their way. They have to be right. People have to collect like they want them to. People can't pay more than they would. Etc etc etc.

    This ego is here, it's on the PM forum, it's prevalent with a good amount of the people around here. Given that, it isn't, sadly, much of a surprise that some would inject their own issues onto you image

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

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    SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "One of the joys of this Forum is its Humanity. . . . . . ."
    What a sardonic sense of humor you have, Coronel.

    MLC, a little paranoia every now and then never hurt anyone. I'm feeling a bit peeky myself at this point.
    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

    RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'

    CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
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    lcoopielcoopie Posts: 8,875 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A giveaway is standard operating protocol image
    LCoopie = Les
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    noooo worries here
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    CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,659 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MLC - everyone is POed because they did not get "first shot" when you sold. Other than that, welcome back image
    Newman Numismatic Portal, www.NewmanPortal.org
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    SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,126 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Not a problem with me.There are NO collecting rules - but there are those who think there are.

    WS >>




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    lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,492 ✭✭✭
    no worries

    sold all my jewels and i ran away for a long awhile

    biggest thing is i'm happy to see those i remember here...image
    if no one's happy to see me...it still wouldn't distract my happiness of seeing the ol crew here anyways...image

    some classy coin passionates hang out here...says this lil scrappy sketchy lil bottom feeder
    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


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    astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Your coins, your choice.

    Glad to have you here, regardless of the status of any of your collections.
    Numismatist Ordinaire
    See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
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    nutz4coinznutz4coinz Posts: 902
    In the words of Ray Davies, "Paranoia, the destroyer"...image
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    TomBTomB Posts: 23,232 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You suck. I hate you.imageimageimage
    Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography

    In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

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    BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,790 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Midlifecrisis and being "too sensitive" image

    He must be in touch with his feminine side lately image

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

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    coinguy1989coinguy1989 Posts: 1,056 ✭✭


    << <i>
    Yet I still get asked questions and receive comments that seem to me as if some people resent either that I sold the collection, or that I came back.

    Why is that?

    Do any of you resent what I did?

    Or am I just being paranoid?
    >>



    More importantly, why do you care?

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