Show me the money or show me the fun...

joeykoins · April 21, 2016 3:25AM

Hi guy's, I'm curious. Is there anybody out there when first joining this hobby, thought of making a profit? I certainly didn't. I joined for the fun of collecting beautiful and interesting coins. Just as a kid, when first starting to collect baseball cards. I only thought of the fun and the interest of the players and their stats. Never the money! To note, I wasn't that young at collecting baseball cards either. All I know is that if I never sold one item in my collection, today I would have a huge quantity of sets, coins and slabs. I mean, HUGE! It's funny how everything that starts out just to be fun, turns into a business. EX: All sports and other things... Just curious. Thanks

TwoSides2aCoin · April 21, 2016 6:09AM

Life is fun. Enjoy.

silverpop · April 21, 2016 6:10AM

collecting is my main goal, making money is second

Boosibri · April 21, 2016 6:14AM

I didn't start with the idea of taking a loss, so yes

AUandAG · April 21, 2016 6:16AM

Never considered making money until I was 40 years into the hobby. Then when I needed to find a huge down payment they sure came in handy!

Still do it for the fun but if push comes to shove then off they go.

bob

USMarine6 · April 21, 2016 7:28AM

I buy and sell so I can afford better coins for my box of 20

jwitten · April 21, 2016 7:31AM

I also buy and sell to "support" my habit. I buy what I like, then if I get an offer for a decent profit, I take it.

grip · April 21, 2016 9:14AM

Originally posted by: jwitten
I also buy and sell to "support" my habit. I buy what I like, then if I get an offer for a decent profit, I take it.

Bingo!

hchcoin · April 21, 2016 11:08AM

I enjoy the buying and selling part of coin collecting a lot. That's what makes it fun for me. The chance for the big score. Once you hit it big with a coin, it is quite addicting to try and do it again and again.

DollarAfterDollar · April 21, 2016 12:00PM

I've said many times.............If you don't sell things from time to time you'e never going to understand what a great deal when it crosses your path.