How long can you go between coin purchases?

Shamika · September 7, 2005 10:55AM

Specifically, how long before you start getting that itch (twitch, tick, jimmy leg, whatever you want to call it)?

Curley · September 7, 2005 10:59AM

As long as it takes to find a coin that meets my needs/standards. No need to buy just to spend money. Most recently went two years between purchases!

500Bay · September 7, 2005 11:01AM

The itch seems to be there constantly...
The money part is the problem - it isn't always there

The time between purchases is usually related to the dollar amount of the previous purchase, and what I am looking for. Anywhere from a few weeks to a few months would be my range.

zeus135 · September 7, 2005 11:02AM

Ummmmmm.......... what time is it now?

DUIGUY · September 7, 2005 11:03AM

2 to 3 mounths, or untill I find something I want or that strikes my eye.

Russ · September 7, 2005 11:03AM

The itch never subsides. Hell, the other day I was so desperate I bought a Canadian set.

Russ, NCNE

billboat · September 7, 2005 11:05AM

Sometimes months--then I binge.

DUIGUY · September 7, 2005 11:05AM

<< <i>The itch never subsides. Hell, the other day I was so desperate I bought a Canadian set.

Russ, NCNE >>

Russ, please seek medical attention ASAP.

DennisH · September 7, 2005 11:13AM

Usually at least several hours.

kranky · September 7, 2005 11:13AM

I once went over ten years, while continuing my ANA membership and my Coin World subscription.

coinbuf · September 7, 2005 11:28AM

I can go a long time, but I never seem to.

Chris

XXX · September 7, 2005 11:52AM

Jst got home.......so, maybe 14 hrs since I last Bid.......................

garsmith · September 7, 2005 11:52AM

I am constantly looking and buy when I find a good deal - my credit cards arn't maxed out yet but getting close

mgoodm3 · September 7, 2005 12:34PM

I could buy more often, but I try to keep it to a monthly basis.

elwood · September 7, 2005 12:55PM

I've been clean for 4 months.....so I'm due for a relapse!!

Lakesammman · September 7, 2005 1:16PM

Non-stop.

NumisOxide · September 7, 2005 2:21PM

I can go several months without buying a coin. I'm ok with this because it gives me the time and chance to save money for a coin out of my reach.

Myqqy · September 7, 2005 2:54PM

Lately, I'm in a perpetual state of chasing- it never goes away!!!!

RNCHSN · September 7, 2005 5:33PM

a day or two...

techeff · September 7, 2005 6:31PM

I've been in Europe for the past few months and I'm starting to get the "shakes".

Shamika · September 8, 2005 1:23AM

I can usually go about 6 weeks before I start feeling the spiders crawling on me.

ritepath · September 8, 2005 1:28AM

when I don't have a reason to stop by the mailbox...

Baley · September 8, 2005 1:36AM

I'm going longer and longer between buys... it's been a month since I bought a coin

PhillyJoe · September 8, 2005 1:37AM

Depends on how long it takes to go from one "confirm bid" to another.

Joe

LALASD4 · September 8, 2005 1:41AM

The itch never subsides. Hell, the other day I was so desperate I bought a Canadian set.

My itch is lower than yours on the map, I was so desperate that I bought a Mexican error.

Barry · September 8, 2005 4:16AM

<< <i>The itch never subsides. Hell, the other day I was so desperate I bought a Canadian set.

Russ, NCNE >>

Silicone or natural?

Inditonka · September 8, 2005 4:29AM

If I havent boughten one for a week, I start getting the itch! Two weeks I'm looking at stuff that I'd normally not buy, just to get something!

Craton · September 8, 2005 4:34AM

I purchased my first coin in the year in July this year! That's 7 months!

righton · September 8, 2005 6:48AM

I cant seem to go more than a couple of weeks..

I got to have MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

righton

777 · September 8, 2005 8:58AM

Every hour on the hour... it never ends...

dizzyfoxx · September 8, 2005 9:43AM

<How long can you go between coin purchases?>

Start the stop-watch...

carl · September 8, 2005 9:51AM

I seldom buy coins. I prefer to ask friends, neighbors if hey have any piles of old coins they don't want and let me go through them. Also, like to check out garage sales and yard sales for any old jars, cans or whatever full of coins. Occationally go to banks and get bags of coins and go through them. However, when it comes to a coin I just must have to complete a set I usually go to a coin show and loose my cool and buy.

dwssws · September 8, 2005 9:57AM

I can and have gone a long time between purchases problem is I don't want to

roadrunner · September 8, 2005 9:59AM

As the market peaked in early 1980, I didn't buy another coin until August 1982 at the Boston Bay State show. I still remember that coin: an 1875 seated dime, in gem 65...paid $500. Prices had fallen to reasonable levels again by then and I knew it was time to buy again. Unfortunately, I didn't maintain the same methodology in 1990-1995.

Currently, I have been going weeks or even 2 months. If there is nothing worthwhile to buy, I don't buy. There is no itch to scratch.
I'd rather go that way than be kicking my keister a few months later for getting a mercy purchase that I will undoubtedly learn to dislike and then sell for a loss. Buy the right coin once and hang on to it.
Eliminate the pointless churning by avoiding all the mercy and reckless inbetween purchases. If it doesn't impress you on day one, it likely never will.

roadrunner

FatMan · September 8, 2005 10:01AM

I am a very patient collector. Going for many months without a purchase doesn't bother me at all.

JustGotRipped · September 8, 2005 10:15AM

I've only recently started, so i am buying all the time. But as a collector of "pocket change" my purchases arent all that expensive. which is nice, cause that way I get to buy lots of coins I enjoy. I just bought a P&D set of 2005 Bison Nickels (Business Strikes) in NGS MS66 for $45. I love modern crap.

dizzyfoxx · September 8, 2005 11:57AM

Realistically, as long as it takes to find the next one that I just "must have"!!! That could be days, weeks, months, well... hopefully not to many months

Dismeguy · September 8, 2005 12:40PM

I am addicted to seated dimes checking eBay every morning and evening for potential upgrades or new listing for the web-book. Thank goodness the addiction is coins and not something more serious......

rmoss · September 8, 2005 12:41PM

Sending payment in this week for a 26-S Oregon MS65 and putting an Albany MS66 on hold. We do tend to get the shakes if we don't buy a new coin every so often.

nwcs · September 8, 2005 12:54PM

I get the itch as soon as the money has transferred from my hand to the seller's hand. That is, I'm ready for the next coin as soon as I buy one. But I can go months between purchases.

messydesk · September 8, 2005 1:11PM

Last one bought was in May. I can go until I see one that suits me. I am master of my domain.

Shamika · September 9, 2005 1:52AM

<< <i>I am master of my domain. >>

So you're not into self gratification?

MFH · September 9, 2005 2:56AM

I have been known to hold off buying a coin for a whole week.

Barberman55 · September 9, 2005 3:06AM

I usually like to purchase at least one coin a month. Once a week was easy when I was working on a MS Washington quarter set, but with my current Barber sets, I'm happy with at least one nice coin a month.

How long can you go between coin purchases?

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