How Do You Get Your Coin Fix When Your Budget Is In The Red?

An album or folder is a de facto list. The holes are equivalent to a list of items. Filled holes are items which are checked off that list. I would never disparage anyone who has the skill or ability to remember things (empty holes) without writing them down, nor would I look down upon a collector who brings their folders/albums with them to coin shows.

That being said, having a list (written or virtual) denotes having a goal. Collectors have goals, accumulators only the obsession to accumulate. That, in my opinion, is the difference. That is why I disagree, but do not claim right over wrong.

There are others out there like me.....

I see many others do the same things I do when I hit a dry spell for funds. I too do inventories, want lists, trade lists, research, browse ebay/other online coin retailers, learn more about die varieties then search my collection for them, read materials on coins/currency and as of the past couple months upon discovering CCF, I spend a lot of time here. I like to play show and tell during those times too, but don't really have anyone to do that with :P

I browse coins on ebay...put the ones in my watchlist that I like....and then spend the next several days talking my way out of purchasing them.