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glenzy1
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Poll Question
>Case scenario: you have a limited monthly coin budget, however, your local coin shop has a KEY date coin you desperately need for The Collection and you just can't live without it!
>Problem: your credit card is maxed out and your broke!
>Options: listed below, will give members a variety of options on "what should I do to get this coin?
>Choices: you only have one, give it your best shot and remember: your ANONYMOUS baby!

Poll Choices
 >Borrow the money from a relative.
 >Borrow the money from a friend.
 >Sell your common date coins to raise funds.
 >Cash out your R.R.S.P.'s / Stocks.
 >Pawn your wedding ring at the local pawn shop.
 >Work some overtime for extra cash.
 >Steal the coin when nobody's looking.
 >Just forget the coin and live without it.
 >Put it away on a layaway plan and pay monthly.
 >Eat Kraft dinner for the next two months.
 >Sacrifice this years vacation.
 >No movies for three months.
 >Cut back on Christmas spending.
 >Commit a criminal offence to raise the money.
 >Save up $ until you have enough money.

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.... your credit card is maxed out and you're broke!



This to me means I shouldn't even be thinking about spending money on coins. I would pass on the coin and hope another comes when times are better.
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Pay off the credit cards, then worry about coins. Opportunities will always present themselves down the road.
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Sir Ferrari
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Who on earth said "steal the coin?"
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TNG
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My experience in collecting coins and all kinds of other antiques and collectibles proved to work out best when I kept my best and sold the rest.Another motto I lived by as best as I can now is sell it when it's hot and buy it when it's not.

Things go in cycles as far as prices and popularity go. The best condition coins seem to always do well overall.
The lesser coins can always be had just as easily tomorrow.

I just think that the OP was being funny about stealing.
An MS70 coin that is stolen would still not shine in anyone's collection if it were not an honest acquisition.
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Technically, by the OP's words in the poll, you "have to have it"! So that would mean you would beg, borrow, or steal to get it! He just presented the options.. the voters provided the fodder for discussion

(and NO it wasn't me who voted for stealing - I voted to sell stocks They're in the tank anyway - if I sold 'em I might be able to buy .. half a coin? )
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FreezerBurn
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Have you considered selling a kidney?
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MrCanada
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The missing Question is , Would it motivate you to sell your doubles or your extra pieces ? I am always to lazy to sell so I sit and watch sometimes.
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How about threatening to have yourself committed until your friends and family chip in to raise the fund to purchase the coin for you
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