[78-L] Huh?

[Michael Biel]

Steve, you did not come anywhere near close to the point I was making. 
I did not mention monetary value of the items at all.  That has NOTHING
to do with what might bring a young person into stamp or coin
collecting.  They have to become fascinated with something about the
items.  My point was that this is hard to happen because how many young
people use or even see stamps or coins in today's world?  People don't
come to stamp or coin collecting from the established catalogs like
Scotts, any more than they would come to record collecting by reading
Rust.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  


-------- Original Message --------

From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> I wonder if stamp collecting--and possibly even coin collecting--is
> undergoing a similar crisis because young people do not snail-mail
> things nor use coins except in parking meters. If they HAVE to
> snail-mail something they can get the postage on-line, and credit cards
> can be used in parking meters in many cities.
> 

From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
The one difference is that both stamps and coins have established (and
often HIGH!) values, which can easily be looked up in somewhat
"official" publications. While there have been a few attempts to create
similar things for records (and, in fact, just about EVERY "collecting
hobby" that has appeared?!), they have never attained the same
acceptance as in the first two hobbies...!  Steven C. Barr