Bam-Bam

llafoe · April 24, 2011 3:08AM

These former members have had their dreams smashed...

Anaconda
Broadstruck
Bushmaster8
CoinGuy1
MorganHunter2
RWB

Post other former members and your smashed pennies...

mrearlygold · April 24, 2011 3:12AM

RWB - Roger was bammed?

ricko · April 24, 2011 3:30AM

Wow.... a mass bamming??? Cheers, RickO

llafoe · April 24, 2011 3:35AM

Here's my opinion... humans are very proud. Sometimes we make mistakes. If your pride doesn't get in the way, you will apologize and - if sincere - your apology will be accepted. However, if your pride gets in the way, you will argue ad nausea that you were right... this is when you will probably get bammed. I never stand up for myself; I tend to argue for others - WITHOUT attacking our host. If you make a mistake... correct it. If you can't, then being bammed from this board may be the least of your concerns.

mrearlygold · April 24, 2011 3:38AM

There is no way Broadstruck would be disrepectful.

llafoe · April 24, 2011 3:41AM

<< There is no way Broadstruck would be disrepectful. >>

I think (hope) he'll be back...

derryb · April 24, 2011 3:42AM

who are the forum moderators?

TexasNationals · April 24, 2011 3:43AM

Bam Bam, click, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp.

Available from from the US Mint and US Special Forces

Coin Related: See Proof Set

llafoe · April 24, 2011 3:49AM

<< Bam Bam, click, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp. >>

TexasNationals · April 24, 2011 4:00AM

MorganHunter2 is greatly missed
BongoBongo- SOMEWHERE OUT THERE IN THE BALD, RETREAD TIRES OF THE WORLD HE SEARCHES FOR MEMBERSHIP AGAIN!

Coinosaurus · April 24, 2011 4:08AM

I will miss RWB.

llafoe · April 24, 2011 4:10AM

<< who are the forum moderators? >>

I'm only repeating what I've heard... I can neither confirm nor deny who the moderators are, but here's what I've been told:

homerunhall - President, CU
DonWillis - President, PCGS
carolj - Collectors Club Manager
SportsModerator1 - (not sure of title/position)

TexasNationals · April 24, 2011 4:35AM

SMOTIS or SportsModerator1 is the baseball card or ports forum mod, but play with coins too!

Ahrensdad · April 24, 2011 5:57AM

When did this all happen....

RWB, really?

cmerlo1 · April 24, 2011 6:29AM

Sheesh, I take a couple of days off from the boards and when I come back, this. What did I miss?

Type2 · April 24, 2011 3:32PM

Why the cut I don't get it. They should have a trial or a vote befor the cut. But that is just me.

LindeDad · April 24, 2011 3:42PM

You step on the dogs tail he might just bite.....

PawPaul · April 24, 2011 9:14PM

can't we all just get along and love each other ?

ambro51 · April 24, 2011 10:47PM

Almost getting as bad as sitting in Miss Rittenbergs 7th grade class where a sneeze would get you stood outside the classroom door in the hallway, facing the wall, for 45 minutes.

and she done this.

MsMorrisine · April 24, 2011 11:24PM

I'm guessing RWB got bit because he criticized coin grading.

we lost a few valuable members.

PerryHall · April 24, 2011 11:51PM

<< I'm guessing RWB got bit because he criticized coin grading. >>

It wasn't grading but rather slabs and looking at coins and medals through plastic that he didn't like.

speety · April 25, 2011 12:22AM

RWB will be missed. He was a great asset to this forum, and hopefully will be back.

questor54 · April 25, 2011 12:37AM

<< I'm guessing RWB got bit because he criticized coin grading.

we lost a few valuable members. >>

Just for the record:

I love and support coin and currency and medal grading. Especially PCGS.
I love and support stamp grading. Especially PSE.
I love and support sports-card grading. Especially PSA.

I am a CU kind of guy, through and through.

llafoe · April 25, 2011 12:40AM

<< 

<< I'm guessing RWB got bit because he criticized coin grading.

we lost a few valuable members. >>

Just for the record:

I love and support coin and currency and medal grading. Especially PCGS.
I love and support stamp grading. Especially PSE.
I love and support sports-card grading. Especially PSA.

I am a CU kind of guy, through and through. >>

Your BST transactions look like a who's who of bammed members!

georgiacop50 · April 25, 2011 1:04AM

<< There is no way Broadstruck would be disrepectful. >>

Bammings are not always a matter of respect/disrespect. From the viewpoint of an observer who was watching the thread "LIVE" the day bushmaster8 and feldini were bammed, I can say that there was no disrespect whatsoever (unless, that is, there were some nasty PM's?)

Bushmaster8 refused to shut up because he claimed he was speaking the truth. HRH called him a liar. BM replied that he was not lying and that he had documentation that could back up what he was saying. It read like it was a case of censorship of a story of a Presidential Review gone bad.

Coinguy1 was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. I think HRH was so incensed by BM's revelations that he would have bammed his mother that day.

No question that most bammees were assets to the community. But you have to play by the rules.

RYK · April 25, 2011 1:08AM

<< 

<< I'm guessing RWB got bit because he criticized coin grading. >>

It wasn't grading but rather slabs and looking at coins and medals through plastic that he didn't like. >>

No, actually, it was more likely because he posted a PM from Don Willis on the forum. I like and respect RWB, but I thought it was in very poor taste that he did so. It looked to me like he was trying to get evicted.

dbcoin · April 25, 2011 2:03AM

Just my 2 cents: I didn't see any of these threads and can't comment on the exact things that happened. But guys; it's coins. It's not life and death (I work for the Army). It's coins. If you get that worked up on something, turn off your PC and walk away. Keep things in perspective.

DonWillis · April 25, 2011 2:27AM

From another post -

It would be much easier for us if PCGS had a zero tolerance policy towards behavior on these boards. Break one of the rules and you're banned with no chance of coming back.

That's a little too unforgiving so we try to warn posters who transgress and end up sending PMs, deleting a lot of messages and/or threads, etc. We occasionally let someone back on after they have been banned, although their track record for repeat bannings is pretty bad. I call that babysitting.

No one was banned this past weekend that hadn't been given multiple warnings or some kind of a reprieve in the past. All this is done in private. None of you see the messages that go back and forth.

On the other hand, I constantly receive messages from board members who are upset with the language being used, or the innuendos, or generally the 8th grade humor that often pops up. Many potential contributors and interested parties leave here because of this. It is especially frustrating when YNs are involved and their parents are pulling them off the boards because a few posters act like idiots. I don't care how good a guy someone is - I have banned posters who I have been friendly with for years - you can't just say anything you want on the boards and not think of who might be reading it.

Every time we go through this we inch closer to a zero tolerance policy.

Coinosaurus · April 25, 2011 2:36AM

Don - thanks for the clarification.

Ya know, posting to a message board is like driving.

For some reason we are willing to do things that we would never do in a face-face situation.

I will still miss RWB, but I can't hold it against our hosts.

PawPaul · April 25, 2011 5:26AM

..........it really don't matter who is right and who is wrong ...........

you can not go into some one's home and insult or embarrass them , at least not without the understanding that doing so may lead to a quick boot out the door .

Love and respect your neighbors, and have fun collecting your coins

JCMhouston · April 25, 2011 5:41AM

Rules is rules, as much as I will miss a couple of the posters I prefer it this way. No favorites, everyone gets treated the same.

JamesMurray · April 25, 2011 5:49AM

<< Rules is rules, as much as I will miss a couple of the posters I prefer it this way. No favorites, everyone gets treated the same. >>

With respect , do they ? The other day , the same day actually , another member ran rampant through the US coin forum slating it along with many snide comments in the PM forum mostly directed at myself for pointing out what others have told him in the past. More than once he posted addressing the entire forum informing them i was somebodies Alt and he was having me investigated as such.It was a series of direct attacks that went on for some time without any apparant repurcussion.I do not wish to see anyone banned , but i would say if anyone deserved it that day it wasnt who got it.

ambro51 · April 25, 2011 6:36AM

and maybe this thread should be locked and "enuff said".

SportsModerator · April 25, 2011 6:41AM

<< 

<< Rules is rules, as much as I will miss a couple of the posters I prefer it this way. No favorites, everyone gets treated the same. >>

With respect , do they ? The other day , the same day actually , another member ran rampant through the US coin forum slating it along with many snide comments in the PM forum mostly directed at myself for pointing out what others have told him in the past. More than once he posted addressing the entire forum informing them i was somebodies Alt and he was having me investigated as such.It was a series of direct attacks that went on for some time without any apparant repurcussion.I do not wish to see anyone banned , but i would say if anyone deserved it that day it wasnt who got it. >>

.......and I contacted all parties involved and there will now be peace and harmony in the universe or else.

SportsModerator · April 25, 2011 6:43AM

<< and maybe this thread should be locked and "enuff said". >>

Yeah, its run its course and dredging up the past too much serves no purpose. Let's move on.

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