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Re: A question about engraving to follow TomB.
BTW, what a tragedy that someone tried to remove the inscription. They tried to erase it's history and compromised it's artistry at the same time.
JBK
Re: Do you prefer amateur eBay dealers or professional eBay dealers?
@jmlanzaf said:
@NJCoin said:
@jmlanzaf said:
@tyler267 said:
@jmlanzaf said:
I just had an interesting (odd?) interaction with a new customer on eBay.I listed a bunch of lower grade Flying Eagle and Indian cents on one of my eBay accounts (inexpensivetrifles). He came in and, within 10 minutes of listing, bought 4 of them and made an offer on a 5th, which I accepted. He then asked me if I was going to list any more soon because he would buy more and also liked better material.
I told him that I would not be listing any more for a few days. I told him that the "better stuff" was on my other eBay account (everythingvaluable), if he was interested.
He responded that the better stuff was "retail priced" and he preferred the less expensive stuff. I said, no problem.
He then told me that if he had known I was an ANA member and a "professional", he would have looked harder at the coins he bought to make sure there were no hidden problems. (There aren't.) He said that he had thought they were conservatively graded (they were) and bargain priced (they were). Yet he was more suspicious because I was "professional" than if I were an amateur.
It made me wonder if other people felt similarly.
I agree with you that is an odd interaction. I prefer working with knowledgeable sellers and just assumed everyone felt the same.
Yes, there's that. But also the assumption seemed to be that the professional dealer was more likely to intentionally rip you off than the amateur was to just get it wrong. He said he would have liked harder at the images if he knew i was a "professional". An amateur would be more likely to accidentally miss or mis-describe something. Yet he seemed willing to give the amateur more leeway.
No. I'm taking it the other way around. I'm surprised he was so honest with you, but what he was saying is the professional is more likely to know what they are doing, so he'd prefer dealing with someone he might be able to rip off.
Yes, I also think that was part of the equation. But he specifically said he would have looked harder at the coins if he knew i was a "professional ".
Yeah, but I don't know what to make of that. He should be "looking hard" at anything he is spending money on, if he cares about the money. And, conversely, need not "look hard" at anything if the money doesn't matter. Taking what he is saying literally, he's saying he'd be more willing to get screwed by an amateur than by a professional, and we both know that's not what he meant.
So, what he's really saying is that he has a higher likelihood to get one over on an amateur, and would want to be more careful with a professional. I still don't think that means he thinks the professional is more likely to screw him, but I do see how you could get that impression.
NJCoin
1987 TOPPS UK ENGLAND NFL CASE OF 24 UNOPENED WAX BOXES
Re: 2025 NFL Offseason/Draft Thread
@Maywood said:
@erikthredd said: Or do you think he'll just bust out like many other middle round QBs throughout the years??Hard to tell. I know that he showed he can do everything required last year for the Buckeyes, but that was an exceptional team with an outstanding group of receivers. He's the right size and throws nice. But that could be said about Mac Jones coming out and he's been a bust. I think many of the top rated QB's could do just fine if they end up on the right team but most often that team isn't picking when that player is taken.
NCAA football gets more like the NFL every year, so the players are better prepared. But consider this --- a total of more than 18,000 players are in the FBS each season compared to around 1,700 in the NFL each season. Will Howard and QB's like him might dominate in the NCAA, but they probably haven't seen the quickness and tight coverage of even the worst NFL DB's and they certainly haven't been rushed or chased by the slowest DL's who are really, really quick in the NFL.
The NFL is so fast that I think a lot of the players can't make the adjustment.
I’d say that while starting for OSU he's probably faced off against some elite collegiate defenses, including his own everyday in practice. If he's getting ranked in the top 100 heading into the draft then those evaluators think highly of him but like you stated above, it really comes down to if/where he gets the oppurtunity to develop.
I have zero issue with these young players having such a high level of confidence in themselves, Brady was notorious for this very early on in his Pats career, but I think these agents need to do a better job getting through to their players that every little thing you say now gets amplified & dissected.
Travis Hunter was the next to fall victim to this: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44685958/travis-hunter-quit-football-play-ways Reading his entire quote, this story doesn''t seem so extreme but when the sports media chops it up to get the best headlines, this is what happens. Hopefully it hurts his draft stock that he now falls to 4. 🤞😉
Re: The struggles of an eBay dealer
Another thing I've noticed about eBay is this:
With the "saved sellers" feature, It becomes more of a venue to just check in on your dealers. The browsing and search feature I have to imagine is waning. I sometimes list things at a fraction of the price of what a big dealer has. Often, I bought the very same piece from one of those big dealers. And I may not even have 10 views the entire auction! Meanwhile, the guy with 700 followers has 50 bids on the same piece.
Frustrating, but I'm guilty of it too. Check in on my dealers' latest items and split.
DCW
Re: The struggles of an eBay dealer
Maybe the numismatic part of eBay will dry up and blow away. I wouldn’t miss it.
Even if it did, the Chinese counterfeit wing would still be there. I view that as criminal, not numismatic.
Re: In honor of gold in the 1850s ... OK now on to the 1880s
GOLD
$3,315.78
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And just a few hours later GOLD Breaks the $3,300 Barrier!
Re: Would the price of gold collapse if we had a default on our national debt
barter not used so much in venezuela
Re: Silver tanked in the crash
@derryb said:
@WCC said:
US elites aren't about to destroy their own wealth and reduce or abandon their power for any reason I've ever heard by anyone taking your position. The proverbial "barbarians at the gate" doesn't happen on "day 1" or before the crisis.
Elites have cashed in on their paper wealth, leaving the losses to the masses.
They are still dependent upon the currency for their political power and in the US, global "hard power". I have no idea why anyone on this forum would ever think that US elites will ever give that up voluntarily for any reason I've ever read here. It's ridiculous.
WCC
Re: Silver tanked in the crash
Nothing you've stated is particularly wrong, however my whole point is that the interest on the debt is unsustainable especially since spending isn't even beginning to decrease.
The inevitable collapse in the debt market will require a complete re-vamping of the currency and all of the contractual obligations that hinge upon it. In essence, a default having major ramifications.
Printing to infinity? Probably. How else would you expect the interest on the debt to be paid - other than an acceleration of money printing? The only other options are either a complete monetary reset (whatever that entails) and/or a bailing-in of retirement funds which is what's being proposed already in Europe.
Only to the extent elites must do it, but not for any reason I've ever read here. It's still also the sequence that matters too.
Whenever this subject comes up, every post I read (without exception) is written from the standpoint of hedging for inflation. I've never read anyone indicate that they've even considered the possibility I bring up.
My point is that if someone gets the sequence wrong, what good is it going to do them to have bought the metals if they have to liquidate it as the price is crashing if "everyone" is selling it too? There will be a lot of forced selling in any kind of systemic "collapse" and metal holders won't be exempt.
Yes, I'm aware someone can only do what they can do, and some things are beyond our control.
As for your last point on a "monetary reset" or debt "restructuring, I can see that. That's a form of default and deflationary too, initially at minimum. Logically, it makes a lot more sense to default on the debt to some extent than to both "destroy" the currency and also get "shut out" of the (long-term) credit markets.
There is a 2011 opinion article by Jefferey Rogers Hummel (San Jose State professor previously if not now) on the web discussing this option. He's also written other similar articles to my recollection.
Another aspect of the upcoming debts default is bank "bail-ins". I consider this a virtual certainty and it's the right thing to do. "Depositors" are unsecured creditors and in a financial crisis, I'm placing my bets they will be "thrown under bus" too, as they should be.
The stock market? It's mostly fake wealth. Why would anyone with a clue bother to try to keep it inflated when the financial system is falling apart?
The economy? Yes, I presume some "printing" will occur to lessen any "collapse", but no government or central bank can prevent a decline or crash in living standards, and this includes the USG and FRB.
That's why I've repeatedly stated the majority of Americans are destined to become poorer or a lot poorer. I expect it to happen through a combination of asset deflation (paper assets definitely) crushing net worth, and price inflation absorbing much of the "printing" which will make the cost of essentials (much) more expensive crushing living standards.
If it happens over an extended period, nominal prices may decline a lot less or not at all, but the value measured by what people can buy with wealth will still decline substantially or collapse. Real estate should get crushed even as affordability crashes with it. No 30-year fixed rate mortgage anymore. Gold should lose substantial relative value from wherever it peaks. It's historically very relatively overpriced now and has been for a long time. There is no "buy-and-hold" forever asset to protect someone's wealth. In the casino economy in which we live, everyone is forced to involuntarily act like a speculator, or risk becoming poorer or get wiped out. Credit availability will decline substantially across the board, both availability and cost, meaning most Americans will mostly have to pay upfront for their consumption, just as they did decades ago.
WCC