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So much for participating in the World Series...

RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Apparently I would have to buy a collector's club membership, even though I am a PCGS dealer, because I am not the principal at my firm. Bummer.

What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake

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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    I thought it was a bit misleading the way some of the advertisements mentioned it was a free contest. You had to read pretty deeply to see that you had to have a paid subscription to a club to participate for "free."

    Something like "at no extra cost to Collectors Club members" would have been better wording, IMO.
  • RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Agreed.

    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
  • GeomanGeoman Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭
    Yeah, they got me!!! image

    I see the word "free" to participate, but I can't, since I didn't pay for another membership this year. Misleading.
  • tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭
    That sucks. I'm a paid member and didn't feel like doing it. Use my info. image
  • KoinDawgKoinDawg Posts: 890
    Maybe it was intended to reach out to newer collectors and keep you "experts" from running away with the contest image
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  • SteveSteve Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭
    Server error to start with signin.
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  • RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hmmm. OK - I broke down and shelled out $50 for the membership and now it won't let me sign on.

    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭
    if one has to be an active "submitting member" to participate they can keep it


    edited to say: I commend David R big time, within seconds he offerd help. I like IT guys who stay on top of things image

    good call PCGS on his hire IMHO
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  • 100proof1957100proof1957 Posts: 6,231 ✭
    Whatever !
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  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm not a paid member either - oh, well.
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  • TheRavenTheRaven Posts: 4,143 ✭✭✭✭
    I ain't putting any money in the thing, which I am not going to win anyways.....

    Sounded like a fun thing to do, expect it is not free image
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  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭


    << <i>All you have to do is go to the PCGS.com website on March 1, or any time after that, and register to be a trader in the PCGS 2006 World Series of Coin Trading. You will receive your personalized, password protected, trading screen and you will be ready to begin trading and tracking your own million dollar rare coin portfolio. AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY FREE! There is no charge to enter the PCGS World Series of Coin Trading. >>

  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭
    nothing in life is free kiddo

    let me repeat that in case you did not get it the first time

    nothing in life is free kiddo

    they might say it is free but there is always a payment you got to pay to get this free thing

    and in and of itself this is not good or bad just the way it is

  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭
    and actually if you join the collectors clue and get 8 free gradings for 200 and then you get some great gifts and the pop report actually they are not giving you this contest for free thwey are paying you to take it as you get lots more out of this membership and the quarterly free submmissions also

    most all got some coins they can send in

    also you might just win one of the prizes and even if you do not you just might lesarn something along the way coinwise that will make coins more fun and well how should i say this advantages for yourself

    parish the thoughtimage
  • ksteelheaderksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭
    I'm in!

    It pays to not be cheap!!!image
  • RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm in, but the system still won't let me trade. I think I am going to spend the rest of the day whinging and whining at you folks.

    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
  • IndianHeadManIndianHeadMan Posts: 826 ✭
    It's called a perk people.
  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭
    oh i see a perk

    sounds good to me.................



    i myself am not going to participate

    and for those that entered good luck to all and it will be a good contest to some who want to try their hand at coin trading

    a really good idea from pcgs

    now let me ask you all this

    if you win waht will you do with the money????


  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    You guys want some whine with that cheese?
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Are you guys really complaining about a $50 investment with a potential $10,000 payoff? image

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  • beartracks42beartracks42 Posts: 2,834 ✭
    The words "FREE" and "PCGS" don't seem to belong in the same sentence.imageimage
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  • GeomanGeoman Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭
    All you have to do is go to the PCGS.com website on March 1, or any time after that, and register to be a trader in the PCGS 2006 World Series of Coin Trading. You will receive your personalized, password protected, trading screen and you will be ready to begin trading and tracking your own million dollar rare coin portfolio. AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY FREE! There is no charge to enter the PCGS World Series of Coin Trading.

    But what they don't tell you is that you have to pay between $50-$199 to join their "club" to be allowed to play for free. So in my opinion, it isn't absolutely free!! Pretty misleading statement above.
  • neocirrhitusneocirrhitus Posts: 196 ✭


    << <i>All you have to do is go to the PCGS.com website on March 1, or any time after that, and register to be a trader in the PCGS 2006 World Series of Coin Trading. You will receive your personalized, password protected, trading screen and you will be ready to begin trading and tracking your own million dollar rare coin portfolio. AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY FREE! There is no charge to enter the PCGS World Series of Coin Trading.

    But what they don't tell you is that you have to pay between $50-$199 to join their "club" to be allowed to play for free. So in my opinion, it isn't absolutely free!! Pretty misleading statement above. >>



    Wonder why you didn't post the complete paragraph.......it seems pretty clear to me.



    << <i> All you have to do is go to the PCGS.com website on March 1, or any time after that, and register to be a trader in the PCGS 2006 World Series of Coin Trading. You will receive your personalized, password protected, trading screen and you will be ready to begin trading and tracking your own million dollar rare coin portfolio. AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY FREE! There is no charge to enter the PCGS World Series of Coin Trading. Participation in the Professional Division is open to all PCGS Authorized Dealers and participation in the Collectors Division is open to all members of the PCGS Collectors Club. >>

  • 100proof1957100proof1957 Posts: 6,231 ✭
    thats a 50 dollar bet to win 10 k ?
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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think the new Dungeons and Dragons Online site would be a more interesting and stimulating place to drop $50.
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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I think the new Dungeons and Dragons Online site would be a more interesting and stimulating place to drop $50. >>

    Yeah. I have my +6 vise grip and my +4 hacksaw at the ready. What do I have to roll on the 20-sided die to avoid damaging a coin I crack out?

    Oh, and I have the Magic +8 gauntlets to protect my hands from injury in the process and the Goggles of Mirth to protect my eyes, so my armor class is very good in the process and I shouldn't be injured by shards of flying plastic.
  • RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Q: What percentage of dealers would you say are Chaotic Evil?

    (I swear I haven't played D&D since I was 10!!!)

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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Q: What percentage of dealers would you say are Chaotic Evil? >>

    I'd say only the scam artists are "evil." Plenty of goods and neutrals are chaotic, though.
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,409 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm more into patterns and there is no PCGS price guide.....oh well. Hope the rest of you do well. image

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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Q: What percentage of dealers would you say are Chaotic Evil?

    10%, but 40% are chaotic neutral and show you their good side enough so that you do not see or know about the evil side.

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    Someone on another thread advised us to have additional hobbies; I thought that this was a good choice. image
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  • OffMetalOffMetal Posts: 1,684 ✭
    I didn't feel like shelling out $50.00 just to participate in something fun. I'd rather buy a nice coin with the $50. Besides, $50 is a lot to a 15 year-old image
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  • RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Someone should convince PCGS to start a free YN version of the World Series - I'll bet Home Run Hall would do it in a heartbeat.

    What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
  • OffMetalOffMetal Posts: 1,684 ✭


    << <i>Someone should convince PCGS to start a free YN version of the World Series - I'll bet Home Run Hall would do it in a heartbeat. >>



    I would play all day, even without prizes. I would play to pass time! AND better yet, it has something to do with my hobby!! image The last online games I used to spend time playing before I found this forum was Pogo and NeoPets imageimageimage
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  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    this forum is all the fun i need image
  • bgricebgrice Posts: 1,180
    Nothing like cornering the seated halves market for $997,200 in an hour. They probably won't go anywhere, but they are mine.... mine.... mine. image
  • KoinDawgKoinDawg Posts: 890
    Heck, I've paid up to $75 to play a few fantasy sports teams with the best possible prize-- an ESPN TEE SHIRT!
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  • p8ntp8nt Posts: 2,947 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Someone should convince PCGS to start a free YN version of the World Series - I'll bet Home Run Hall would do it in a heartbeat. >>




    I agree. I know I would be participating! We would even settle for a 5K prize image
  • coppercoinscoppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭
    So much for participating in the World Series...

    I think the same can be said for my old-time favorite baseball team, the Kansas City Royals. I live 175 miles from the stadium and they're so bad I can smell it from here.

    Oh... image

    wrong World Series.

    The grading thing? It's fixed anyway, you have to match up with PCGS grading, and who knows what their standards are from day to day.
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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,218 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Someone should convince PCGS to start a free YN version of the World Series - I'll bet Home Run Hall would do it in a heartbeat. >>

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