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FletcherFletcher Posts: 3,294 ✭
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... I am definitely not slighting any particular group of individuals, but it sure seems more friendly and civil here since the changing of the guard. I know that it has only been a few days, but that is my impression so far. Coins are still being discussed, ebay scammers are still being outed, "be your own TPG" slabs are still being laughed at ... but cruel aspersions are no longer being cast. I like it!

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  • claychaserclaychaser Posts: 4,406 ✭✭✭✭
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    I even like the circulation find threads - but the techie and history stuff like the 8 reals thread is the best!


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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭
    Seems to be working out pretty decently. Was almost painfully slow getting things started back up though.
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  • TheRavenTheRaven Posts: 4,148 ✭✭✭✭
    About how many people have been "outed".....
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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,439 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've been a bit sporadic in posting as of late...I saw the "new forum rules" thread...what gives???

    BTW...I never did like the sniping at each other...
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  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    PM sent!!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • BikingnutBikingnut Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭✭
    Give it time.

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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>PM sent!! >>



    LOL Marty. Hey, did you see the one where the guy tells Brandon he has B.O. image ?
  • Aegis3Aegis3 Posts: 2,912 ✭✭✭
    I don't know. It seems a whole lot less coin-oriented and a whole bunch more money-oriented. Look for example at the 1820 bust half thread. It's dead, and I think it's the restructuring which did it in.

    The scary thing is, I suspect this is exactly what the higher-ups at PCGS wanted, as it fints in well with my impression of the companay with regrades to coin-orientation vs. money-orientation.
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>there was a lot more info being discussed before especially with the older coinage, now its a lot of moderns, back slapping and advertising. Right now there is more going on across the street. >>



    They won't let me through the doors across the street. ... image they said I smelled like Kool Aid.


  • BurksBurks Posts: 1,103 ✭
    The forum seems a bit "dull" now. I feel as if this forum has turned into a bunch of people sitting around a fire talking about money issues more than the fun of collecting.

    The poking at each other is still there, you just have to look. image
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  • dragondragon Posts: 4,548 ✭✭
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  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Some people may have needed to be dumped but Mark Feld was not one of them. His loss is, and will remain for as long as he is gone, a huge loss to the forum.
    It's holidays and that is the reason for some of the noted change.

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • hamiltonjhhamiltonjh Posts: 1,140
    I've turned in to a lurker over here. There's nowhere to talk about my ghost hunts and since DH has made everyone scared to say whats on his/her mind because they think they'll be bammed, it's gotten pretty boring.

    Still good coin threads here and there, but they tend to be more tame than Sesame Street nowadays.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,705 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Some people may have needed to be dumped but Mark Feld was not one of them. >>



    Neither was Conder101.

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  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    The Night of the Long Knives was long overdue.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • mozeppamozeppa Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭
    heh!
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've been in communication with Mark. He's as gracious as he ever was. I look for cooler heads to prevail. Mark is not the type to bash. He didn't send his love or nothin' but he sent warm wishes for the holiday season.
    I do believe he meant that collectively for all of you, too image
  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭
    People see what they want to seeimage
  • LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭
    The forum has turned into Coin Discussion Lite, in my opinion, since some very knowledgeable posters have left. I don't think it has changed for the better.
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  • thebeavthebeav Posts: 3,870 ✭✭✭✭✭
    <<<< POOF >>>>
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  • bhartman35bhartman35 Posts: 1,398
    Mark and Conder getting bammed was a big hit to the forum, IMHO. That's a lot of knowledge and integrity to lose at one time. I concur with others who hope that cooler heads will eventually prevail in the situation.
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  • kryptonitecomicskryptonitecomics Posts: 9,185 ✭
    It's still worth posting here........but the forum has lost some of it's luster........I grade it AU.
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's nice....
    sorta in a geriatric kinda way


  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,622 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>... I am definitely not slighting any particular group of individuals, but it sure seems more friendly and civil here since the changing of the guard. I know that it has only been a few days, but that is my impression so far. Coins are still being discussed, ebay scammers are still being outed, "be your own TPG" slabs are still being laughed at ... but cruel aspersions are no longer being cast. I like it! >>



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  • saintgurusaintguru Posts: 7,727 ✭✭✭
    I think there's some self-righteousness going on here.
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  • BurksBurks Posts: 1,103 ✭


    << <i>It's still worth posting here........but the forum has lost some of it's luster........I grade it AU. >>



    AU with altered surfaces.

    I'll miss those two quite a bit. I'm still fairly new to the hobby and reading their posts was something far beyond what I hoped to learn here. It's a true shame...
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  • richardshipprichardshipp Posts: 5,647 ✭✭✭
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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    i think that it's gotten a bit dull around here. Maybe it will improve.
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  • GemineyeGemineye Posts: 5,374 ✭
    Different opinions should not make enemies.A civil disagreement on any subject matter is better than an all out war or bamming..
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  • techefftecheff Posts: 2,285
    Coinguy and Conder have been banned? That's a joke, right?
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  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    You really have two options for this Coin Forum to go.

    The first is cutting edge discussions on coins, but with

    some harsh truths being exposed, together with

    heated exchanges and biting sarcasm. The second, is

    a more mellow Forum, that is lite and less filling. The second

    direction will tend to cause less complaining, less political unrest

    and will be a duller, but with a more friendly atmosphere. I just don't see

    a Forum emerging, with the best of both.
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  • AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Coinguy and Conder have been banned? That's a joke, right? >>



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  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    Its no joke, it is a crying shame.image
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  • kryptonitecomicskryptonitecomics Posts: 9,185 ✭


    << <i>You really have two options for this Coin Forum to go.

    The first is cutting edge discussions on coins, but with

    some harsh truths being exposed, together with

    heated exchanges and biting sarcasm. The second, is

    a more mellow Forum, that is lite and less filling. The second

    direction will tend to cause less complaining, less political unrest

    and will be a duller, but with a more friendly atmosphere. I just don't see

    a Forum emerging, with the best of both. >>



    As others have said before....your a very wise old bear image
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  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    All that is left at this time appear to be

    mild mannered Clark Kents with glasses.

    And (1) SWMNBN.
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  • NewbNewb Posts: 1,401


    << <i>i think that it's gotten a bit dull around here. >>



    Understatment of the year....

    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..........

    I'm thinking of starting an In God We Trust, gun control, and abortion thread - who's with me!!!??
  • FletcherFletcher Posts: 3,294 ✭
    Well, if you miss it, you can take a stroll across the street right now and find the old back stabbing, defamatory statements, unsubstantiated accusations, name calling, cruel BS that we used to have over here. Now you know that I can be a bit scrappy when attacked, but I much prefer the more civil atmosphere that is emerging on this forum as of late. And, if we can maintain a professional decorum, I bet that some of the true experts that have been hesitant to participate hereon because of the wild antics may just decide to cast a few pearls before us. It may be coin forum lite now, but I bet it emerges as an even more powerful source of information while across the street goes to pot.

  • coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Coinguy and Conder have been banned? That's a joke, right? >>



    No joke. Everyone has be careful about what they say around here now under the "kindler gentler regime", because you never know when the axe is goi...
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  • GemineyeGemineye Posts: 5,374 ✭


    << <i>

    I'm thinking of starting an In God We Trust, gun control, and abortion thread - who's with me!!!?? >>



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  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    <<< Coinguy and Conder have been banned? That's a joke, right? >>>

    I read on the NGC board the other day where Conder101 said he wasn't banned just stopped posting till things cooled off around here.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,705 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i><<< Coinguy and Conder have been banned? That's a joke, right? >>>

    I read on the NGC board the other day where Conder101 said he wasn't banned just stopped posting till things cooled off around here. >>



    After he made that statement, they banned him. He is now posting across the street.


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    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    <<<<< <<< Coinguy and Conder have been banned? That's a joke, right? >>>

    I read on the NGC board the other day where Conder101 said he wasn't banned just stopped posting till things cooled off around here. >>



    After he made that statement, they banned him. He is now posting across the street.>>>

    Yep. Just got an email from coinguy1 saying that Conder101 was indeed banned.


    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • FletcherFletcher Posts: 3,294 ✭
    Well, I just took a peek over there to see who had migrated and on the first page of posts on the "US Coins" forum they bash: David Hall, Tradedollarnut (calling him a nazi), Laura, Legend, and Stuart of all people. That is why I am glad things have changed around here.
  • nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Well, I just took a peek over there to see who had migrated and on the first page of posts on the "US Coins" forum they bash: David Hall, Tradedollarnut (calling him a nazi), Laura, Legend, and Stuart of all people. That is why I am glad things have changed around here. >>

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  • SFDukieSFDukie Posts: 618 ✭


    << <i>The forum has turned into Coin Discussion Lite, in my opinion, since some very knowledgeable posters have left. I don't think it has changed for the better. >>


    I agree. Mark, Conder, Fatman, ...-IMO, the board is much poorer for their absence.
    Don
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304


    << <i>Well, if you miss it, you can take a stroll across the street right now and find the old back stabbing, defamatory statements, unsubstantiated accusations, name calling, cruel BS that we used to have over here. >>



    back stabbing, name calling, BS! sounds like theres a party goin on!
  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,186 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There is a really great thread ATS right now about the third side of coins.
  • ccrccr Posts: 2,446


    << <i><<<<< <<< Coinguy and Conder have been banned? That's a joke, right? >>>

    I read on the NGC board the other day where Conder101 said he wasn't banned just stopped posting till things cooled off around here. >>



    After he made that statement, they banned him. He is now posting across the street.>>>

    Yep. Just got an email from coinguy1 saying that Conder101 was indeed banned. >>



    That`s too bad. Condor101 really knew his stuff very well.image

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