The amazing, astonishing 1966 Special Mint Set
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Remember the old OF crew, and how they were regarded as being something less than stellar? Well, they're all at another forum now, and on Christmas Eve they centered their attention on this 1966 Special Mint Set up for sale on eBay, the proceeds of which are going to the Make A Wish Foundation. A furious and sometimes hilarious bidding war broke out, and--well, here's the end of the story.
Merry Christmas, kids
They also have their eyes on a 1976 Bicentennial Proof Set that ends in a couple of days, put up by the same seller--me. It's a long story how and why I put these modest dudes up for auction to begin with, but suffice to say, it's been a good thing.
One thing's for sure: No way anybody at this form could gather people together, combine resources, and outdo that forum. This isn't that sort of community. Don't get me wrong--it's a nice place. But it doesn't quite have that sort of benevolence in it.
Guy
Merry Christmas, kids
They also have their eyes on a 1976 Bicentennial Proof Set that ends in a couple of days, put up by the same seller--me. It's a long story how and why I put these modest dudes up for auction to begin with, but suffice to say, it's been a good thing.
One thing's for sure: No way anybody at this form could gather people together, combine resources, and outdo that forum. This isn't that sort of community. Don't get me wrong--it's a nice place. But it doesn't quite have that sort of benevolence in it.
Guy
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- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
Have a Great Day!
Louis
Guy >>
that's a crock
<< <i>One thing's for sure: No way anybody at this form could gather people together, combine resources, and outdo that forum. This isn't that sort of community. Don't get me wrong--it's a nice place. But it doesn't quite have that sort of benevolence in it.
Guy >>
that's a crock >>
Then run an auction with the proceeds going to the Make a Wish Foundation.
We're waiting!!
<< <i>What are you talking about? I never once read or posted on the OF.
That was your loss.
Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.
<< <i>One thing's for sure: No way anybody at this form could gather people together, combine resources, and outdo that forum. This isn't that sort of community. Don't get me wrong--it's a nice place. But it doesn't quite have that sort of benevolence in it.
Guy >>
that's a crock >>
Like I say, I'm assessing the body at large. No doubt there are many fine individual people; I know many. I'm referring to the community as a benevolent entity. It doesn't have the spirit, the wherwithal, to do something like they just did.
<< <i>How many times are you going to edit the title, >>
I'm not sure, Fountainhead. Until I get it right, I suppose.
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<< <i>One thing's for sure: No way anybody at this form could gather people together, combine resources, and outdo that forum. This isn't that sort of community. Don't get me wrong--it's a nice place. But it doesn't quite have that sort of benevolence in it.
Guy >>
that's a crock >>
Like I say, I'm assessing the body at large. No doubt there are many fine individual people; I know many. I'm referring to the community as a benevolent entity. It doesn't have the spirit, the wherwithal, to do something like they just did. >>
<< <i>One must not confuse kind hearts with deep pockets. JMO >>
That's a very good point, Smitty. On that forum, there were a couple of "syndicates" formed whereby people pooled their very meager resources. Hundreds of dollars were raised in addition to this single auction win by that angel in disguise, ClarkofKent.
<< <i>Please post a link to the other forum. >>
Here ya go.
LINK
Keith
You are sadly mistaken, there have been numerous charitable fundraisers and donation drives here. It's nice that you have a forum where you can hang out with the cool people though. Perhaps you should head back on over there and leave us alone to ponder our miserable existence in peace.
Oh, I get it - you're trying that sycolgy thingy
Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1
<< <i>very accurate thread about the PCGS forum
LINK
Keith >>
Grow up,
If you don't like it here,
simply go somewhere else.
But please, stop the negetivity and whining.
Have a Great Day!
Louis
<< <i>Timing of this post shows a lot of class, or lack thereof.
Grow up,
If you don't like it here,
simply go somewhere else.
But please, stop the negetivity and whining.
Have a Great Day!
Louis >>
You should follow your own rules.
<< <i>Timing of this post shows a lot of class, or lack thereof.
Grow up,
If you don't like it here,
simply go somewhere else.
But please, stop the negetivity and whining.
Have a Great Day!
Louis >>
Is there a certain time constraint for certain posts??
Oh, and, negetivity is spelled negativity.
<< <i>I don't know if Thiggy or Jeremy would agree with your premise - their charities seem to have done pretty darn good.
Oh, I get it - you're trying that sycolgy thingy
In truth, it was the sycology thingy. I was laying down a challenge. I think I did it poorly and stepped on some toes. It was inadvertant--I'm sorry to have offended anyone.
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<< <i>I don't know if Thiggy or Jeremy would agree with your premise - their charities seem to have done pretty darn good.
Oh, I get it - you're trying that sycolgy thingy
In truth, it was the sycology thingy. I was laying down a challenge. I think I did it poorly and stepped on some toes. It was inadvertant--I'm sorry to have offended anyone. >>
Since I'm a smrt feller, and not easily offended, I recognised the reverse psychology right away. I would only comment that doing so a LITTLE earlier in the month might have been more constructive
I hope that for your pennance that you will organise two charities - one here and one there. Let's see what happens then, eh?
Merry Christmas!
Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1
Here is a summary of the past 5 auctions:
Auction 1: $1700
Auction 2: $3000
Auction 3: $5400
Auction 4: $7225
Auction 5: $4000
5-Auction Total: $21,325--let's make a 6-auction total of over $25,000!
nope, no benevolence here......
Have a Great Day!
Louis
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I hope that for your pennance that you will organise two charities - one here and one there. Let's see what happens then, eh?
Merry Christmas! >>
Merry Christmas to you, too, Blinded. Hope the sleigh tips over at your house later this morning...
No, there's only this charity for a silly Proof Set. The idea was foment a little competitiveness, and to get the juices flowing I took what I thought would be construed as a tongue-in-cheek poke at this forum vs. the other. Instead, I seem to have sprayed the air with chit mist. I apologize again, and formally suspend the challenge to respond to the fine work performed by the Open Forum Refuge site.
<< <i>I guess that says it all. A $300 donation by a satin caped clarkofkent, trumps a $21,000 donation by an upcoming YN. No wonder the OF is OT.
Have a Great Day!
Louis >>
You know, Clark did a great thing. You come after me here and in a PM, which I responded politely to. And, I've apologized.
Your answer to that is to continue stirring the pot, trivializing Clark's kindness and holding him up to ridicule.
All I can say is, the $300 Clark donated is $300 more than you'll put up for that Proof Set, you grumpy old fart.
<< <i>The value of a charitable gift is in the giving, not the value. >>
Amen!
-Rodney King
Hey Grandpa, chill, huh?
Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1
<< <i>Like I say, I'm assessing the body at large. No doubt there are many fine individual people; I know many. I'm referring to the community as a benevolent entity. It doesn't have the spirit, the wherwithal, to do something like they just did.
You are sadly mistaken, there have been numerous charitable fundraisers and donation drives here. It's nice that you have a forum where you can hang out with the cool people though. Perhaps you should head back on over there and leave us alone to ponder our miserable existence in peace. >>
Yeah, the same benevolent group that tried their damnest to get this forum shut down a couple of weeks ago...and would still continue trying had most of them not gotten booted. Benevolent my arse....
karlgoetzmedals.com
secessionistmedals.com
The gift of the '66 SMS was a nice gesture.
roadrunner
He does an amazing job. But the reason he posted the info on the other forum as well is becuase he knows where most of his bids and goods come from. Also, he gets so much money becuase he recieves qulaity donations. No one..and I mean NO ONE has ever bid crazy amounts of money for crappy coins in his auctions.
Ya'll are all so worried about shunning a group of people that you fail to see any gesture of good.
You all amaze me. So childish...it seems like sometimes only the YN's have any class anymore...
">"http://www.cashcrate.com/5663377"
what it is and PCGS will continue to reign.
Camelot
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
oh yeah, to get a good dose of individual benevolence and also some heartwarming forum benevolence, stay tuned for the Airplanenut auction. or has your AGENDA caused you to conveniently overlook stuff like that??
enough with the BS already, i for one say that if this place is so bad to you, pack your bags and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. take my word for it, we really, really would enjoy your participation, but i doubt we'll miss you very much..........................that goes from me to all the bozos who just have to continue ragging, and ragging, and ragging , and ragging. get over yourself already, you aren't that important.
have a Merry Christmas!!! try to remember what's important in your life, who's in control and why you're not. please, enjoy this short life and the things it gives you. i guarantee you, we'll each be gone before we know it and forgotten to all but a few shortly afterwards.
why don't you join the other forum and tell Guy and everyone how you Really feel?
what could be more fun on Christmas!!!???
mr. eureka...won't happen!
"JUST WHIP 'EM OUT ALREADY"
<< <i>enough with the BS already, i for one say that if this place is so bad to you, pack your bags and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. ..............that goes from me to all the bozos who just have to continue ragging, and ragging, and ragging , and ragging. get over yourself already, you aren't that important.
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Keets, I'd like you to find where I even remotely implied this forum is bad to me or anyone...or where I've "ragged" on the forum or anyone at all.
It just isn't true, Keets. You're making it up.
Merry Christmas.
<< <i>One thing's for sure: No way anybody at this form could gather people together, combine resources, and outdo that forum. This isn't that sort of community. Don't get me wrong--it's a nice place. But it doesn't quite have that sort of benevolence in it. >>
I think there have been several examples of "outdoing" this. But that's not the correct way to judge the spirit of the giving, anyway.
<< <i>Just watch the buyer exercise the 7-Day return privilege.
Mr. Eureka, ClarkofKent was not buying the mint set per se; it was merely a prop to have people donate to the Make A Wish Foundation. It was discussed at length over the course of several days.
That's the hallmark of the OF crew: They realize they are getting nothing for something, and play along in a fun, zany way. Other donations were PayPalled to me to the tune of an additional $300+, making that mint set worth more than $600. It's very hard to grasp someone deliberately overpaying by 20 X the value of a coin, but that's what they did. And the concept is extraordinarily difficult to bring over and expect people to grasp.
My daughter had a malignant brain tumor a few years back, and we're extremely lucky she's still here--along many physical and mental deficits from that ordeal. At the time the Make A Wish Foundation granted us her wish to go to to Disney World, and I've always wanted to repay them in some way. The folks there really answered the call--many of them, with much chiding, gauntlet throwing, daring etc. along the way. It was good fun, and I carried that spirit over here without realizing who I was talking to. I can't apologize enough, I guess.
to anyone who hasn't felt the generosity of this forum and it's members, i hope it reaches you someday soon. the gifts i've receieved without asking would spin your head and i can't imagine that those who've been so charitable confine themselves to doing it just for me. more than likely they are generous souls who choose to do so anonymously every day of their lives.