This is why coin dealers are much more classy than lawyers...

Longacre

I have received several Christm.. [oops, I mean Holiday] cards from business contacts. In every case, for the coin dealers, I received a good, old fashioned paper card, which was signed by hand. A stamp was lovingly licked and applied, and the envelope was addressed to me personally at the Longacre Estate.

In contrast, I have received several other "cards" from fellow lawyers. In every instance, I did not receive a paper card. Rather, I received an e-card via email. To make matters worse, not only did I have to open the email, but I then had to go a step further and click on a link to be taken to a website which showed the card.

The coin dealers are truly classier than the lawyers in my book.

goose3

6 of one, half dozen of another......

RYK

I think that the coin dealers value your business more than the lawyers do. You should see the holiday gifts that MrsRYK gets from lawyers! You need to get to the next level.

fivecents

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. It is the thought afterall.

wikyva

As a lawyer myself, I would just like to say that I have not had any class for a long time. All I have left in me is cynicism and a coin collection bought from classy dealers.

Merry Christm ... [Holidays] everyone!

Chris

mgoodm3

You're just lucky that your lawyer friends didn't charge you for the time to send the card.

RYK

<< <i>You're just lucky that your lawyer friends didn't charge you for the time to send the card. >>



Tell me about it. We are taking our group's lawyer for dinner tonight. It will cost us $600 plus the price of the dinner. Heaven forbid that someone pipes up and asks a question that requires some "research".

Longacre

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<< <i>You're just lucky that your lawyer friends didn't charge you for the time to send the card. >>



Tell me about it. We are taking our group's lawyer for dinner tonight. It will cost us $600 plus the price of the dinner. Heaven forbid that someone pipes up and asks a question that requires some "research". >>




I know you docs like to dine, so for a three hour meal, $200 an hour is certainly fair.

DaveG

Umm, I don't think they still make stamps that you can lick (lovingly or the regular way).

(Of course, many coin dealers I know use 40 year-old stamps that they buy at 90% of face value.)

airplanenut

So did Anaconda split the difference and send you nothing?

RWB

Most of my holiday greetings come attached to tall, rectangular boxes with gold foil and include words like “chateau,” “premier estate reserve,” “glen-something,” or thin envelopes labeled “XYZ Corporate box,” etc. Has always been amazed at the things some companies buy…. I’ve never gotten a holiday “e-card” attached to one of the above. Maybe it’s the spam filter?

TahoeDale

It's called BUSINESS, and if you are not receiving nice gifts, or classy cards from neither other lawyers or coin dealers, ????

SanctionII

I'll join the classless lawyer crowd and give this electronic Merry Christmas to you Longacre. From one lawyer to another.

Coinosaurus

I'll never forget a certain former forum member saying how nice it would be if their *clients* gave them something......good grief

Not to hijack the thread (read "to hijack the thread"), but how often do folks give cards/gifts to their dealers?

Elcontador

Mike, every year, I make one or two of my travel photos into Christmas cards. I send one to every person who sent me a check during the year, in addition to sending them to friends and family.

Coxe

I got an email from Legend.

jmj3esq

Im a lawyer and I sent out paper cards with actual stamps. I take offense.

Coxe

<< <i>Im a lawyer and I sent out paper cards with actual stamps. I take offense. >>



<<lawyers. In every instance>>

Then you didn't send Longacre a card, you bstrd.

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dbldie55

If you cannot say Christmas, then say nothing.

As for lawyers, no lower form of life on earth.

Coxe

<< <i>If you cannot say Christmas, then say nothing. >>



Sometimes and in some groups it is perfectly appropropriate and others is it not. It is not exclusionarily offensive unless meant to be IMO.



<< <i>As for lawyers, no lower form of life on earth. >>



...until you really, really need a good one.

BECOKA

<< <i>Umm, I don't think they still make stamps that you can lick (lovingly or the regular way).

(Of course, many coin dealers I know use 40 year-old stamps that they buy at 90% of face value.) >>



Sure they do, you can buy them buy the roll or any of the Post Office vending machines in singles.

dbldie55

<< <i>...until you really, really need a good one. >>



Which is almost always the result of another lawyer. Eliminate the first one, and there would be no need for the second.

jmj3esq

As for lawyers, no lower form of life on earth.

I guess my job of representing indigent juveniles and adults charged with crimes is a pretty despicable job, isnt it?

I sure hope you dont need one in the future. At least qualify your stupid statment.

Merry Christmas!!

Longacre

I also do a lot of free legal work, in particular for a charity that I belong to. I also represented some indigent people in an IRS/Tax Court litigation. I'd like to think that I do good works in my profession.

Casman

<< <i>

<< <i>...until you really, really need a good one. >>



Which is almost always the result of another lawyer. Eliminate the first one, and there would be no need for the second. >>




Let me guess, you have been sued lots of times, you lose, then file bankruptcy to avoid paying your legal fees...classic deadbeat.

droopyd

<< <i>As for lawyers, no lower form of life on earth. >>



Car dealers. I think they're a rung lower even than lawyers.

messydesk

<< <i>I got an email from Legend. >>


So did I. It was the only e-mail that landed in the junk folder today. Still, more than I get from any other dealer.

walkerman

<< <i>I have received several Christm.. [oops, I mean Holiday] cards from business contacts. In every case, for the coin dealers, I received a good, old fashioned paper card, which was signed by hand. A stamp was lovingly licked and applied, and the envelope was addressed to me personally at the Longacre Estate.

In contrast, I have received several other "cards" from fellow lawyers. In every instance, I did not receive a paper card. Rather, I received an e-card via email. To make matters worse, not only did I have to open the email, but I then had to go a step further and click on a link to be taken to a website which showed the card.

The coin dealers are truly classier than the lawyers in my book. >>



You were right the first time! Merry Christmas Longacre. Dave W


David J Weygant Rare Coins website: www.djwcoin.com

NHSBaseball

I got a beautiful card from a coin dealer who regularly posts on this website. I thought it was very cool, and appreciated the thought- especially because I am not a high-end collector and I think he is fully aware of this.
As for lawyers, you find the same cross-section of wonderful people and total scumbags that you would find in society in general.

FatMan

When it comes to class, lawyers have not set the bar too high. The gutter is not too tough to clear.

garsmith

<<This is why coin dealers are much more classy than lawyers...>>

So do you fall into the coin dealer catagory or the lawyer catagory, how did your cards go out

TwoSides2aCoin

Neither lawyer nor coin dealer sent a "Be My Valentine" card.

Thankfully we have good doctors... in a few fields. The least of which is numismatics.

RYK

My wife told me she saw a funny cartoon earlier this week that said something to the effect that:

"Nothing says I do not care about you more than getting an e-card for Valentine's Day."

Just who sent his wife an e-card?

GoldClause

Easy to explain. I've never met a coin dealer that knows how to use a computer.

mr1931S

A lawyer and a blond woman are sitting next to each other on a long flight from L.A. to New York. The lawyer leans over to her and asks if she would like to play a fun game. The blond is tired and just wants to take a nap, so she politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks. The lawyer persists and explains how the game works, “I ask you a question, and if you don’t know the answer, you pay me, and visa-versa.”

Again, she politely declines and tries to get some sleep. The chauvinistic lawyer figures he will easily win the match since his opponent is a blond, so he makes another offer, “Okay, how about this. If you don’t know the answer you pay me only $5, but if I don’t know the answer, I will pay you $50.”

This catches the blond’s attention and, figuring that there will be no end to this torment unless she plays, she agrees to play the game. The lawyer asks the first question. “What’s the distance from the earth to the moon?”

The blonde doesn’t say a word, reaches into her purse, pulls out a five dollar bill and hands it to the lawyer. Now it’s the blond’s turn. She asks the lawyer, “What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four?”

The lawyer looks at her with a puzzled look. He takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references. He taps into the airphone with his modem and searches the internet, from wikipedia to the Library of Congress. Frustrated, he sends e-mails to everyone he knows, with no success. After over an hour of searching for the answer, he finally gives up. He wakes the blond and hands her $50. The blonde politely takes the $50 and turns away to get back to sleep.

The lawyer, who is more than a little frustrated, wakes the blond again and asks, “Well, so what IS the answer?”

Again without a word, the blond reaches into her purse, hands the lawyer $5, and goes back to sleep.





Blond would never get away with this with coin dealer.

SanctionII

I just reread this thread. Funny and interesting at the same time.

As with all segments of society, you have good people and bad people.

As a practicing lawyer [30 years now] I have dealt with low life, unethical, vile lawyers. They are horrible to deal with. However, many times these lawyers are angels compared to the client/clients that they represent. Low life, immoral, vile, corrupt, criminal and down right evil clients.

Lawyers do not have sole possession of the lowest rung on the ladder, dbldie55's opinion notwithstanding.

MonteCarlo

Q: What do you call a parachuting lawyer?

A: Skeet.

shorecoll

My office used to be next door to a law office and every day the lead attorney would tell me a lawyer joke similar to the one above...I miss those.

CaptHenway

I loathe and despise e-cards,
and think less of the people that send them than I do of other people!

relicsncoins

No one likes a lawyer until they need one.

mkman123

There are good and bad in every profession. Illini420 is a great forum member here who I have asked so many questions I'm glad he hasn't sent me a bill haha

illini420

<< <i>There are good and bad in every profession. Illini420 is a great forum member here who I have asked so many questions I'm glad he hasn't sent me a bill haha >>




Thanks for reminding me... check your mail box in the next few days


Anyways, I probably wouldn't like getting a e-card from someone I spend thousands with each year either. I send my clients a real card for the Holidays and the really good clients get a bottle of champagne sent to them for New Year's.

Sonorandesertrat

I love the thread title---it's damning with faint praise.