And, as @MFeld said, why post here? Because the Ancients forum has little traffic and little interest?
Are you honestly expecting to provoke anything other than the usual back and forth here? Probably not even, since very few will care about this one way or the other.
You are the target audience, and even you, cheerleader that you are, are too smart to bite. When it was theoretical, you were safe standing on the sideline, cheerleading, saying "if only..."
Well, here we are -- $1300 for the thrill of 6 breaks right up your alley. What's the problem? Not enough "fun" for you, while you cheer others on rather than telling them what you really think?
Just who on Whatnot is going to put their money behind this if you won't?
If you ever wanted to over pay for a Roman Denarii now is your chance!
The substantial truth doctrine is an important defense in defamation law that allows individuals to avoid liability if the gist of their statement was true.
@gtstang said:
Do the people that deal in ancients even know what vault box is?
Most people who collect ancients barely know what slabs are. Most of us prefer our ancient coins unslabbed and would liberate any slabbed ancients that came our way, without hesitation. I've never had to do that myself, because I've never bought a slabbed ancient. None of the high-reputation ancients dealers I've dealt with sell slabbed ancients.
Will this sort of promotional gimmick actually help increase interest in ancients? I'm not sure, but I wouldn't assume so. I think any VaultBox fans who buy into this series will do so because they're VaultBox fans, not because they're ancients fans. They will still be unwilling and unable to seek out and purchase actual raw ancient coins. Meanwhile, most VaultBox fans who buy into this series and actually open up their boxes will have difficulty figuring out if they've been skunked or not - which seems to be the foremost question in the minds of all the VaultBox unboxing videos I've watched so far. They'd have to do actual research into ancient coin prices to find out.
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one. Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
jmlanzaf
Posts: 32,095 ✭✭✭✭✭
Comments
This thread belongs here: https://forums.collectors.com/categories/world-ancient-coins-forum
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
But then my fans will miss it. 😉
Are you in for 2? If not, why post?
And, as @MFeld said, why post here? Because the Ancients forum has little traffic and little interest?
Are you honestly expecting to provoke anything other than the usual back and forth here? Probably not even, since very few will care about this one way or the other.
You are the target audience, and even you, cheerleader that you are, are too smart to bite. When it was theoretical, you were safe standing on the sideline, cheerleading, saying "if only..."
Well, here we are -- $1300 for the thrill of 6 breaks right up your alley. What's the problem? Not enough "fun" for you, while you cheer others on rather than telling them what you really think?
Just who on Whatnot is going to put their money behind this if you won't?
Pretty sure that's the point. This one is likely to land with a thud, with you or without you. Jump the Shark.
How popular are ancients? Do the people that deal in ancients even know what vault box is?
Tough questions to be determined...
Actually, at a lower price point, the market would be people who don't deal or collect ancients.
During my Whatnot auction last week, I had 3 people show up and ask for ancients out of the blue.
They must be popular because they've been around just about forever.
that's not a proper answer to a problem you created
Then again, they might be on their last leg...
Does it, though?
8 Reales Madness Collection
If you ever wanted to over pay for a Roman Denarii now is your chance!
The substantial truth doctrine is an important defense in defamation law that allows individuals to avoid liability if the gist of their statement was true.
Most people who collect ancients barely know what slabs are. Most of us prefer our ancient coins unslabbed and would liberate any slabbed ancients that came our way, without hesitation. I've never had to do that myself, because I've never bought a slabbed ancient. None of the high-reputation ancients dealers I've dealt with sell slabbed ancients.
Will this sort of promotional gimmick actually help increase interest in ancients? I'm not sure, but I wouldn't assume so. I think any VaultBox fans who buy into this series will do so because they're VaultBox fans, not because they're ancients fans. They will still be unwilling and unable to seek out and purchase actual raw ancient coins. Meanwhile, most VaultBox fans who buy into this series and actually open up their boxes will have difficulty figuring out if they've been skunked or not - which seems to be the foremost question in the minds of all the VaultBox unboxing videos I've watched so far. They'd have to do actual research into ancient coin prices to find out.
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
Apparently I have been awarded one DPOTD.
@MFeld you can have this thread back my friend. We don't want it, or its OP.