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If someone asks a question here or seeks advice, what do you do ?....

coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
If someone asks a question here or seeks advice and .....

1) you KNOW you don't know the answer...image

2) you THINK you don't know the answer.... image

3) you're CLUELESS as to whether you know the answer.....image

4) you KNOW you know the answer.....image

Do you .......

A) ignore the question?

B) reply as if you KNOW the answer?

C) reply as if you MIGHT know the answer?

D) reply as if you're CLUELESS?

E) other?

Please feel free to mix and match any of the numbers and letters above. But, if you are completely clueless (AND you KNOW it), don't feel like you need to reply. imageimage
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  • << <i>But, if you are completely clueless (AND you KNOW it), don't feel like you need to reply. >>



    I still have the urge to reply.image

    Cameron Kiefer
  • LucyBopLucyBop Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭
    I don't know how to answer this crazy question. image
    imageBe Bop A Lula!!
    "Senorita HepKitty"
    "I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
  • If I owned a real coin I would buy a clue then maybe I could answer reply to this thread with some air of authority.
    Paul in Pine Hill
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    My ebay auctions

  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    If I know the answer, I always try to share the answer. If I'm not sure, then I'll say what I think and say I'm not sure. If I have no clue, I usually don't reply.
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    I tell them to send a PM to Coinguy1!image
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If it's a subject I'm interested in, I try to answer honestly.

    If I don't know or don't care, I usually don't respond.

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • FinallyHereFinallyHere Posts: 821 ✭✭✭
    Huh?
    Mike Printz
    Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.
    https://hjbltd.com/#!/department/us-coins
  • UMMMMMMMMM.....Gimme time with this one!
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    Insulting the person, is always a safe response.
    There once was a place called
    Camelotimage
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    Monte, I would like to buy a vowel.image
    There once was a place called
    Camelotimage
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    1) don't attempt to answer.
    2) may answer, but suggest my unsurety, and then say something smartass.
    3) say something smartass.
    4) Try to answer.
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  • I thought that one buys vowels from Pat, not Monte.
  • mozeppamozeppa Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Monte, I would like to buy a vowel.image >>




    mmmm can i have a K please? image
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If someone asks a question here or seeks advice and .....

    1) you KNOW you don't know the answer...---------don't reply.

    2) you THINK you don't know the answer....----------don't reply.

    3) you're CLUELESS as to whether you know the answer.....----------share what i know.

    4) you KNOW you know the answer.....----------reply or send a PM, unless the member is a butthead!!!

    sometimes when i haven't got a clue i know someone who does and i'll reply with that information, but usually i'll send a PM.

    al h.image
  • FullHornFullHorn Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I cant tell from the scan but if I had to guess I would say AU58 to MS64 and may have had a light cleaning and retoned
  • 1 A
    2 A
    3 E Ask a clarifying question.
    4 B
  • CalGoldCalGold Posts: 2,608 ✭✭
    1. E-Other. I reply as if he asked a question that I do know the answer to, giving of course the correct answer to that question. After all, its not my fault that he asked the wrong question. This gives him usefull information to the question he should have asked in the first place.

    2. E-Othter. I reply telling him I think I know the answer. I do not actually tell what I think the anwswer is since I am not 100% sure and would not want to mislead him.

    3. E-Other. See my response to scenario 1.

    4. A.

    CG
  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,783 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If I dont know the answer, then I dont reply. If I can add any value to a topic, then I try to input.
  • tjkilliantjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭
    I always try to answer questions that I know the answer too in such a way that I always have an out, i.e. I read somewhere... I've been told...

    If I don't know the answer, I don't respond.

    Tom
    Tom

  • melikecoinsmelikecoins Posts: 1,154 ✭✭
    1-A
    2-A
    3-A
    4-B


    Most of the time (by the time I read the question) it has been answered by others

    Glen
    I don't buy slabs I make them
  • LucyBopLucyBop Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭
    Can you please repeat the question?
    imageBe Bop A Lula!!
    "Senorita HepKitty"
    "I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    Mark,
    With a question phrased like that, I can tell you went to law school image
  • If I do not know the answer, I keep reading other's responses in hopes of gaining education

    If I am comfortable in my knowledge of a subject and the extent of my knowledge has not already been covered, then I will add my input.


    This explains why I have so few postsimage



  • E. Make a smarta$$ comment about Frankies image
  • darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
    Sometimes I will TTT a thread if nobody can answer the question that was asked or make a light comment to bring it back to the top so other that might be able to answer it can see it. Other times when I do know the answer I will try to help. mike image
  • GilbertGilbert Posts: 1,533 ✭✭✭
    It depends Mark.

    If I know the answer and think it will be appreciated, I'll respond.

    If it is seems to be important and needs kinda' immediate attention I'll field it as best I can and suggest who may better answer it. I used to research it myself, and sometimes I still will.

    Ans rather than blabber on any further, my best honest answer is "it depends on how I think it will be received," with one exception:

    if it is about VAMs and hasn't been sufficiently addressed, I'll chime in anyway. image
    Gilbert
  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    When answering honestly will hurt or embarrass the poster, I usually ignore the thread. Otherwise, I provide the best info I have with a qualifying remark about my skill level if I feel unqualified.
    Developing theory is what we are meant to do as academic researchers
    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
  • relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570

    I just increase my post count and hope the person asking the question isn't dumb enough to take my advice. image
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  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If I know the answer and no one else has given the answer I try to help. Outside of that the thread is watched untill the answer comes up.

    Giving out Bogus information is not good in my opinion. Man I hope the Foot was not inserted with this reply.

    Ken
  • BubbleheadBubblehead Posts: 1,621 ✭✭✭
    I had a coin like that once......


  • << <i>1) don't attempt to answer.
    2) may answer, but suggest my unsurety, and then say something smartass.
    3) say something smartass.
    4) Try to answer. >>


    Sometimes a mixture of 3 and 4 is good.
    But generally 4 is the best approach.
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,461 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mark:

    Does your boss know you spend this much time on the computer??image
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • I rarely feel qualified to give advice. I pretty much consider myself a garden variety coin collector.

    I occasionaly will share certain experiences I've had. And if someone finds any of that instructional--then it's a bonus.

    Clankeye
    Brevity is the soul of wit. --William Shakespeare
  • coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,320 ✭✭✭✭✭
    to simplify the answer choices, if I feel I can contribute, I try and answer...

  • 1) you KNOW you don't know the answer...REPLY: H'bout them Yankees huh??

    2) you THINK you don't know the answer.... REPLY: H'bout them Yankees huh??

    3) you're CLUELESS as to whether you know the answer.....REPLY: Have you met MadMarty? He really SUCKS!

    4) you KNOW you know the answer.....REPLY: I'd tell ya - but then I'd have ta kill ya...

    Do you .......

    A) ignore the question? IE: So - what are you wearing??? (Learned this from MDWoods)

    B) reply as if you KNOW the answer? IE: Yeah - me and Coinguy1 are like soul brothers ya know?

    C) reply as if you MIGHT know the answer? IE: So if I tell you the answer - will you tell me what you're wearing? (Also an MDWoods favorite)

    D) reply as if you're CLUELESS? I'm sorry - did you say you LIKE barnyard animals? (An MDWoods exclusive)

    E) other? How long ARE your legs???? image
  • I try not to answer unless I am fairly sure what I am talking about. If I am not positive, I will say so. I would hate for my advise to be wrong and impact someones decision to buy or not buy a coin.

    Jay
    image
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    If I know, I'll post. If I'm not sure, I usually don't reply unless nobody else does. If I don't know I don't reply.

    The last thing I would want to do is give out bad info.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • If I know the answer, I give an honest reply.
    If I'm not sure, I have a beer and take stab at an honest reply.
  • How 'bout them Marlins!!


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  • I am with Keets and Kranky.image
    Gary
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  • nice coin ms65 with a shot at 66image
    Michael
  • I try to do what nwcs does, but it also depends on how much time I have to spend on the boards. image
  • Mark...... How about some answers for the other post you have up, "What coin do you like better".imageimage
  • ... hand 'em a quarter and point 'em to a pay phone

    image

  • No advice here; therefore, no liability...image
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
  • Immediately flame them for their ignorance and point them to the State Quarters Homepage!image
  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for the replies, everyone. My post was written, partly in earnest and partly in jest.

    Fittingly, there were a number of well thought out, sincere responses, as well as some very funny ones. I appreciate them all.
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,739 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll let the real easy questions go to give someone else a chance. If I can answer
    a harder question than I will just to keep the thread moving, even if it's only a very
    partial answer. I try to avoid giving any advice since it seems unpopular, but will
    to specific requests sometimes.

    I have a low threshold to post here and am always looking for post count.image
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • DMWJRDMWJR Posts: 6,045 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Run Away! Run Away!
    Doug
  • If ever there was a thread "POLL-worthy" this is it! image

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