Basically, it's someone who posts something controversial/stupid on a message board in order to get people riled up. Then, they get a lot of replies to the thread they started and feel all powerful and stuff.
<< <i>Basically, it's someone who posts something controversial/stupid on a message board in order to get people riled up. Then, they get a lot of replies to the thread they started and feel all powerful and stuff. >>
Yes, but I might have been called a troll (although no one has directed that label at me so far) because I do not say "Yee haa!" to all of the very high prices that some people have paid for high grade modern coins. You need to look at the circumstances before you go for the label.
There is ONE troll here who hate every coin dealer that has ever appeared on the face of the earth. He claims that EVERY dealer in the world pays pennies on the dollar for coins when they buy them. If that were true we would all be retired and no longer a problem for him. You can spot him very quickly from one or two posts.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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<< <i>Wow. Thats powerful! >>
The truth is powerful.
<< <i>Basically, it's someone who posts something controversial/stupid on a message board in order to get people riled up. Then, they get a lot of replies to the thread they started and feel all powerful and stuff. >>
Yes, but I might have been called a troll (although no one has directed that label at me so far) because I do not say "Yee haa!" to all of the very high prices that some people have paid for high grade modern coins. You need to look at the circumstances before you go for the label.
There is ONE troll here who hate every coin dealer that has ever appeared on the face of the earth. He claims that EVERY dealer in the world pays pennies on the dollar for coins when they buy them. If that were true we would all be retired and no longer a problem for him. You can spot him very quickly from one or two posts.
<< <i>There is ONE troll here who hate every coin dealer that has ever appeared on the face of the earth. >>
IWOG.
(Man, that one was too easy.
Russ, NCNE
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