Wowzer, where have the moderators been for the last several weeks/months??
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Isn't it great to look at beautiful coins?? Isn't it great to talk about coins in a general kind of way?? I guess you probably agree or else you wouldn't hang your hat here quite as much. What tends to drive me nuts is that nothing is ever done about the repeated spamming at the DISCUSSION forum by sellers trying to reach out to us for their own benefit. Happens all the time, happens with members I know and get along with, happens with members I don't get along with and with seeming strangers to the board as well as veterans.
I just wonder why it happens at all.
I'll go out on a limb here and be the unpopular poster by saying that much of the hoopla surrounding a recent collection's sale was pasted all over the place and really amounted to nothing but spam. Why wasn't that stuff deleted, why wasn't the member told to post it at the appropriate Registry or BST forums where stuff for sale is supposed to be posted?? Am I to presume it's OK for me to start a thread at this forum when I decide to sell something just to "talk" about it??
Now we get the follow up with grades and alluded to prices along with the expected cat-and-dog-fight being watched by all the rubber neckers like me!!
I'll admit I enjoyed reading some of the stuff and it was typical forum entertainment, people taking sides based on their feelings for the market and the participants-----nothing new really. I guess that while the rules change the game stays the same anyway. We're left wading throung the garbage to find the stuff that's worthwhile and it can be tough some days. Fortunately for me(and maybe for you) summer is around the corner and the PC will have to live without me less and less each warm day. There's golf, fishing, the cool woods around my house, all that yard work and gardening!!! Relief........................
But back to my original point, spam. I look at this way with a simple test; when a member(s) who doesn't post with any frequency or who has been absent for a few years suddenly appears and posts briefly, only to slip away again, there is generally an alterior motive. It isn't rocket science. For my own part a feel a bit pimped out by it all but I generally get over it quickly. Then there are the rules, or are there rules?? When I see them applied in such a willy-nilly fashion it makes me think about motives and wonder if anything will ever change. I'm grateful our Host makes this venue available and shall strive to wade my way through the politics. I hate politics, it's better left to politicians, they're better at it and can fool us with more regularity.
Have a nice day and don't shoot me, I'm just my own messenger.
Al H.
I just wonder why it happens at all.
I'll go out on a limb here and be the unpopular poster by saying that much of the hoopla surrounding a recent collection's sale was pasted all over the place and really amounted to nothing but spam. Why wasn't that stuff deleted, why wasn't the member told to post it at the appropriate Registry or BST forums where stuff for sale is supposed to be posted?? Am I to presume it's OK for me to start a thread at this forum when I decide to sell something just to "talk" about it??
Now we get the follow up with grades and alluded to prices along with the expected cat-and-dog-fight being watched by all the rubber neckers like me!!
I'll admit I enjoyed reading some of the stuff and it was typical forum entertainment, people taking sides based on their feelings for the market and the participants-----nothing new really. I guess that while the rules change the game stays the same anyway. We're left wading throung the garbage to find the stuff that's worthwhile and it can be tough some days. Fortunately for me(and maybe for you) summer is around the corner and the PC will have to live without me less and less each warm day. There's golf, fishing, the cool woods around my house, all that yard work and gardening!!! Relief........................But back to my original point, spam. I look at this way with a simple test; when a member(s) who doesn't post with any frequency or who has been absent for a few years suddenly appears and posts briefly, only to slip away again, there is generally an alterior motive. It isn't rocket science. For my own part a feel a bit pimped out by it all but I generally get over it quickly. Then there are the rules, or are there rules?? When I see them applied in such a willy-nilly fashion it makes me think about motives and wonder if anything will ever change. I'm grateful our Host makes this venue available and shall strive to wade my way through the politics. I hate politics, it's better left to politicians, they're better at it and can fool us with more regularity.
Have a nice day and don't shoot me, I'm just my own messenger.
Al H.
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I knew it would happen.
Maybe that's what we need a good joke or two..
You want how much HA HA HA
<< <i>"Grades In" threads are soft spamming that has been tolerated here for as long as I can remember. >>
I would say only if the person has plans to sell the coin.
<< <i>"Grades In" threads are soft spamming that has been tolerated here for as long as I can remember. >>
It depends on the poster.
thanks for helping me make my point, sort of. when things are transparent and require noone to "overanaylze" anything it should be easy for our trusted moderator(s) to remove them. also, as IGWT so aptly stated, many times(and particularly with certain members) the Grades Posted threads are a signal to everyone that coins are available
<< <i>Isn't it great to look at beautiful coins?? Isn't it great to talk about coins in a general kind of way?? I guess you probably agree or else you wouldn't hang your hat here quite as much. What tends to drive me nuts is that nothing is ever done about the repeated spamming at the DISCUSSION forum by sellers trying to reach out to us for their own benefit. Happens all the time, happens with members I know and get along with, happens with members I don't get along with and with seeming strangers to the board as well as veterans.
I just wonder why it happens at all.
I'll go out on a limb here and be the unpopular poster by saying that much of the hoopla surrounding a recent collection's sale was pasted all over the place and really amounted to nothing but spam. Why wasn't that stuff deleted, why wasn't the member told to post it at the appropriate Registry or BST forums where stuff for sale is supposed to be posted?? Am I to presume it's OK for me to start a thread at this forum when I decide to sell something just to "talk" about it??
Now we get the follow up with grades and alluded to prices along with the expected cat-and-dog-fight being watched by all the rubber neckers like me!!
But back to my original point, spam. I look at this way with a simple test; when a member(s) who doesn't post with any frequency or who has been absent for a few years suddenly appears and posts briefly, only to slip away again, there is generally an alterior motive. It isn't rocket science. For my own part a feel a bit pimped out by it all but I generally get over it quickly. Then there are the rules, or are there rules?? When I see them applied in such a willy-nilly fashion it makes me think about motives and wonder if anything will ever change. I'm grateful our Host makes this venue available and shall strive to wade my way through the politics. I hate politics, it's better left to politicians, they're better at it and can fool us with more regularity.
Have a nice day and don't shoot me, I'm just my own messenger.
Al H. >>
Excellent point. I recall a certain gentleman who left this board in a big way years ago, crapped on the way out (burned his bridges I thought), in anger swore he'd never return and then magically showed up here to pump
and sell coins. Interesting.
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Yes, I did not mean universally, and I should have qualified the statement.
What can we do to help you with that?
<< <i>The only problem I see is that Keets is not cynical enough.
What can we do to help you with that?
Get him involved in politics.
uh oh, busted by spellchecker1 who knows all about ulterior moteves. thanks for the correction!!
Keets, you must have had a calf when I linked one of my give-aways to that GSA press kit I was auctioning.
actually, i had a back spasm which kept me in my chair and probably prevented a hernya(note to sp1: did i spell that correctly)!!!!
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
<< <i>Despite the accusation, no one ever has an "alterior motive".
uh oh, busted by spellchecker1 who knows all about ulterior moteves. thanks for the correction!!
Keets, you must have had a calf when I linked one of my give-aways to that GSA press kit I was auctioning.
actually, i had a back spasm which kept me in my chair and probably prevented a hernya(note to sp1: did i spell that correctly)!!!!
Well, for what it's worth, when I do a give-away I try to throw in some education along the way. One of these days I'll hold only a few GSA coins versus the extensive collection I built when most dealers and collectors were looking elsewhere. But the GSA sale will always be a part of me and I'll always do what I can to give advice and help those who ask for it. I have profited along the way to be sure, but I've also paid a lot of dues, put in the hours, and done my homework......a labor of love as it's said.
I have no regrets and when I do finally wind down my collecting activities, I leave the hobby with no enemies, only pleasant memories and some good friends.
<< <i>Despite the accusation, no one ever has an "alterior motive".
uh oh, busted by spellchecker1 who knows all about ulterior moteves. thanks for the correction!!
Keets, you must have had a calf when I linked one of my give-aways to that GSA press kit I was auctioning.
actually, i had a back spasm which kept me in my chair and probably prevented a hernya(note to sp1: did i spell that correctly)!!!!
You have either directly or indirectly accused me of spam on more than one occasion in the past few months. Provide a single (as in just one) instance in which I have done that and I will apologize. On the other hand, if you are unable to do so - and I already know you wont be able to - stop taking baseless shots at me.
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Feld, you're the one who won't let things die. i sent you a PM saying as much back on March 8th when my attempts to avoid you resulted in your continual posting of snide little remarks similar to the "alterior" one you made here. you just can't let things be, but when i swing back you get PO'd. tough luck, bucko.
to your point of me proving anything, the stuff you have a guilty conscience about is ancient, it all took place years ago when you worked for a West Coast firm and had the nasty habit of linking their website and coins that they were offering for sale in threads you'd start. a few of us saw through the ploy and you backed off while never directly admitting that you had done anything wrong. a savvy guy like you knew what he was doing, you're just too proud to admit it. so yeah, i have accused you in the past of spam and will continue to bring it up so long as you swing first and until you can man up and admit your guilt.
that's simple, right?? at least it should be for a man.
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Or our duty to posterior?
This place has sure gone crazy lately...
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<< <i>I thought Coinguy1 was a coin forum moderator. >>
<< <i>As of today , the only posts allowed on this board should be "Pic Posts"
Pic Post and educational posts (with and w/o pics).
I enjoy learning new stuff about coins infinitely more then I like learning about past disagreements.
More History Channel. Less Reality TV.
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<< <i>I thought Coinguy1 was a coin forum moderator. >>
I'll see your tee hee and raise you a
<< <i>"Grades In" threads are soft spamming that has been tolerated here for as long as I can remember. >>
I'll kinda disagree with this in that I post my grades simply to share. Nothing more and nothing less.
The name is LEE!
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
<< <i>Rather than "grades in" threads, maybe we should have more "old gentleman walked in the shop today and I bought his 1901-s barber quarter for melt! Do I get a "you suck" award?" >>
<< <i>"Grades In" threads are soft spamming that has been tolerated here for as long as I can remember. >>
Longacre must be a numismatic babe in the woods because I never thought of this. Seriously.
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Should we just ban dealers? It would be a shame if we did, because, like it or not, they do possess a lot of numismatic knowledge that we all benefit from.
you see, i try, i really try to let bygones be bygones but certain members wanna drag things up and keep the ball rolling. that's how bad blood stays bad.
I thought Coinguy1 was a coin forum moderator.
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<< <i>Rather than "grades in" threads, maybe we should have more "old gentleman walked in the shop today and I bought his 1901-s barber quarter for melt! Do I get a "you suck" award?"
Totally
<< <i><< Rather than "grades in" threads, maybe we should have more "old gentleman walked in the shop today and I bought his 1901-s barber quarter for melt! Do I get a "you suck" award?"
Totally
...says the alt.
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Just my 2¢.
At the least the SSPs are about a doggone coin.
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<< <i><< Rather than "grades in" threads, maybe we should have more "old gentleman walked in the shop today and I bought his 1901-s barber quarter for melt! Do I get a "you suck" award?"
Totally
...says the alt. >>
While I don't see eye to eye with that poster on certain subjects, to my knowledge, that is not an alt.
<< <i>I don't mind spam as much as I do threads about threads.
Just my 2¢.
At the least the SSPs are about a doggone coin. >>
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working on proof shield nickels # 8 with a bullet!!!!
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<< <i>I don't mind "grades in threads". Some collectors work hard to find certain coins for their sets and are just happy to let everyone know what they have been waiting for. >>
That was the point of my 1963-D franklin MS66 FBL thread......I was pretty stoked about getting the grade and I wanted to shar my excitment. The coin will be for sale but I don't know when or where at this point and I don't believe it will be anytime soon.....but I am started the price at $4500
It's called a joke people
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