"You Suck " award eligibilty question
OnWithTheHunt
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Earlier today, I posted a thread asking members to evaluate a possible overdate Buffalo nickel found in a bulk lot, Not only was I happy that everyone agreed it was the O/D, but also that one longtime membr sent me a "You suck" response, my first. Can I now consider myself a recipient of this coveted award or is the actual process more formal?
Proud recipient of the coveted "You Suck Award" (9/3/10).
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"When the "YOU SUCK!" was set up, it was based on the amount you paid for the coin, and the amount is sold for (or was worth). While 80X is a great score, it's not real you suck! material. If I remember the 1st official you suck! was given to Don Heath. Who scored a 1965 SMS 50C in MS68DCAM out of a $10 SMS set. A true you suck! is a 1000X or better ratio.
Someone who buys a coin for $4,000,000 and flips it for $5,500,000 may make $1,500,000. But they don't get a you suck! " - MadMarty
You Sucks are rather informal but some control must be exercised or else everybody is gonna suck!
Having said that and after reviewing your thread, IF the coin comes back as an 1918/7-D Buffalo, you'll definitely suck regardless of how much you wiggle and squirm!
The name is LEE!
I am happy that I got a "You Suck Award"!! lol
shasta7
And what about the YOU'RE A FOOL award? I probably have about 10 or so of those lined up on the mantle by now! Ugh!
<< <i>I got one for a $100 purchase that brought in close to 12k. Who gives a rats arse though, my wife tells me I suck everyday, whoopty do to get one here, like salt on a wound! >>
I hear you brother!!
In the old days (in Coinalot!! lol) Russ and I handed out the YOU SUCK!! awards. Unoffically the bar was set at 1000 times profit. But a coin for $5 sell it for $5000.. That was a major YOU SUCK!! There were just you sucks... for a $100 coin flipped for $1000 or so. It was all informal, and we even once had a website for it!
Oh yea, the graphics!!
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
They would include but are not be limited to........
1)A very large % increase in worth from purchase price to market price. (at least 10x)
2)A large absolute dollar increase. (More zeros the better, less time elapsed the better)
3)A score of a Pop1 coin.
Lots of unspoken rules.............
#s 1 + 2 are best if they occur together. i.e. finding a $5-$10 Lincoln cent while searching rolls meets #1 but fails #2.
Likewise buying a 100K coin and holding it for 5 years then selling for 110K fails #1 while meeting #2.
Buying a 100K coin from a dealer and walking down 2 tables and selling it for 110K before ink on first check drys meets requirement because of ultra short holding period.
Amatuers can score off dealers but to avoid ethical questions dealers cannot score off amatuers.
(They can score off each other but that is like lawyers suing lawyers)
No awards for scoring off the general masses. i.e. little old couples with shoe boxes.
Best awards for faceless/victimless scores........i.e. scores off purchases from banks, US Mint, Ebay and other auction services where others had the chance to score but only you had the knowledge/insight/courage to make the score.
......add your own qualifiers from here..........
<< <i>Is the plural of you suck "you suck" or "youse suck?" >>
Where I come from, it's "y'all suck".
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<< <i>Is the plural of you suck "you suck" or "youse suck?" >>
Where I come from, it's "y'all suck".
lol
<< <i>I just moved from "yins suck" (Central PA) to y'all suck (west TX) last year. >>
I thought the PA (south Philly) rabble said "youse guys?" Now for some fun, the Urban Dictionary defines "youse" as:
"Something that isn't a word but which you may hear from the lowest, most unintelligent, least educated, morons on this Earth."
"Usually spoken by the same morons who also use the non-existent words: somethink and disorientated"
Man: "Hey! Has any of youse got a smoke?"
Woman: "I love youse guys!"
"She comes out of the sun in a silk dress,
running like a water color in the rain...."
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
<< <i>I got one for a $100 purchase that brought in close to 12k. Who gives a rats arse though, my wife tells me I suck everyday, whoopty do to get one here, like salt on a wound! >>
Amen to that!
<< <i>I got one for a $100 purchase that brought in close to 12k. Who gives a rats arse though, my wife tells me I suck everyday, whoopty do to get one here, like salt on a wound! >>
That's why I got rid of mine. Been happier ever since.
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<< <i>Is the plural of you suck "you suck" or "youse suck?" >>
Where I come from, it's "y'all suck".
Where I come from, "y'all" is still singular. "All y'all" is plural.
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<< <i>Is the plural of you suck "you suck" or "youse suck?" >>
Where I come from, it's "y'all suck".
Where I come from, "y'all" is still singular. "All y'all" is plural.
In Pittsburgh, it's "Yins suck."