If I post an image of a coin here, how long should it be before I post it for sale on the BST forum?

lsica · January 12, 2012 3:17AM

Hello Group

If I post an image of a coin here, is there a rule (or an agreed upon standard) of how long I should wait before I post it on the BST forum?

NewParadigm · January 12, 2012 3:28AM

Nope. I assume you mean that you post a coin here to discuss and then you want to sell it?

There is no rule - just make sure it ends up on the BST with one "bump" a day.

lsica · January 12, 2012 3:33AM

I thought I remembered at one point it was "frowned upon" to do that. It's just a tough coin to image (irridescent rainbows on bronze toning on a silver coin) and I'd like to show off the pic if I can pull it off, and once I have the image I can keep I might just sell it

Broadstruck · January 12, 2012 3:33AM

Yes it's considered spam for collector members to show something on the forum and then toss it on the bst a few days later.

It's also considered spam for dealer members to post something on here that's available within their inventory.

AUandAG · January 12, 2012 3:35AM

Personally I have no problem with doing this at all. In fact I wish that a lot of the coins I see
on the US Coin Forum would go over to the BST, so that I can buy them!

bob

lsica · January 12, 2012 3:39AM

<< Yes it's considered spam for collector members to show something on the forum and then toss it on the bst a few days later. >>

OK, then, what sort of time spam should be between posts here and offers for sale on the BST? A week? A month?

Bochiman · January 12, 2012 3:40AM

Should be common sense.
If you post something knowing you will sell it, in short order, I, personally, believe that is spammish.

If you buy something, expressly for flipping it in the near future, it is the same. Exception may be if you are one of the first to get a hot new mint item and no one has seen them yet (ie... 25th annv sets, new quarter design, etc). Again, just my opinion.

If you have a set of coins, you post a favorite of yours, but you end up going to a show/website, getting an upgrade/replacement, and right after, you put the previous on the BST, I would be ok as there was no intent of yours to use the USCF as an advertising medium for you. It was coincidence and just how things worked out.

Meltdown · January 12, 2012 3:41AM

<< Personally I have no problem with doing this at all. In fact I wish that a lot of the coins I see
on the US Coin Forum would go over to the BST, so that I can buy them!

bob

>>

I don't typicaly mind either... Unless it's blatant or posted that it's for sale here on the discussions section.
I think after a week or so, assuming the initial thread has died and fallen 5-10-15 pages back I don't mind seeing a coin end up on the bst.

As a personal collector who enjoys both buying & selling, I have this dilema often enough.

messydesk · January 12, 2012 3:48AM

I guess same day it goes up would be in bad taste, especially if you're a repeat offender. Let the thread drop a few pages first. I guess you could also remove the picture from your original post in this forum if it didn't get quoted later in the thread.

comma · January 12, 2012 3:51AM

I don't think there are any rules.
Just use your best judgement. If it looks like spam, it will probably piss some people off. If not, post it in the BST.
Personally, I wouldn't care at all. If I see something really awesome that I want in a thread, I'd be the first in line to want it in the BST immediately so I could buy it

but I'm sure that's not the general consensus.

lsica · January 12, 2012 3:51AM

It's a piece that I bought a few years ago with the intent of selling it, but IMHO it looks much better in hand than I've ever been able to image it.

Broadstruck · January 12, 2012 3:57AM

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<< Yes it's considered spam for collector members to show something on the forum and then toss it on the bst a few days later. >>

OK, then, what sort of time spam should be between posts here and offers for sale on the BST? A week? A month? >>

Not really sure but I feel Bochiman kinda hit the nail on the head, as if it was bought to flip don't post it.

It's about proper etiquette so even if it's listed on an auction site or going to be... Don't post it here.

Caleb · January 12, 2012 3:57AM

Sometimes the 'spam police' go overboard

I have no problem if someone post a picture of a coin for discussion, as long as it is not mentioned that the coin is for sale. The same picture could be on the BST board but as long as there is no link between the two threads, what is the harm?

okracer · January 12, 2012 4:01AM

22 days and 6 hours. (Central time, of course).......

ttown · January 12, 2012 4:03AM

<< Sometimes the 'spam police' go overboard

I have no problem if someone post a picture of a coin for discussion, as long as it is not mentioned that the coin is for sale. The same picture could be on the BST board but as long as there is no link between the two threads, what is the harm?

>>

Bingo. The issues on this board is usually someone has a link on a coin for discussion. Separate threads not linked are fine as far as most of us are concerned.

How many times has someone ask a value before they post on this board? They may not say they are going to sell it outright in the message but that's usually the case.

TWQG · January 12, 2012 4:07AM

I see that you don't post much. This privilege is usually reserved for excessively prominent board members.

RedHerring · January 12, 2012 4:10AM

This depends on the longitude and latitude from which said coin is posted on U.S. Coin Forum. Posts coming from south of the Arctic Circle but north of the Tropic of Cancer are generally considered acceptable by all but the most die hard Starsky & Hutch fans.

LanceNewmanOCC · January 12, 2012 4:10AM

<< Sometimes the 'spam police' go overboard

I have no problem if someone post a picture of a coin for discussion, as long as it is not mentioned that the coin is for sale. The same picture could be on the BST board but as long as there is no link between the two threads, what is the harm?

>>

This is where i land.

morgandollar1878 · January 12, 2012 4:12AM

I think that it is somewhere between borderline and bad form to post something here and then a very short time later put it up on the BST. There are of course some exceptions, such as sickness or the like that would cause someone to sell something right after they got it. I think that if you are going to sell something, just put it up on the BST. Many of us here check the BST frequently.

seanq · January 12, 2012 4:16AM

<< 

<< Sometimes the 'spam police' go overboard

I have no problem if someone post a picture of a coin for discussion, as long as it is not mentioned that the coin is for sale. The same picture could be on the BST board but as long as there is no link between the two threads, what is the harm?

>>

Bingo. The issues on this board is usually someone has a link on a coin for discussion. Separate threads not linked are fine as far as most of us are concerned.

How many times has someone ask a value before they post on this board? They may not say they are going to sell it outright in the message but that's usually the case. >>

Some folks use this board like it's Antiques Roadshow, they might not know exactly what they have at first but find themselves much more interested in selling after they learn the true value of their item. My favorites are the ones that ask for attribution / authentication and value, they get some replies with a price range, and then a few days later the coin shows up on the BST or eBay with a Buy It Now three times the highest quoted price in the thread.

To the OP's question, I agree with the folks who say to wait a few days to a week for the thread to drop off the first few pages before selling on the BST.

Sean Reynolds

grip · January 12, 2012 4:21AM

Life is much to short to worry about who's posting for selling
or not...

NewParadigm · January 12, 2012 4:33AM

<< Should be common sense.
If you post something knowing you will sell it, in short order, I, personally, believe that is spammish.

If you buy something, expressly for flipping it in the near future, it is the same. Exception may be if you are one of the first to get a hot new mint item and no one has seen them yet (ie... 25th annv sets, new quarter design, etc). Again, just my opinion.

If you have a set of coins, you post a favorite of yours, but you end up going to a show/website, getting an upgrade/replacement, and right after, you put the previous on the BST, I would be ok as there was no intent of yours to use the USCF as an advertising medium for you. It was coincidence and just how things worked out. >>

I agree. If you are posting to "hype" up the coin, then it should not be done. Intent is crucial. However, if you want to post it to have a meaningful discussion or question and then decide to sell it, I do not see a problem.

lsica · January 12, 2012 4:34AM

Actually the only reason I'd post it here at all would be because it's been SUCH a SUMANABEEEE to image that if I actually CAN get it right, I want to show everyone the pic

I think what I might just do is post it here, and wait a week or two after any thread it generates dies down.

BaseballAbs · January 12, 2012 4:53AM

I would just do it and not worry about it. Your good. Just don't do it all the time or people will get annoyed. Do it the next day if you want.

Type2 · January 12, 2012 5:19AM

Your doing it all wrong you post it on the BST then you ask this.....

You buy them book send them to school and all they do is chew the covers off the books.

Now post the pic..

Connecticoin · January 12, 2012 5:23AM

Once it is posted in this forum it is forever banned from the BST

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lsica · January 12, 2012 5:27AM

<< Your doing it all wrong you post it on the BST then you ask this.....

You buy them book send them to school and all they do is chew the covers off the books.

Now post the pic.. >>

Funny... well I gotta take it first, and it may turn out looking like garbage again which makes this whole thread moot

Baley · January 12, 2012 5:29AM

Show me a person asking "where the line is?" and I'll show you a person trying to get away with something.

In other words, although we can't specifically define, measure, and quantify spam, we do know it when we see it.

If I post an image of a coin here, how long should it be before I post it for sale on the BST forum?

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