Coin hobby language that turns you off?

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he has 2200 posts though, and I got to well known member after like 500 posts

 

All you do is to create a superficial answer to a big problem. Be it race, gender or financial status. What lies in the heart of individuals never changes. The law just prevents them from showing it openly. It does not change it.

 

Exactly, it doesn't even really change the behavior it just changes how they can apply it.

In the above example the way to put a stop to that behavior is through social pressure. If shows stopped giving the individual tables and the dealer network stopped doing business with them their job gets a lot harder and some may decide it is not worth the social stigma risk of operating in that manner.

Legislation and regulation is certainly not the answer. There would be no way to ever enforce it but more importantly it would lead places that would have a major impact on the hobby in a negative way. All it would take is a bored prosecutor or one trying to make a name for themselves and they may decide 30 percent is to much of a profit margin, or dealers being prosecuted for selling toned coins above guide ect. Likely in time the Minnesota law would end up being reasonable by comparison.

 

Not a pretty thing to see the <Insider's> Brain hurt

 

"High grade"

 

I can't stand seeing ebay listings with "rare" inappropriately used in the title. Too many common coins out there being hyped up.

 

"Wow"; "LOOK"; "Superslider"; "GemBU" for nice AUs.

 

Every hobby has specific terminology.

rare can mean many things indirectly related to value. Such as you can own a Rare limited edition McDonalds drink cup. There were only 5 billion made.

Of course, with coins it can mean something different directly or indirectly related to value.
It all goes back to buyer beware

 

The thing about "rare" coins with 50-100K mintages is there are many, many series with relatively low mintage dates and mms. Surviving mintages are another issue, but hoards can show up and there are still a lot of uncertified coins out there. They say "rare" because they assume collectors will flock to those, but demand is entirely dependent on how many people are interested in collecting the coin, how collectible it is and price. Some sellers are notorious for aggressive promotions banking on how some customers are willing suckers for that or don't want to be rude when inquiring. The thing is some of the niche collectors are becoming rarer than the actual coins, I don't know what will happen to the hobby as we continue to lose members to age.

 

hi - just to add my two cents - i never forgot this story.... two people, go for a job interview for the identical position at the identical company - both people have the identical work experiences, both from the same college with the same G.P.A, virtually EVERYTHING about them was identical.... person A gets the job, whilst person B does not - the reason? - turns out, the one thing that was NOT identical, was the NEGOTIATING skills of person A....the moral of the story, was that one shouldn't have SOUR GRAPES......if someone gets a better deal than you, don't be upset and jealous - rather use your time and energy to learn WHAT they did and HOW they did it, so you too might be more "successful" in your next endeavors....
it's like walking with a friend and they find a $20 bill - does that mean you just LOST $20? someone else's success, is NOT your failure....learn from it!

 

A man goes to prison and the first night while he's laying in bed contemplating his situation, he hears someone yell out, "44!" Followed by laughter from the other prisoners.

He thought that was pretty odd, then he heard someone else yell out, "72!" Followed by even more laughter.

"What's going on?" he asked his cellmate.

"Well, we've all heard every joke so many times, we've given them each a number to make it easier."

"Oh," he says, "can I try?"

"Sure, go ahead."

So, he yells out "102!" and the place goes nuts. People are whooping and laughing in a hysteria. He looks at his cellmate rolling on the ground with tears in his eyes from laughing so hard.

"Wow, good joke huh?"

"Yeah! We ain't never heard that one before!"

And here's the other punchline that threw me for a loop after years of hearing this joke:

So, he yells out "102!" and the place is dead quiet save for a few groans. Confused, he looks at his cellmate who is just shaking his head.

"Hey, what happened?"

"Well, some people can tell a joke, some people can't."

 

That joke, is SO up my alley! Thanks for sharing!

 

Honestly I prefer not to steal at all .. or obtain my coinage by scrupulous means I've always been an honest person