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Message:: [QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 3264862, member: 71723"]Nooo, just that HONEST capitalism and coins are becoming virtually incompatible. Yes, THAT I AM SAYING. I am saying the ONLY useful defense for a buyer is dealing face to face with the goods in your hand under a light of YOUR choosing. Anyone dealing on the Internet is a fool. Now... PRE-EXISTING "meatspace" relationship, and the 'net as merely a "photo-phone"? Sure, fine. Have at it. But to have it EXCLUSIVELY online? Oh my gosh, no. Not EVER! Look, I've known [USER=307]@mikenoodle[/USER] and Matt Dinger for years now. They TELL me I was instrumental in helping their past close sponsor relationship with the ANA. I don't know, but that's what I'm told. I would and I HAVE dealt with both Mike, through the shop for which he works part time, and with Matt at Lost Dutchman. Don't kid yourself. My relationship with Mike and Matt WAAAAAAY predates my even ever having HEARD of CoinTalk. My son has a 2011 vintage Coin Show Radio "I [heart] Coins" t-shirt snagged at [gasp] the ANA convention. Just an aside, Matt and Mike's close relationship with the ANA did NOT survive Jake Sherlock's departure from the ANA. "Personal relationships based on trust" again. They not only "count", they're possibly the ONLY thing that does.[/QUOTE]