Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 641813, member: 57463&quot;]You got my nomination.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I first got started, I was at a store chatting with the dealer and buying Barber Dimes.&nbsp; I was not paying much attention to the coins, accepting them as 2x2ed... VF... Fine... XF... Good...&nbsp; After I got them home and looked at them, I got an Edmund Scientific catalog and spent as much on lenses as I lost on the coins.&nbsp; I do not blame the dealer.&nbsp; He did not grade them all.&nbsp; They were just is stock at the moment.&nbsp; I had every opportunity to ask him his opinion and I did not.&nbsp;&nbsp; He really did give me good pointers on many occasions at other times.&nbsp; It was my own fault for not using an available resource.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was the &quot;supermarket mentality.&quot;&nbsp; I just bought what was offered <i>prima facie</i>.&nbsp; If I had seen myself as a the purchasing agent of a corporation, I would have engaged more due diligence.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lesson learned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in