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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vegas Vic, post: 1954899, member: 58810&quot;]Josh.</p><p>Remember who your audience is. There are many people here who sell coins for living. There are many people here who have been collecting longer then you have been alive. While my own knowledge base is somewhat limited I have been collecting longer then you have been alive. (Depressing fact of aging). You basically are relatively new to collecting (compared to many people here) and clearly want to be taken seriously. My sincere advice is that you should listen to the feedback you are getting. You have been told multiple times to proofread. I would recommend having someone more experienced read your posts prior to posting them. And listen to Amanda. Pick a very specific topic. I may be wrong but if I had to guess I would say you are using a very limited number of resources for you information. It comes across as if you read one article and then rewrote it. You will sound more professional if you start citing references with footnotes and have the references listed at the end of your article. It will also help you with accuracy. </p><p><br /></p><p>When i was 15 I was working for a dealer in the summer and making 4-5 digit deals independently. But I knew absolutely nothing then compared to what is needed to trade at that level. All I could do is look at grey sheets and compare them to the pcgs/ngc slabs. I really wanted to be taken seriously then as much as you appear to now. I still want to be taken seriously now here but I don&#039;t have a tenth of the knowledge many posters here have. The difference is I know what I don&#039;t know. In life there is nothing more important to know then knowing what you don&#039;t know. </p><p><br /></p><p>I end up saying this to all the time to my students on the job and I&#039;ll modify it for you. No one comes out of the womb a coin expert. Relax and learn. If you focus more on learning you will be taken a lot more seriously. Remember this is not easy. These people here are professionals. I kind of feel like I went to a circ du soleil show and you are outside the tent trying to do back flips. The people (other then me) here are true professionals. If you quit college and went it work for a coin dealer for 20 years you might then be able to speak to them at the level you want to.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not telling you to stop or give up. I&#039;m trying to tell you that you if you focus on learning you will have more success. Listen to feedback. </p><p>Good luck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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