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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3029721, member: 19463&quot;]This may strike some here as odd or inappropriate but I have a request/suggestion that some might consider worthy.&nbsp; Here on Coin Talk we have the option of providing some information about ourselves that will end up on our profile page.&nbsp; Many of us guard our privacy to the point that we disclose nothing.&nbsp; That is most assuredly your right.&nbsp; There are situations, however, when we might benefit from having filled out a few general facts.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Recently one of our number announced a give-away of books and later needed to amend the rules to avoid having to pay $20 International postage for a $2 book.&nbsp; I wish we all would disclose not an address that would allow you to be stalked but perhaps a US state of other geographic ID as appropriate (Virginia, France, the Caribbean, S.E. Asia).&nbsp; When a new poster asks where to seek coins, I might suggest the coin show in Baltimore to the someone from the Mid Atlantic USA but not from Singapore.&nbsp; There is a reasonable limit to travel to a show, even a good one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some of us have spare coins we have outgrown that we might gift to a new collector who attracted our attention by asking pertinent questions (not &#039;How much can I get for it on eBay?) but the fact remains that we might be more inclined to do so for an 18 year old college student just discovering ancient coins than to a 92 year old PhD recently retired from the British Museum.&nbsp; There is the additional matter of needing to know the status of minors and how their parents feel about their participation here but we might declare &#039;young numismatist&#039; here for some purposes someone who is still paying off college loans and can&#039;t buy infinite aurei.&nbsp; It also might help prevent one of our well-meaning members from welcoming a newby to the hobby only to find later that the newby was the author of several books in our libraries.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not saying that posting something in all those optional profile blanks will cause your mailbox to overflow with freebies or even customized advertising but some might consider if they could see any value in the rest of us knowing a little about you.&nbsp; I am not suggesting that you all write me and say &#039;sign me up for whatever you are giving away&#039;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Opinions?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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