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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BooksB4Coins, post: 1798947, member: 36230&quot;]It&#039;s good to know that I am not the only one who has come to this conclusion.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Agreed. This is the one area in which Tim has shown tremendous growth, so if he insists on starting a coin-related business, I believe it would be wise for him to focus on his one strength.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Since &quot;<i>everything</i>&quot; is included, if sent this &quot;<i>cigar box</i>&quot; from &quot;<i>someone who knows 0 about coins</i>&quot;, is it safe to assume that you will be attributing any/all varieties? If sent a box of cents with one CPG-listed variety thrown in as a test, would you be able to not only find, but correctly attribute the coin?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>See below.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>See below.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Okay, great... so you&#039;re still basing actual values off of a guide. While it is not worth again going over the folly of this with you, I would like to point out a recent thread about a 1957-P 1C NGC67 offered on Teletrade. IIRC, Numismedia lists FMV for this coin at over $1000, yet the aforementioned specimen failed to sell at the $400 opening bid, so using this one example, please tell me how your lazy generalization of 80% Numismedia FMV would benefit your client? </p><p><br /></p><p>You proudly state that you own five domains, but say nothing about how well they are paying off for you. How is the &quot;Future of Coin Collecting&quot; site going? Other than the one thread trying to siphon off CT members, have you tried promoting the site? If I remember correctly, there has been no new threads in over a month, and most of what is there was posted by you offering services and asking for donations, so is it safe to assume this is another one of your great ideas now down the toilet? </p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless... if you really want to work for yourself, that is great, but you need to wake up to reality. Photography has long been a hobby/borderline passion of mine, and I would have loved to make a business out of it. While I have sold a few photos over the years, if I put passion above practicality, I would long ago have been living in a cardboard box. My point is that you need to stop trying to play business, and actually focus on what there is a need or market for. Or, if you really want to play dealer, you could always do what numerous other jokers do and flip dreck as something special on ebay, but that would mean somehow fixing your paypal problems or being forced to use mommy&#039;s account. You also could consider actually leaving the house to get out and meet people to show your worth and prove yourself, but darn-it that just wouldn&#039;t be as fun, and you would have to accept the reality of being an unknown nobody instead of the savior your fancy yourself as. I&#039;ve no doubt that it is beneath you to start out small filling minor want lists and/or slowly building a clientele, so keep with the big dreams and comparing yourself to the greats.</p><p><br /></p><p>To put it simply, and all other issues aside, you do not have the skill or ability to follow through with this venture, Tim. I understand that it may sound like endless fun to sit on your butt in Mommy&#039;s house and wait for other people&#039;s coins to arrive in the mail, but it is a pipe dream and very far from the new idea you seem to think. Your threads can be amusing at times, but at others they are just sad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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