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<p>[QUOTE="Barfly, post: 1834632, member: 57721"]They are NOT FOR SALE. First, people say I must have graded them wrong. Second, people say I must have priced them wrong. Thus, the only way to explore those issues would be to list the coins for what I priced them out at and post pictures of them. That way, collectively, those that are interested in doing so could point out how wrong I am about my grading and pricing and the reasons why. </p><p><br /></p><p>But, since that is apparently against the rules around here, this truly is a pointless exercise. </p><p><br /></p><p>The only thing that I can conclude is that your forum and those like it are not a useful tool in either evaluation or price discovery. This would leave no clearly objective third party tools at the disposal of anyone looking to make an evaluation of a particular coin or collection. It is little wonder numismatics is dying as a business. </p><p><br /></p><p>This business is a con-artists' wet dream. </p><p><br /></p><p>This explains why there are so many topics around here about people being taken for ride. Heck, apparently even this John Ford character was a known prolific fraud. This kind of censorship only facilitates a poor reputation. Run your forum any way you want, but know you are contributing to your own problems, not helping them. You have only reinforced the point of my original posting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Barfly, post: 1834632, member: 57721"]They are NOT FOR SALE. First, people say I must have graded them wrong. Second, people say I must have priced them wrong. Thus, the only way to explore those issues would be to list the coins for what I priced them out at and post pictures of them. That way, collectively, those that are interested in doing so could point out how wrong I am about my grading and pricing and the reasons why. But, since that is apparently against the rules around here, this truly is a pointless exercise. The only thing that I can conclude is that your forum and those like it are not a useful tool in either evaluation or price discovery. This would leave no clearly objective third party tools at the disposal of anyone looking to make an evaluation of a particular coin or collection. It is little wonder numismatics is dying as a business. This business is a con-artists' wet dream. This explains why there are so many topics around here about people being taken for ride. Heck, apparently even this John Ford character was a known prolific fraud. This kind of censorship only facilitates a poor reputation. Run your forum any way you want, but know you are contributing to your own problems, not helping them. You have only reinforced the point of my original posting.[/QUOTE]
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