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<p>[QUOTE="omahaorange, post: 1493408, member: 28199"]This has to be my favorite part: If you get a good coin pad my feedback, but if you get screwed don't complain.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is really no difference between this and the "unsearched" rolls of cents. You pay your money, you take your chances. Looks like simply a new twist on an old scam. Anybody want to bet how many of those halves are actually silver?</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the grammar, I too, tend to nitpick. In this case, it simply adds another clue that this is a scam, and you're more than likely getting clad coin for silver pricing. In the forum issue, it tends to make you seem less intelligent when arguing a point, and I have seen too many threads go out of control because of poor grammar and spelling from an individual trying to argue like he's a Mensa candidate. It simply destroys any credibility you have in the discussion. The bigger problem is when these same people who use the poor grammar here also use in in their everyday lives. The resume was a good example. I have gone through hundreds of job applications, and it never ceases to amaze me how poorly some people write (and atrocious handwriting is whole other subject). These are not illiterate people, they have high school diplomas and completed a trade school course. It's not that hard to use a spell checker, a dictionary, and proofread what you wrote. And remember your grade school English classes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="omahaorange, post: 1493408, member: 28199"]This has to be my favorite part: If you get a good coin pad my feedback, but if you get screwed don't complain. There is really no difference between this and the "unsearched" rolls of cents. You pay your money, you take your chances. Looks like simply a new twist on an old scam. Anybody want to bet how many of those halves are actually silver? As far as the grammar, I too, tend to nitpick. In this case, it simply adds another clue that this is a scam, and you're more than likely getting clad coin for silver pricing. In the forum issue, it tends to make you seem less intelligent when arguing a point, and I have seen too many threads go out of control because of poor grammar and spelling from an individual trying to argue like he's a Mensa candidate. It simply destroys any credibility you have in the discussion. The bigger problem is when these same people who use the poor grammar here also use in in their everyday lives. The resume was a good example. I have gone through hundreds of job applications, and it never ceases to amaze me how poorly some people write (and atrocious handwriting is whole other subject). These are not illiterate people, they have high school diplomas and completed a trade school course. It's not that hard to use a spell checker, a dictionary, and proofread what you wrote. And remember your grade school English classes.[/QUOTE]
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