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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1746491, member: 26302"]We mainly agree Peace, Mike, and JAF. I will agree any type of asset purchase is better than no purchase at all, and I as well do not like lack of personal responsibility. However, I equally dislike people like Mr. Sprott and websites who quote him as a "recognized expert". Yes, it is still everyone's responsibility to check out the facts for themselves, that is a big reason I even post here, hoping people would read my frustration and anger towards these boisterous claims by salesmen.</p><p> </p><p>Think back a year or two ago here, all of the members posting how "only pm is money", they were "exchanging their worthless paper for REAL money", and "silver is going to $100 an ounce or more very quickly". Remember those? Well read the pm websites and these people were simply parroting what was being forced fed to them. Were they to blame for blindly believing it? Of course they were, but they probably wouldn't have made such an error if not for these fact twisting, scare inducing sales tactics. That is what I object to. We live in weird times, where stocks and bonds are tightly regulated as to what people can say about them, but any imbecile can create a website to pimp PM using whatever means necessary to get them to buy. If people really think PM is such a great "investment", then they should be glad to have any comments about buying or selling PM to be subject to the same SEC regulations. I am betting they wouldn't like that very much.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1746491, member: 26302"]We mainly agree Peace, Mike, and JAF. I will agree any type of asset purchase is better than no purchase at all, and I as well do not like lack of personal responsibility. However, I equally dislike people like Mr. Sprott and websites who quote him as a "recognized expert". Yes, it is still everyone's responsibility to check out the facts for themselves, that is a big reason I even post here, hoping people would read my frustration and anger towards these boisterous claims by salesmen. Think back a year or two ago here, all of the members posting how "only pm is money", they were "exchanging their worthless paper for REAL money", and "silver is going to $100 an ounce or more very quickly". Remember those? Well read the pm websites and these people were simply parroting what was being forced fed to them. Were they to blame for blindly believing it? Of course they were, but they probably wouldn't have made such an error if not for these fact twisting, scare inducing sales tactics. That is what I object to. We live in weird times, where stocks and bonds are tightly regulated as to what people can say about them, but any imbecile can create a website to pimp PM using whatever means necessary to get them to buy. If people really think PM is such a great "investment", then they should be glad to have any comments about buying or selling PM to be subject to the same SEC regulations. I am betting they wouldn't like that very much.[/QUOTE]
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