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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3048988, member: 19463&quot;]In all honesty I find it repulsive that so many people fault Clio for being better at what they are doing in their own amateurish way.&nbsp; If these things are <u>only</u> money to you, I wish <u>you</u> would change hobbies.&nbsp; Over the years I have met rich people and powerful people.&nbsp; In the Army I met a number of real jerks that were mid-grade officers but only one General that I believed was a total loser.&nbsp; I loved one thing about the White House:&nbsp; Everyone knew who the &#039;boss&#039; was.&nbsp; Little bosses with big heads sometimes did not last long. Money means less to Clio than it does to most of us.&nbsp; I don&#039;t care what he pays for coins but I do admire the coin selections he makes.&nbsp; He has bought coins over me that were not at all expensive but had something going for them that 99% of people who love their net worth figures could not appreciate.&nbsp; I would like to know if Clio does his own coin selection work or if he has a staff of former CNG employees scouting for him and advising on whether the coin in question is significant.&nbsp; I hope he decides to open a museum in a location I can visit. I hope he publishes a book for us all to appreciate just how wonderful ancient coins can be.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If being Clioed bothers you, there is always the &#039;other&#039; way of bidding.&nbsp; Don&#039;t bid twenty times each time one advance over someone else.&nbsp; Wait until near the end (5 seconds is not recommended) and bid once at the honest price you are willing to pay for the lot.&nbsp; Then walk away until the lot closes and you either won it or lost.&nbsp; You are not hurting Clio spewing out your hate - only your hobby.&nbsp; I do not suggest bidding early since my doing that has more than once resulted in finding a matching coin at a show but I have already bid.&nbsp; When I see a lot that Clio has won, I try to figure out what it was about that specimen that made it a target.&nbsp; The answer can be grade but it is not always.&nbsp; I feel stupid when I can&#039;t see the value in his purchases.&nbsp; Random spending?&nbsp; I don&#039;t think so.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I couple years ago I considered the possibility that TIF was Clio but they were reported seen in the same room at the same time with nary a phone booth in sight.&nbsp; Supercollectors - both of them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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