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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2457657, member: 36230"]Teller trays, cherrypicking, buying at auction on the cheap, blah, blah blah... all fine and dandy, but that's NOT what we're talking about here and you know this. Come on, Jeff... do you HONESTLY believe the OP told this individual that they, with minimal effort, could pull down TEN TIMES or more what he was able to pay, and they turned him down, just grateful to see them go to a collector (who is going to sell them anyway.. let's be real here) and happy they didn't have to pay coinstar fees? Come on, man; you're smarter than this... I don't doubt the OP may have told this individual the coins and notes were worth more, but he sure as hell wasn't straight with them regarding even low, low, low-end wholesale value, even just for the metal alone. Do you truly find such conduct to not only be "ethical", but worthy of congratulations? </p><p><br /></p><p>What the OP is claiming is akin to someone buying a new car, being offered $1000 trade from the dealer and accepting it because of a single free oil change even though that same dealer told them if they just go down the street, they can buy the very same new car and be given $10,000 or more trade in. This wouldn't happen and no one could reasonably expect it to, so why is it so hard to see the obvious with what's really going on here? I'm sorry, but I just don't get why otherwise highly intelligent people will so readily buy into such ridiculousness. </p><p><br /></p><p>Again, this isn't fair play picking, finding coins in a reject slot, or any of the other fair game examples you've provided. This is the straight and obvious taking advantage of someone, who very well may have been in a desperate financial bind, in order to pads one's own pockets. We are supposed to believe this individual was grateful to be saved, what, 9% give/take in coinstar fees, yet couldn't care less about leaving thousands of dollars on the table. Yeah... "<i>thanks for saving me $40, so here... have $4000, maybe $5000 for your trouble</i>"? Let's also not forget that many who use coinstar don't have access to banks, so it's not outside the realm of possibility that this person wasn't there by choice, but by necessity. It's despicable and nothing more than another well-deserved black eye upon this hobby. What you call a "<i>high horse</i>" I call simple decency. Tomayto, tomahto it is not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2457657, member: 36230"]Teller trays, cherrypicking, buying at auction on the cheap, blah, blah blah... all fine and dandy, but that's NOT what we're talking about here and you know this. Come on, Jeff... do you HONESTLY believe the OP told this individual that they, with minimal effort, could pull down TEN TIMES or more what he was able to pay, and they turned him down, just grateful to see them go to a collector (who is going to sell them anyway.. let's be real here) and happy they didn't have to pay coinstar fees? Come on, man; you're smarter than this... I don't doubt the OP may have told this individual the coins and notes were worth more, but he sure as hell wasn't straight with them regarding even low, low, low-end wholesale value, even just for the metal alone. Do you truly find such conduct to not only be "ethical", but worthy of congratulations? What the OP is claiming is akin to someone buying a new car, being offered $1000 trade from the dealer and accepting it because of a single free oil change even though that same dealer told them if they just go down the street, they can buy the very same new car and be given $10,000 or more trade in. This wouldn't happen and no one could reasonably expect it to, so why is it so hard to see the obvious with what's really going on here? I'm sorry, but I just don't get why otherwise highly intelligent people will so readily buy into such ridiculousness. Again, this isn't fair play picking, finding coins in a reject slot, or any of the other fair game examples you've provided. This is the straight and obvious taking advantage of someone, who very well may have been in a desperate financial bind, in order to pads one's own pockets. We are supposed to believe this individual was grateful to be saved, what, 9% give/take in coinstar fees, yet couldn't care less about leaving thousands of dollars on the table. Yeah... "[I]thanks for saving me $40, so here... have $4000, maybe $5000 for your trouble[/I]"? Let's also not forget that many who use coinstar don't have access to banks, so it's not outside the realm of possibility that this person wasn't there by choice, but by necessity. It's despicable and nothing more than another well-deserved black eye upon this hobby. What you call a "[I]high horse[/I]" I call simple decency. Tomayto, tomahto it is not.[/QUOTE]
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