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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Morgandude11, post: 1810540, member: 37839&quot;]I have no problem with your response.&nbsp; You were polite--he wasn&#039;t.&nbsp; That is really the bottom line.&nbsp; I hate being patronized, and Tom did do so.&nbsp; Yes, I recognize that he&#039;s alleged to be experienced ( I don&#039;t know him, so I trust your statement that he has the expertise, but to me he&#039;s a stranger), but patronization is no excuse for responding in a negative and cynically rude manner.&nbsp; You didn&#039;t like the coin, but didn&#039;t personalize your response.&nbsp; He did.&nbsp; That is why I reacted as I did, and I don&#039;t regret it.&nbsp; Some folks may have expertise, but don&#039;t communicate it all that well with others in a given situation.&nbsp;&nbsp; If I offended anybody, my bad, but I am expressing my feelings.&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t my coin in the first place, and I offered the link just for folks to take a look, if they so desired.&nbsp; Likewise, I thought Doug&#039;s response was polite and non-patronizing.&nbsp; It clearly is a Vanilla and Chocolate issue, but trying to make someone look like an uninformed &quot;underling&quot;&nbsp; isn&#039;t the best way to make a point in this hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your comment described the reasons you didn&#039;t like the coin.&nbsp; His was merely a condemnation, as if I had no idea what I was doing.&nbsp; Sorry, but this is just how I feel.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tom&#039;s comment:&nbsp; </p><p>&quot;That was fairly rude. Why don&#039;t you go to my website, not to buy anything, but to read, and then post again. You may learn something.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>That more than draws inferences that I don&#039;t know what I am talking about.&nbsp; I&#039;d say it was behind patronizing, inasmuch as I didn&#039;t know who he is, and still don&#039;t see expertise as a vehicle for condescending comments.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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