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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1450597, member: 31533&quot;]Well....I&#039;m glad you like the hobby enough to want to be an ambassador, but in my opinion you&#039;re not understanding what an ambassador is. An ambassador is someone who promotes the hobby, and does stand up for hobbyists, but not like some kind of bull in a china shop or self-appointed crusader, out to save the world so that all hobbyists can live in a rosy world of no scams, no con-men, and just pure happiness. </p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, in your scenario (well, my favorite grandma&#039;s been dead a long time, since she was born in 1885, so if she gave me anything, it would be kisses from the great beyond), if I had a grandma now that gave me this because she thought I wanted one thing, and thought this was it, and all, I&#039;d thank her, smile, say how thoughtful....and go on (and probably in a week or whatever it would be in the closet). It&nbsp; wouldn&#039;t matter. Now....how can I say that so certainly?..... Well, because my mother would do things like that (she was like a lot of people&#039;s moms, dads, other relatives, that had their own ideas of what well-meaning encompassed), and give me things that she thought I just about died for. Well....not so much. Anyways, on with the story. Nearly everything she gave me, in gifts, was invariably off the mark, and what she bought as valuable was generally not. But that doesn&#039;t matter, because nothing I could say or do then (when she was alive) would stop her from doing her own thing. The fact is, she did it because she cared for me, and when gift giving was required, she did the best her mind could encompass. Just because I found it to be junk did not diminish the thoughtfulness behind the gift. </p><p><br /></p><p>So....you say thank you, and go on. That&#039;s a big lesson to learn from life. You don&#039;t always get what you desire. Maybe if you have a grandma still, you can ask for cash and buy what you want. I think that would be best. Now how would I feel that she was ripped off? Not so good, but the wonderful thing about life is that people can make their own decisions on what to do (usually) and how to spend their money. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As far as a YN buying this and thinking it was an error, until later he found out it wasn&#039;t....maybe buying the book before the coin (learning what errors are before laying out his money on coins) would be a better choice in action. But, most likely if you ask people here or anywhere else, they can tell you when they got ripped off on a coin (or other product) and it&#039;s not pleasant, but it does offer the opportunity to learn from your mistakes and go on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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