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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;omahaorange, post: 1451061, member: 28199&quot;]I&#039;m pretty sure the ad wasn&#039;t meant to be deception.&nbsp; It was more along the lines of embellishment, aka good marketing.&nbsp; There was nothing deceptive about the ad.&nbsp; These companies do not target the serious coin collector or investor.&nbsp; They are smart enough to know a serious collector would not fall for the hype.&nbsp; And some Franklin Mint stuff has actually increased in value over the years, so you never know.You didn&#039;t make a legal threat.&nbsp; What you did do was threaten legal action without any justification as to the reason (your thinking it&#039;s deceptive is not justification, merely opinion).&nbsp; You also vaguely passed yourself off as some appointed emissary of the coin collecting world.&nbsp; I&#039;m pretty sure you neither scared, threatened, or intimidated them in the least.&nbsp; As you publicly post this nonsense and they can prove you&#039;re making false accusations, you do open yourself up to libel charges.&nbsp; Probably not likely, but possible nonetheless.As far as protecting the public from these thieves and charlatans, do you really think this letter made any difference?&nbsp; Do you really think millions of ill-spent dollars are being saved because of your actions?&nbsp; I find it funny you use the example of the grandmother buying one of these as a gift for a collector grandson or daughter.&nbsp; Just how do you look at these gifts? Do you look to turn your Christmas presents into profit?&nbsp; Or appreciate them for what they are...somebody doing something they think you might like.&nbsp; I cherish any gifts I get, whether I think they are worth the money or not.&nbsp; Someone buying one of these for me tells me that the giver knows I collect, and put some thought (flawed or not) into buying me an appropriate gift.&nbsp; As an example, a couple years ago my son (who by the way, is your age) bought me some stuff for Father&#039;s Day.&nbsp; The gift included a $5 silver certificate, some common date Liberty and Buffalo nickels, and some steel cents.&nbsp; None of which I needed for my collection.&nbsp; Someone else at another time got me one of those Lincoln-Kennedy comparison sets (with the cents, halves, and factoids) that we all know is not accurate.&nbsp; It is still in my collection.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because they were gifts.&nbsp; It was the thought that counts, not the value down the road.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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