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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2692026, member: 39084&quot;]If you find &quot;insults&quot; and &quot;blind hatred&quot; and feel you&#039;re being &quot;attacked&quot; in my initial post (above), you have completely and profoundly misunderstood the substance of my post. </p><p><br /></p><p>Let me reiterate: it&#039;s entirely within your rights to buy and resell anything -- ancient coins, antiques, toilet paper, car tires -- without having any knowledge or understanding of the items you&#039;re reselling, especially on EBay. </p><p><br /></p><p>It appeared to me, however, that you wanted to add value to the coins you resell (i.e., you didn&#039;t want to &quot;simply be a middleman&quot; -- note the adjective &quot;simply&quot;) by collecting and providing more information about the coins along with their sale.&nbsp; This a good instinct -- I personally would always prefer to purchase from someone who provides more than just a resale service and has a genuine interest in the items he/she is reselling.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point was that nobody -- not you, I, nor other collectors on this site -- likes to feel they&#039;re being used to provide free information or services to someone who is only out to make a quick sale and doesn&#039;t care about the hobby.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I most assuredly did <i>not</i> write nor imply that I think you&#039;re that kind of person (there&#039;s no way I could know this and, to the contrary, your posts seem to indicate that you have a nascent interest in ancients), but my point was that your posts could easily be interpreted that way.&nbsp; So my suggestion was to become more knowledgeable on your own, and rely on help from this site only when you&#039;re stumped.&nbsp; We&#039;re collectors here, and the dealers among us have a personal and abiding interest in ancient coins independent of their commercial interests.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s unfortunate (but not uncommon) that individuals reflexively take offense at any response or advice that&#039;s not exactly what they wanted to hear, even though those responses were intended (mostly) to be helpful.&nbsp; As I read through all the responses to your posts in this thread, I think you&#039;ll find that 90%+ of them are both intended to be (and actually) helpful if you&#039;re able to consider them thoughtfully.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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