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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stevearino, post: 2316534, member: 74571&quot;]Amazing.&nbsp; Truly unbelievable, really.&nbsp; This thread began with conserving/preserving/recycling/not wasting.&nbsp; When Chris chimed in for the first time he was talking about GIVING AWAY coins, not selling them.&nbsp; Baseball21, you&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>appear</b> ignorant, immature and judgmental to me.&nbsp; I am not stating that as a fact, only what impression your posts give me.&nbsp; 20,000 posts by Chris IS something significant.&nbsp; I have learned a tremendous amount about numismatics from him.&nbsp; In fact, I was reading CT for several months before I made a single post (and before I made that single post I PMed Chris to thank him for the time he has taken to share his knowledge and his often witty and humorous responses in CT).</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris does not need me or anyone else to defend him.&nbsp; I am stating this in an attempt to ask you to examine yourself and your posting.&nbsp; Forums like CT can be so valuable to new and veteran collectors, but it is uncomfortable (for me, at least) to have to wade through what <b>appears</b> to be arrogant and judgmental posts.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I have misjudged you, I apologize.&nbsp; I think, however, you are going to be shutting yourself out of a possible lifetime of learning opportunities if my impressions are near the mark.&nbsp; From some of the other posts I am not alone in my impressions.</p><p><br /></p><p>I grew up in a small town Ma and Pa café.&nbsp; Literally grew up in it (five of us living in one room at the back of the building).&nbsp; My 8th grade-educated parents may have been &quot;uneducated&quot; but they were not dumb.&nbsp; I was waiting on customers from the time I was 6 or 7 years old.&nbsp; My father impressed on me the importance of doing what it took to please the customers.&nbsp; E.g., when they asked for a pat of butter, he told me to give them two.&nbsp; If they asked for a book of matches, give them two.&nbsp; One could argue he was losing money.&nbsp; Far from it.&nbsp; My parents, by giving generous portions and never being cheap, built a business that provided a living for six of us and served an appreciative public for 39 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Think about it, Baseball21.&nbsp; Think long-term, not short-term.&nbsp; Think about the business you COULD have by not being a bean-counter.&nbsp; And please, for YOUR sake, stop the critical-appearing posts long enough to learn from the voices of experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>Steve[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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