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<p>[QUOTE="bikergeek, post: 5564490, member: 112428"]OK, quoting myself is probably not good forum etiquette. But I feel like it's useful to repeat myself here. I see posts about this seller - how he might be trying to bait people, or why he might not be deserving of his feedback score. But I prefer to think that he made an error, similar to a thousand errors I myself have made, and I wouldn't want someone to judge my integrity because I mixed up a picture. Hanlon's Razor says, roughly, "never attribute to malice that which is explained by error."</p><p><br /></p><p>And OP has an "interesting" approach to people that I'm not a big fan of. He came asking for help but couched his request in dishonesty. ON THE OTHER HAND, he spotted something interesting and recognized that it was worth following up on. I think that is an aspect of our hobby that is awesome: even in coins that are decades (or hundreds) of years old, new discoveries are still being made. So credit where credit is due.</p><p><br /></p><p></soapbox>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bikergeek, post: 5564490, member: 112428"]OK, quoting myself is probably not good forum etiquette. But I feel like it's useful to repeat myself here. I see posts about this seller - how he might be trying to bait people, or why he might not be deserving of his feedback score. But I prefer to think that he made an error, similar to a thousand errors I myself have made, and I wouldn't want someone to judge my integrity because I mixed up a picture. Hanlon's Razor says, roughly, "never attribute to malice that which is explained by error." And OP has an "interesting" approach to people that I'm not a big fan of. He came asking for help but couched his request in dishonesty. ON THE OTHER HAND, he spotted something interesting and recognized that it was worth following up on. I think that is an aspect of our hobby that is awesome: even in coins that are decades (or hundreds) of years old, new discoveries are still being made. So credit where credit is due. </soapbox>[/QUOTE]
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