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<p>[QUOTE="Dollar1948, post: 879502, member: 17239"]You know, IMO its crap like that, is the reason why coin collecting never takes off drastically as a hobby. New collectors are scared to death of getting ripped off. Sure they can pull stuff out of circulation and still have fun, but I'm sure they are apprehensive in buying and selling older decimal coins when stories like this circulate. They can buy the mint collector stuff that comes out every year, but theres much more to the hobby than that stuff.</p><p>There are collectors and dealers who have all the integrity in the world, and they do their best to squash any negativity and dishonestly surrounding the hobby, only to have pieces of crap like that dealer ruin it. </p><p>I know, I know, you need to learn and learn before diving into the deep end with this hobby, but when your always skeptical about dealers, you really have no-one you can trust and respect as a mentor. I know I find it hard to trust any dealer, because when push comes shove their primary intent is always to buy low, sell high. Sure they can be personable but is it all a P.R sham?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dollar1948, post: 879502, member: 17239"]You know, IMO its crap like that, is the reason why coin collecting never takes off drastically as a hobby. New collectors are scared to death of getting ripped off. Sure they can pull stuff out of circulation and still have fun, but I'm sure they are apprehensive in buying and selling older decimal coins when stories like this circulate. They can buy the mint collector stuff that comes out every year, but theres much more to the hobby than that stuff. There are collectors and dealers who have all the integrity in the world, and they do their best to squash any negativity and dishonestly surrounding the hobby, only to have pieces of crap like that dealer ruin it. I know, I know, you need to learn and learn before diving into the deep end with this hobby, but when your always skeptical about dealers, you really have no-one you can trust and respect as a mentor. I know I find it hard to trust any dealer, because when push comes shove their primary intent is always to buy low, sell high. Sure they can be personable but is it all a P.R sham?[/QUOTE]
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