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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 705766, member: 16510&quot;]<b>Here is is CoinTalk memebers, the proof is in the pudding!</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Here is is CoinTalk memebers, the proof is in the pudding!</b>&nbsp; I will not stay silent any longer because of these type posts!&nbsp; These are the exact people I have been mentioning.</p><p><b>Where there is the possibility of deceit people will be deceived</b> - it&#039;s as simple as that.</p><p>I don&#039;t care if the &quot;coin&quot; is listed as a &quot;poor mans doubled die&quot; or not.</p><p>If it adds to confustion and deceit - if it has &quot;always been called that&quot; - if it is not listed correctly or is sort of kind of hidden in the description - if it is a coin worth .35 cents - if it is ever listed for sale and someone buys it, (for more than .35 cents) correctly described or not, it is a con.</p><p>Why?&nbsp; Because there is no such thing as &quot;a poor mans doubled die&quot; - <b>the entire phrase costs us more than it could ever be worth.</b>&nbsp; &quot;Poor mans&quot; by itself means nothing and it is not a doubled die at all.</p><p>Those that voted in this poll voted for what?&nbsp; The idea that just because it&#039;s been accepted by some and in fact, people should do their homework and should know by the price are wrong and misguilded.&nbsp; Why favour a sellers right to list something that continues to dash new peoples hopes and will forever continue to rip people off like these people.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The poll should be - how many of you, CoinTalk members have ever had to sit across from a couple like this and told them the truth about the piece of junk they just bought???&nbsp; How many of you CoinTalk members, have purposely went out and bought one of these pieces of junk for your collection???&nbsp; How many questions, inquires are there each and every day on CoinTalk regarding what is doubled and what&#039;s not and &quot;is my coin a doubled die&quot;?</p><p>The very nature of die varieties is very complex with many people struggling just to begin to understand it.&nbsp; With all this you still want to keep a sellers right to list a 1955-P Lincoln struck from worn out dies and have it be advertised as a &quot;poormansdoubleddie&quot;??? </p><p>When in fact what really will continue to happen is:&nbsp; People like the ones above getting rippped off - people continue to be confused - new people will leave the hobby - myths and bad information continues to circulate - even people with much exsperience are missguilded and confused, (remember the one member who asked what Cherry Pickers Die # it was?) <b>all this for a sellers right to list a worn out coin and make more money off nothing but illusion and dry hopes and dreams???</b></p><p>You have got to be kidding if you think that this practice should continue.</p><p>At first I did not care too much if someone (a seller) stated up front that it really was a PMDD but now even with the proper description it will continue to deceive, confuse and cheat people.</p><p>So the poll really should read: <b>&quot;is it okay to ingaged in coin selling practices that deceive, confuse and cheat people just as long as they have been well established by &quot;some dealer in the 1950&#039;s&quot; and &quot;everyone should know by now or by the $ amount&quot;</b> because that&#039;s what the question really is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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