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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1318994, member: 19065"]I guess it's just me and my approach but forums are not where I would ever turn for research. Trusting what people say in online forums is as random as trusting a stranger walking down the street whom you may ask the same question(s) of and trust the first thing that rolls out of their mouths. Often the first half dozen responses cast no such doubt on these topics and instead extend the "hey those are keepers" or "your rich" type comments that misinform rather than inform. Even those collectors on forums who ought to know better than to give such advice do so with little regard. As I said, these threads are more often than not, by OPs who are new to it all and find their ways to active forums to solicit others advice, without even learning, in their haste to discover if they have found a rarity worth a little bank, whether or not the answers are already on said forums. All too often forums are more a place of lazy questioning by those who don't or worse won't do their own due diligence on a given subject and furthermore expect others to do it for them on the thinnest of evidence presented. :yes:</p><p><br /></p><p>How often too might these "newbies" disappear quickly after a body of collectors appears to accept or reject such an error is real or not... that is with the frequency of the error note questions, I have to wonder how many of these threads may be started by those who created the fake notes themselves and came here looking to see what passes as real or not on a quick review by passing forum members. Not saying they are all fraudsters nor that this one is either. It's just something that crosses my mind in these threads.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1318994, member: 19065"]I guess it's just me and my approach but forums are not where I would ever turn for research. Trusting what people say in online forums is as random as trusting a stranger walking down the street whom you may ask the same question(s) of and trust the first thing that rolls out of their mouths. Often the first half dozen responses cast no such doubt on these topics and instead extend the "hey those are keepers" or "your rich" type comments that misinform rather than inform. Even those collectors on forums who ought to know better than to give such advice do so with little regard. As I said, these threads are more often than not, by OPs who are new to it all and find their ways to active forums to solicit others advice, without even learning, in their haste to discover if they have found a rarity worth a little bank, whether or not the answers are already on said forums. All too often forums are more a place of lazy questioning by those who don't or worse won't do their own due diligence on a given subject and furthermore expect others to do it for them on the thinnest of evidence presented. :yes: How often too might these "newbies" disappear quickly after a body of collectors appears to accept or reject such an error is real or not... that is with the frequency of the error note questions, I have to wonder how many of these threads may be started by those who created the fake notes themselves and came here looking to see what passes as real or not on a quick review by passing forum members. Not saying they are all fraudsters nor that this one is either. It's just something that crosses my mind in these threads.[/QUOTE]
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