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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1305668, member: 24633"]I have to agree with everything except Virginian's comment about these shows promoting the hobby. The merchandise they sell is not only overpriced, but in the case of raw coins, many of them are problems coins rendering them ungradable. People who fall for their spiel will end up with coins that aren't worth what they paid for them, and many of these people will just end up pawning them off to the next uneducated person on eBay. So, the only thing they are promoting is how to cheat the next sucker.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you expect that the buyers of this garbage on the tv shows will use due diligence, then all you have to do is look at the number of uninformed buyers that we have come here on a regular basis with their coins only to learn that they aren't all they were cracked up to be. These shows are counting on the fact that most of the people watching are uninformed impulse buyers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1305668, member: 24633"]I have to agree with everything except Virginian's comment about these shows promoting the hobby. The merchandise they sell is not only overpriced, but in the case of raw coins, many of them are problems coins rendering them ungradable. People who fall for their spiel will end up with coins that aren't worth what they paid for them, and many of these people will just end up pawning them off to the next uneducated person on eBay. So, the only thing they are promoting is how to cheat the next sucker. If you expect that the buyers of this garbage on the tv shows will use due diligence, then all you have to do is look at the number of uninformed buyers that we have come here on a regular basis with their coins only to learn that they aren't all they were cracked up to be. These shows are counting on the fact that most of the people watching are uninformed impulse buyers. Chris[/QUOTE]
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