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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 7399317, member: 73489&quot;]<b><u>It&#039;s not so much a question of who is worth watching, it&#039;s whether that information will be the SOLE input into one&#039;s collecting or investing decisions.</u></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Ideally, especially with Big $$$ at stake, you should have multiple, independent sources of information: <b><span style="color: #0000ff">online periodicals, YouTube, other internet websites, coin forums like CoinTalk, etc.</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>And if you had to choose only 1 source, it would probably be a forum like CoinTalk because if you asked if it was a good idea to pay $500 on Etsy for a common Morgan Silver Dollar in MS65...even if 1 clown chimes in here and says &quot;sounds like a good deal, go for it&quot;.....you&#039;re gonna get a TON of CT posters here who will immediately tell you to put the brakes on it, you&#039;re heading into Ripoff City.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000">CT is live and interactive and can respond in real-time: </span></b> YouTube and most internet web pages can&#039;t and don&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Recognizing a ripoff or scam is easy for CT members, making judgements on coin values, grades, and &quot;investments&quot; is obviously much more difficult.&nbsp; That&#039;s why you try and learn the nuances of various posters, who is closest to your collecting habits and why.&nbsp; Then you can lean on them a bit more and rely on them 1-on-1 for advice.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>This place is a wealth of information.&nbsp; </b>Don&#039;t be upset with posters who shoot down your ideas or disagree with you -- that&#039;s how you learn.&nbsp; Sure, every now and then someone can be nasty or too dismissive -- just ignore it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like most information forums, after a few weeks and months you&#039;ll see what kind of threads most interest you...which CT members are most valuable....and how you can parce information from threads and posts to your benefit.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>Good Luck ! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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