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<p>[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2388381, member: 1892"]My only disagreement with your rant - which was otherwise kinda pleasurable to read <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> - is that the only way to get numismatics wholly onboard with the fight against fraud is to <b>make it easier to fight</b>. That means making the resources available to identify fakes more accessible. <b>Free</b>. Widely disseminated, widely discussed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The point to all this - and mind, it's been a personal vendetta of mine for ten years & more - is that there isn't really much effort being expended to actually fight the flow of counterfeits. Heck, there are <i>laws in place</i> to force Ebay into a far stronger effort against them, and nobody in numismatics with a large enough voice to be heard (which apparently ain't me, Heaven knows I've tried) has yet managed to get the FTC involved to enforce what's on their books.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2388381, member: 1892"]My only disagreement with your rant - which was otherwise kinda pleasurable to read :) - is that the only way to get numismatics wholly onboard with the fight against fraud is to [B]make it easier to fight[/B]. That means making the resources available to identify fakes more accessible. [B]Free[/B]. Widely disseminated, widely discussed. The point to all this - and mind, it's been a personal vendetta of mine for ten years & more - is that there isn't really much effort being expended to actually fight the flow of counterfeits. Heck, there are [I]laws in place[/I] to force Ebay into a far stronger effort against them, and nobody in numismatics with a large enough voice to be heard (which apparently ain't me, Heaven knows I've tried) has yet managed to get the FTC involved to enforce what's on their books.[/QUOTE]
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