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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 8590314, member: 73489&quot;]I feel bad for such people, but you HAVE to be smart.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>I&#039;ve seen people fleeced by coins, baseball cards, stocks, penny stocks, Beanie Babies, etc.</b>&nbsp; If you&#039;re going to give someone thousands of dollars and do LESS due dilligence than buying a Hi-Def TV or a microwave oven, you are asking to get burned.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>My father probably spent $3,000 on this crap. </b> If it&#039;s worth $300 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />....maybe they&#039;re worth a bit more, but I doubt it.&nbsp; I think he&#039;s got one ASE of some kind in the group.&nbsp;&nbsp; He gave them away to the grandkids and kids at Christmas, birthdays, etc.&nbsp; Some were nice little historical things -- military and the like -- but again, way overpriced.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thankfully, he didn&#039;t have access to his retirement savings which I manage and control.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure he would have bought more as he pretty much spent $$$ from credit cards and didn&#039;t take it from existing accounts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, I can see how boiler rooms could call back...tell someone their purchase is now worth 2x or 3x....would they like to sell ? No....they want to hold them....OH, OK...hey, maybe I can find you more winners....etc...etc...etc. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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