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<p>[QUOTE="PlanoSteve, post: 3606037, member: 91609"]No, victims <b><i>should</i></b> be blamed until you know more about <b><i>them</i></b>. Fortunately, you were there to intercede for your wife's uncle. I understand that those situations exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that's not what we have in this case, & the majority of people buying, or trying to buy gold coins for 10 cents on the dollar are either just not astute or smart enough to avoid these leeches, or they really think they can "get one over on the man".</p><p><br /></p><p>You don't absolve people from being stupid until you find out they are smart. Just like you don't absolve scammers because their victims are dumb/gullible. </p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, venues like etsy, ebay & such are not going to take a proactive stance on eliminating these scammers (& likely don't have the resources or knowledge to do so) because they <b><i><u>just don't care!</u></i></b></p><p><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></p><p>And to your point: "<u>It was also an era when scamming was either done in person or via print media, so these folks had little experience with scam attempts when they were younger.</u>" There was never, in the history of this planet, an era when this crap did not exist...the delivery system just changed. I was scammed as a little kid & I venture to guess we all were. But most of us outgrow the gullibility & smarten up. </p><p><br /></p><p>The problem remains, there will always (<b><i>ALWAYS</i></b>) be scammers, & there will always (<b><i>ALWAYS</i></b>) be victims.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PlanoSteve, post: 3606037, member: 91609"]No, victims [B][I]should[/I][/B] be blamed until you know more about [B][I]them[/I][/B]. Fortunately, you were there to intercede for your wife's uncle. I understand that those situations exist. But that's not what we have in this case, & the majority of people buying, or trying to buy gold coins for 10 cents on the dollar are either just not astute or smart enough to avoid these leeches, or they really think they can "get one over on the man". You don't absolve people from being stupid until you find out they are smart. Just like you don't absolve scammers because their victims are dumb/gullible. Additionally, venues like etsy, ebay & such are not going to take a proactive stance on eliminating these scammers (& likely don't have the resources or knowledge to do so) because they [B][I][U]just don't care! [/U][/I][/B] And to your point: "[U]It was also an era when scamming was either done in person or via print media, so these folks had little experience with scam attempts when they were younger.[/U]" There was never, in the history of this planet, an era when this crap did not exist...the delivery system just changed. I was scammed as a little kid & I venture to guess we all were. But most of us outgrow the gullibility & smarten up. The problem remains, there will always ([B][I]ALWAYS[/I][/B]) be scammers, & there will always ([B][I]ALWAYS[/I][/B]) be victims.[/QUOTE]
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