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<p>[QUOTE="rmpsrpms, post: 24615516, member: 31773"]But I've seen many threads where the coin shown actually is a "real" doubled die, or some other interesting thing, and the poor OP got trashed and disrespected with virtually no effort by the poster to check the coin. There's one guy on here who's "title" or "status" line is something like "it's my job to disappoint you", paraphrased. </p><p><br /></p><p>I remember testing this forum once to see how many such folks there are, and ended up posting the doubled die shown in my Avatar. Now, I already knew it was a doubled die, and was in the process of getting it listed (it has since been) but I got stupid comment like "there's nothing there" or "I dont see nuthin" or my favorite "you must post full images of both sides, and detail shots of the doubling and die markers, or we can't help you". Just plain stupid folks, not stupid because they are unintelligent, but stupid in that they don't know what a doubled die actually looks like, are arrogant, and worst of all when they post such tripe will likely discourage new collectors. </p><p><br /></p><p>But I agree, I've seen a few belligerent newbies who deserve such treatment, yet not EVERY newbie deserves to be disrespected.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rmpsrpms, post: 24615516, member: 31773"]But I've seen many threads where the coin shown actually is a "real" doubled die, or some other interesting thing, and the poor OP got trashed and disrespected with virtually no effort by the poster to check the coin. There's one guy on here who's "title" or "status" line is something like "it's my job to disappoint you", paraphrased. I remember testing this forum once to see how many such folks there are, and ended up posting the doubled die shown in my Avatar. Now, I already knew it was a doubled die, and was in the process of getting it listed (it has since been) but I got stupid comment like "there's nothing there" or "I dont see nuthin" or my favorite "you must post full images of both sides, and detail shots of the doubling and die markers, or we can't help you". Just plain stupid folks, not stupid because they are unintelligent, but stupid in that they don't know what a doubled die actually looks like, are arrogant, and worst of all when they post such tripe will likely discourage new collectors. But I agree, I've seen a few belligerent newbies who deserve such treatment, yet not EVERY newbie deserves to be disrespected.[/QUOTE]
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