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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 319309, member: 2972&quot;]That&#039;s a good question, and if your point is that I shouldn&#039;t encourage their unethical behavior, you have a good one...</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I do business with lots of people I think are unethical.&nbsp; As long as their unethical behavior is consistently unetical, i.e. predictable, and they are otherwise up-front, I see no problem in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t believe our tax system is ethical either, but I have to participate if I want to be free.&nbsp; Same for coins.&nbsp; I have no problem with purchasing from those I view as unethical, as long as their unetical behavior doesn&#039;t compromise my ability to get what I want (i.e. I can factor it in), I kind of look the other way.</p><p><br /></p><p>But you do have a good point that we should vote with our pocketbooks when it comes to ethical behavior, and I should do a better job of that.&nbsp; However my need/want for a cool coin often overcomes the ethical hurdles I put in the way.&nbsp; What can I say -- I&#039;m a sucker for a cool coin...Mike</p><p><br /></p><p>p.s. I bought one coin from teletrade all of last year, and it was a very small percentage value-wise of my yearly acquisitions (the majority going to two dealers I consider among the MOST ethical around, Mark Feld and Dave Wnuck) so in a sense I am voting, come to think of (rationalize) it&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> :</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/87087117/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/87087121/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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