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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1496914, member: 112&quot;]And that, in my opinion, is the way it should be done. You make decisions on who you can trust based on what you know about a person, what you have learned about that person over time. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are people on this forum that I have known 13-14 years now. I say known even though I have never actually met some of them face to face. Some of them I consider dear friends. Some of them I have met face to face many times. Many of them I have bought coins from them and sold coins to them. Never once have I ever had a problem. There is one person that I have trusted with $50,000, even though I never laid eyes on the guy. But I trusted him because I got to know him, learned what kind of person he was, did business with him one step at a time, and decided that he could be trusted. Trust is earned, it is not just given away. At least not if you have any sense.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You don&#039;t, and that is one of my points. But I&#039;ll readily agree that no one would likely spend that much time and effort. But I&#039;ll tell you this, there was once a person in my life, the child of my best friend, that I first met when he was 8 years old. I helped raise that kid, treated him as my own son. When he got out of school I gave him his first job, taught him several different trades. I cosigned loans for him. I was best man at his wedding, godfather to his child, I was involved with him in his life every single day for well over 20 years. There has never been a person that I trusted more. And yet, one day out of the blue when I was at work, he broke into my house and robbed me. </p><p><br /></p><p>So what you describe bkozak not only can happen, it does happen. So no matter how well placed your trust is, no matter how deserved you think it is, always keep in mind that in just an instant it can all evaporate - poof ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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