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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;srkjkd, post: 359502, member: 7248&quot;]well, the can of worms opens.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;what is the right thing to do?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;what do you want done to you?&nbsp; a numismatist of certain reputation wrote in his coin world article aboout how he purchased a coin for $50 which was worth $10,000 and then wrote this in his column.</p><p>&nbsp;i guess i don&#039;t care if i offend anyone as i answer to no one but God. believe what you will.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;would it have been so terribly wrong for me to offer to split the consigner half for noticing his or her special variety of coin?&nbsp; it certainly changes the outcome of the auction and allows for even the auctioneer to make more money, as well as both the &#039;buyer&quot; and consigner to get much more than a fair price.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;yes, good for you, you had more info than the other person and&nbsp; could make so much more money. you make $100k a yr. the other person consigning it, who has either inherited it, or just has lack of knowledge, has never made more than 20k/yr.</p><p><br /></p><p>even if you don&#039;t know them and their income..what is right? what do you want done to you or someone you love?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>sorry for my rants, but it absolutely breaks my heart when someone &quot;gets over&quot; over the uniformed or are scammed, ect..</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;more people leave this hobby w/ such bitterness because of lowballed when forced to sell, or just insulted over grading, cleaned coins, and many other similar reasons. especially a hobby where all can get involved (everyone likes money for some reason).&nbsp; this hobby should be for everyone and how much profit is enough???</p><p><br /></p><p>i hate to be a wank,&nbsp; but it is better for all of us when we can just do the right thing, regardless of the situation we are in.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;once again, this is only my opinion. you are the only one who has to live w/ yourself.</p><p>&nbsp; my vent is over for now....steve[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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