ski

I once went on holiday with my sister. Absolutely true, but not as exciting as it sounds... anyhow ive been at the olympics all week taking photos.....post some here when the dust settles.

i once caught my tadger in my flies but i didnt make a claim.

a night with a high class hooker in a west end hotel

i think the histogram is safe but keep the acetone away from the hologram

never met either folk, have exchanged emails with michael which were informative. ive dealt with neil at cc and have always been very pleased with grade and hes happy to negotiate on price, ive only bought high grade d/florins florins and halfcrowns from him but always been very pleased and not had to return any coins. ski.

very kind words from you all......thank you. have a great weekend with your other halfs/cigars hennesy/coke and of course.....coins ski.

i didnt jump ship, ive been here most days , reading the various threads. all informative of course, all very interesting.....i too would like to say a big thank you to all for everything ive gleaned along the way. Ski

azda, i sincerely hope that you and peckris both understand that my posts were meant in good faith and also meant to differentiate between the bad that occurs on ebay, those you have highlighted as shill bidders, those who clearly sell the utmost of polished crap, designed to mislead, and the genuine dealer, whom may have had a difference in grading to personal levels. we may all disagree on grade of a particular coin at times with bona fida dealers, that happens, we have different ideas and ideals, different knowledge of a specific coin/dies....etc etc, but it sure must be difficult to be all embracing. azda....how many times have you come on here to ask for die pairings/references for a particular penny.....loads azda....how many times have you asked for a grading on a particular coin...................................loads does that make you or any other here better than CC or Rendell........maybe yes, maybe no. but yes it does make YOU and Peckris and CC and Rendell and all the others here far and away better than the those shill bidders, crap sellers on ebay...........and that was the whole point of my original post....... im gonna leave this forum now................theres clearly no place for a prick like me here. ski

thanks John........jeeeez if we had them robots.........what would we talk about

would make buying a lot easier though.

well ive obviously rattled a few cages and that was not my intention.... the intention of my original post was to relay to the op that theres more to collecting and making purchases than just ebay and there are dealers who can provide good service without all the problems that people encounter from ebay(just read some of the threads here) its scarey. i do believe that all the dealers ive met or dealt with are as honest as the day, also, you only have to look at the great variations on this forum when grade is requested to realise this is the most difficult part of coin collecting. my intention was to never recommend any particular dealer. however i did look on dealers sites to see if any had stock of that particular coin.rendell happened to have some. i cannot possibly recommend him as ive never bought from him. my remarks have clearly upset a few....on reflection, i can see that at the least they were flippant..........but were never meant to be in any way offensive.....clearly some have taken offence..........and to those i offer my sincerst apologies. Ski

always was the class dimwit......5/7

seems to be good, not getting the pop up now when navigating around the pages

may well be..............but vf?

get back to you............will try again

i just hope that tyro isnt a kid spending his saved up pocket money.

no........you have to accept the cookie pop up for every page..........darned annoying

no not fair at all..........., there is a huge gulf between the regular knowledgeable dealers and those who sell the overgraded polished/cleaned overpriced crap on ebay,..........and thats the whole point to choolie, find yourself a good knowledgeable dealer, bide youre time and get the piece you want. ski

i agree......although it seems to have become a bit fashionable here of late to give dealers a good slagging off. ebay is becoming less and less useable in my opinion, the serious collector, can judge grade, but the newbie, less so..... shilling is rife on high end pieces on ebay, but boy does the novice get caned on the ordinary pieces by anyone out to make a fast buck.......anyone with a tin of duraglit or the like. god help the novice.........cant trust ebay....cant trust dealers.........sad

one of the threads that ran in the last 2 or 3 days, cant remember which. maybe worth a trawl.

nice site, easy to navigate and good themed colours.......Q.does the cookies pop up, have to pop up with every page change?

he took a real beating here a few days ago

F= frightful F= flat c'mon get anglo-saxon....its far more descriptive

thanks, will look up his other stuff on last fm......ski

choolie......im really sorry....my post was to try and show you there is more to life than ebay....i looked at a good few dealers sites for 1902 florins and pointed out this one as he had stock......sadly the thread has degenerated into a slagging him off thread rather than give you any reasonable help in judging the 2 coins on offer.........sorry for that ski