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Pillar of the Community
United States
2365 Posts |
When I first started posting, I too didn't care for the 50 post rule. I wasn't interested in immediately buying or selling...I was interested in learning. I do not feel like an elitist. I do have a lot of free time to spend on my computer that perhaps others don't have. I rapidly, and surprisingly, reached the minimum in a short amount of time. When I saw a topic of interest, sometimes I just said that I didn't understand or something along those lines. THAT was a post. I wasn't going after the minimums either, just interested in so many topics. It's just a matter of perspective I suppose. I got that warm, fuzzy feeling from the start and this is now one of my coin collecting "homes" so to speak. There is a plethora of topics, discussions, comments, issues, links and just plain fun with what we all are doing. Maybe it's just me and my gift to gab get's carried away. Perhaps the "19 pages" of those with less than 50 posts is telling us something such as what SuperDave made reference to.
Do stay with the forum. Everyone is welcome always!
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Pillar Of The Community
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There are absolutely NO ELITISTS here on this forum. Its family friendly, very heavily moderated and fairly governed the same for ALL! The point most of these folks have made is very simple, YOU/ME, and everyone else, found this site due to their collecting habits. Coins, currency and quite often much more are shared 24 hours a day, contests are held and fun is shared. WE are here for the hobby, NOT as a format to buy, sell and trade. That is secondary and will always be. The opportunity to do so is there but by the rules it shall be governed the SAME for everyone. If the only thing you are interested in is buying and selling I would suggest ebay or Yahoo Auctions? If you are interested in learning about coins, sharing coin adventures and finally working your way into a few perks that is entirely up to you and I/WE welcome you to stay with us, make some new friends and have a little patience as the rules are to protect everyone, including yourself when the time comes. Fifty posts is a very small price to pay to do a little buying, selling and trading with a unique group of trusted friends who without a DOUBT will live up to their end of any deal that you may get involved in. You might also consider many of these deals are done on an international level and this forum has built an outstanding reputation that is well worth protecting. And I might also mention there are NO FEES to any of our members so abiding by a few simple rules is as about as cheap an intitiation fee that you will ever find for this type of priviledge. Stick with us and do a little posting? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I absolutely agree with disking(?) comment. Crystalk has everything above correctly. As a member of this forum any suggestion about ELITIST is offensive. Anyone is entitled to his/her opinion. At the same time what Kerry's accusation, which is exactly what it is, is based on absolutely nothing. Kerry, hopefully you will see things differently as you continue to post on this forum and get to know us better.
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Valued Member
United States
55 Posts |
Kerry67 .. I am very new too and I agree that it is a pain. But I understand why it is done and I am using my first 50 posts to learn about coins. Yes I do have coins that I would like to sell today, but I can wait. I hate other forums in which people just join and try to sell things. I appreciate the "trial" and "patience" period. And now I am 1 post closer!!  |
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Moderator
 United States
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Originally posted by rbachman
Kerry67 ..
I am very new too and I agree that it is a pain. But I understand why it is done and I am using my first 50 posts to learn about coins. Yes I do have coins that I would like to sell today, but I can wait. I hate other forums in which people just join and try to sell things. I appreciate the "trial" and "patience" period.
And now I am 1 post closer!!
I smell an optimist.  |
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Valued Member
United States
218 Posts |
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Originally posted by SuperDave
In my other area of interest, geekery, this is accomplished by a combination of fairly strict registration requirements and extensive databases of trading evaluations which are independantly controlled and number thousands of transactions across many fora. The system has been in place for many years, and users know the importance of checking someone's references, and how to act in situations when such references aren't available.
Are you talking about GAB? or a different form of geekery? |
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Valued Member
United States
380 Posts |
very similar to the coins and currency, we are collecting, there are two sides of this topic.myself,i can agree with both sides, however the 'painfull' reality is; that there needs to be a buffer, between us and those tha wish us 'ill'.my feelings of 'exclusion'(from trading-ect.)may well be worth the earned acceptance and privilege to "trade" more than knowledge.as I haven't earned this yet,yes there is some pain , in fact I've had to restrain myself; from making the same (original) post; it does hurt; to be (even if temporarily) excluded from some of the activities, that some of the others, seemingly so 'freely' enjoy.especially when such common bonds prevail.likely when I pass my 49th post, i'll 'trade' or aleast consider making/taking offers of currency.i'll also, most likely, do a 'background check' of the person,through their posts,first, before any decision I make.if i/we err let it be on the side caution.i'am thankfull there has been such awareness and foresight instilled into this site.yet , yes it hurts to be, excluded...perhaps..the 'site' hasn't made the world any more predatory than we ourselves have... and now I have one more post Edited by errorfinder
06/16/2006 5:42 pm
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Moderator
United States
23522 Posts |
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Originally posted by The_Cave_Troll
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Originally posted by SuperDave
In my other area of interest, geekery, this is accomplished by a combination of fairly strict registration requirements and extensive databases of trading evaluations which are independantly controlled and number thousands of transactions across many fora. The system has been in place for many years, and users know the importance of checking someone's references, and how to act in situations when such references aren't available.
Are you talking about GAB? or a different form of geekery?
Poor choice of words on my part, perhaps. Computing is my other love, and I'm a longtime member and former Buy/Sale forum moderator at one of the largest computer enthusiast communities on the Internet. Our membership there exceeds 100,000 and the Buy/Sell subforum alone has over 400,000 posts. And that was only one of almost a dozen similarly-sized communities, with their own forums, requiring close cooperation between moderators to keep the trolls under control. I have been over the meadow and through the woods with online buying and trading, and making new members hang out a bit before dealing is proven to be one of the two most important keys to safe trading, the other being the evaluation databases. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2177 Posts |
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Originally posted by errorfinder
very similar to the coins and currency, we are collecting, there are two sides of this topic.myself,i can agree with both sides, however the 'painfull' reality is; that there needs to be a buffer, between us and those tha wish us 'ill'.my feelings of 'exclusion'(from trading-ect.)may well be worth the earned acceptance and privilege to "trade" more than knowledge.as I haven't earned this yet,yes there is some pain , in fact I've had to restrain myself; from making the same (original) post; it does hurt; to be (even if temporarily) excluded from some of the activities, that some of the others, seemingly so 'freely' enjoy.especially when such common bonds prevail.likely when I pass my 49th post, i'll 'trade' or aleast consider making/taking offers of currency.i'll also, most likely, do a 'background check' of the person,through their posts,first, before any decision I make.if i/we err let it be on the side caution.i'am thankfull there has been such awareness and foresight instilled into this site.yet , yes it hurts to be, excluded...perhaps..the 'site' hasn't made the world any more predatory than we ourselves have... and now I have one more post
I also felt some level of exclusion when I first was coming to this site but 50 posts is just part of the process. I am glad to be a member of this community friendly forum. Hope y'all decide to continue posting!! |
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Valued Member
United States
260 Posts |
It won't take you hardly any time to reach 50posts. Hey I reached 50posts in no time. Because I love to talk. So keep up the hard work and some day you will be able to trade, buy, and/or sell your precious coins to eager new collectors or old alike. Just to let you know I cant wait to see what deals you may bring me or another collector. Keep up the goot work and feel free to email me if you have any questions.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
986 Posts |
50 posts go by really, really fast. Don't worry about it, the 50 post rule is there for a reason.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1091 Posts |
To the members of the forum who have less than 50 posts: Please don't feel shy. Everyone want to hear from you. Express your opinion. Ask your questions. Tell us about your collection or your latest find or purchase. Post a picture of your favorite coin. Start a new topic. Tell us what you know about coins or banknotes or tokens. No one here is an eliteists. The forum contains men, women and children who are interested in collecting coins and in talking with others. The forum has a variety of members from a basic beginner to dealers to specialists in a particuliar coin. So if you enjoy the hobby, Join in the community and post! It's fun, educational and it's free. And if you think it could be better, please post and tell us how. Your opinion is valued as is every members opinion. With over 1000 members from around the world, I'm looking forward to seeing a lot more posts.  Yep, that's another post for me, lol. |
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Valued Member
United States
177 Posts |
getting 50 post is not that hard. I got my first fifty in 3 hours!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
I have re-read the rules for selling/buying and it states this: Anyone who wishes to post an item in the sell section MUST be a member and have a minimum of 50 posts in the forum. Buyers are required to be members. Transactions are at the seller's discretion. This means that, although Coin Community does not require the minimum 50 posts for buyers, sellers may have their own requirements.
It doesn't say you have to have 50 posts to buy any longer but you must have atleast 50 posts to sell, which I think is fair
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Forum Mom
United States
5877 Posts |
Please forgive me for missing this thread when it first started. It is our feeling that 50 posts are necessary to learn about someone who is selling or trading but that a buyer can just be a member since the seller has the option of waiting to receive payment prior to sending the coins.
Again, I apologize for not clarifying this when it was first mentioned. It was an understandable and honest mistake on Metalman's part when he edited the post since I didn't change the text in the forum when we changed the rule a while ago.
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