Does Anyone Use 'Den Of Antiquities' For Their Coins?

@FD, I haven't, but when I use the CCF search box with the keywords "DEN OF ANTIQUITIES", I get this one prior thread:

http://goccf.com/t/154787

denant is just one of dozens of sellers on ebay that I have purchased coins from. Only one problem ever, a coin mixup, which they made OK.

My issue with these vetting threads, is how do you vet the people making comments...the person that posts the most knows the most

for instance, you don't know me, so my saying that I have had many problem free purchases from denant should not mean much.

At the risk of hijacking the thread by going off on a tangent (sorry if it seems that's the case, FuzzyDuck), I think the answer is straightforward enough: You ask for honest opinions, you get honest opinions, you see if there is consensus - and, if there isn't, you weigh the responses, determining for yourself which opinions seem to strike a chord. If expressed thoughts come from individuals with some history of well-considered responses and support to the membership (the search functions at CCF and other forums certainly make such research easy enough), so much the better. If on top of that they have some relevant credentials, that's icing on the cake, of course. As for the number of posts of members: personally I'd like to believe that folks who have stuck around and contributed through the years know (or have learned) a thing or two. Some of the members here with big (and growing) numbers are indeed scary smart. I don't think there are any dolts here with 10,000 posts.

But, then again, an experienced professional numismatist may have only a couple posts. If David Sear joined CCF, he'd begin with a single post. So I'd agree that the number of posts doesn't seem to be a trustworthy, or at least conclusive, litmus. Better that the OP gets get to know posters through their history of contributions. In the end we are all free to reject responses - even while appreciating the time posters took to offer them.

I guess you can't please everyone all the time
John1