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Pillar of the Community
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id say one for one trades are alright.
It also has to do with age/maturity. I've met 15 year olds that are sufficiently mature and adults my age that act like they are 16, no offense 16 year olds... but you know... I think just being into collecting coins at that age shows some level of maturity and wouldn't worry about it unless it starts involving large transactions.
I understand your caution though... this day and age parents will slap you with a law suit so fast you'll have pennies coming out your ears.
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United States
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For what it's worth, I'd want to give my okay before Coinman1014 made a trade with anyone. That's one reason why he can't be messaged directly; anyone who wants to send him a PM has to send it to me instead.
On a related topic, I really like the strict moderation here. I never worry about him being on this forum, even if I'm not at the computer.
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Pillar of the Community
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It's fine. It's the kid's coins, and if the parents get mad, that's their problem to get over.
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Keep in mind, a minor cannot legally enter into a contract. Dealing with a minor means they can walk away with your coins, and you can't do a thing about it.
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United States
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That's called "larceny by deception" and it's illegal for minors to do it as well. Just because they can't enter into contracts doesn't mean they are allowed to steal.
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Pillar of the Community
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 Stealing has no age limit. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I have done trades/transactions in total of more than $2500 with other members and I'm only 17. I don't think it should be a problem.
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Pillar of the Community
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Agreed with all the other posts. My parents don't care that I buy and sell online, as they know I won't do anything idiotic and it presents a good source of income for me. If my parents paid for my coins it might be a different story... I've bought and sold many coins here and on ebay, and have never had a single problem. Edited by wheatguy
07/28/2010 4:26 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks gang, he just emailed me and he's 26.  Don't sweat it man. I was 47 when I joined the CCF but my profile said I was 13 years old for over a year until I finally figured out how to fix it. I have dealt with some of our teen aged members before and had absolutely no problems at all. In fact every transaction I have ever made here has been problem free. Edited by Tim Stroud
07/28/2010 5:57 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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In my experience here, all of the young numismatists have been very mature.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I applaud your caution. I would definitely encourage trading e-mails through the parents. Better to be safe. If you rip off a kid you look bad. If you give a kid too good a deal you look suspect.
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Pillar of the Community
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Sorry for the panic attack. Not only did everybody provide great comments that helped to ease my apprehension, I feel much better about the forum. You hit every one of my concerns about legal issues. Maybe I was approaching this from the wrong angle, maybe I'm the one that should seek protection. Lord knows they're a 100 fold more computer savvy than I ever will be.  To all our Major and not so major, minor members, you're way ahead of me when I was your age. I didn't start collecting until I was 21. Even then I took major breaks. |
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Well ... I had a little problem with a transaction that was announced here but actually was on ebay. I didn't know it at the time, but the seller was a 12-year-old. The auction ended, I sent a money order, time passed, no coin. I e-mailed. No answer, no coin. So I filed a complaint with ebay. Got a nice long e-mail from his mother who said that he'd "forgotten" about sending the coin and was now scared to death because he thought that ebay was going to come and repossess his soul and that SHE would see that the coin was sent. Coin arrived a few days later. End of story. Yeah, it was one of those things; kid wasn't responsible, but his mother certainly was, lol. |
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That's called "larceny by deception" and it's illegal for minors to do it as well. You are correct. A minor can get out of any contract for any reason but to cancel a contract everyone has to be made whole as before the contract was made. an example is with automotive. If someone sells a teenager a car "As is" and they sell it to the minor if they decide they don't want the car they can get their money back and don't even have to have a reason why, but they have to give the car back. This is why used car dealers will not sell to anyone under 18 |
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Posted 07/28/2010 11:54 am
