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Originally Posted by Pup6913
I must have missed it somewhere. Could you post a link because most of what I read was a bunch of guys acknowledging the first card is a fraud and attacking Ted for the same thing. I think Ted has done a ton of research on the cards and is very knowledgeable so for someone to question his opinion is fine but to say he don't know anything when some of the info he provided was used as someone else's credit is kinda wrong. This I why I don't post anymore info on my T205 research. I have gathered a lot and have had several guys help with info. All of which would be acknowledged if posted but someone would take this info and use it as their own. Not something I am going to do with my work or anyone else's. To each their own though.
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Well, stated Andrew. As far as sharing research, I kind of disagree with you - I don't mind sharing anything I have, and I don't mind others using it. I just think that out of common courtesy and respect, you acknowledge where you got the information or your ideas. If you choose not to, there's little chance in a hobby like this, that you'll get penalized legally, but it certainly hurts your reputation.
Ted's been around this hobby a long time. There are new guys joining all the time, many who only know the hobby based on how it was at the point in time when they joined. They aren't forgetting guys like Ted - they simply never knew them. It's easy to dismiss Ted's thoughts about research and credit, when you don't have any skin in the game, and that's the case with most T206 collectors. Ted and many of the rest of us, are walking around the new T206 boardroom in our overalls, when there are several in nice suits with polished resumes.