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BobWhen I see a thread discussing the relative merits of some obscure set from 1899, I just skip the thread and go on to the next. Why can't a poster/reader who has no interest in seeing what Pete or Scott or Tom or myself would like to secure from the Mastro auction via the winner, just skip to the next thread? This board is invaluable not only for the information and comraderie it provides but because it is the only avenue I know of to seek out and find cards I need/want. I was able to obtain some much sought after T207s after 3 years of fruitless looking, simply because a "lurker" happened to read my post here.
With regard to the second issue, the "buy/sell/want" post, it gets so long that after I have checked it a few times, to be quite honest, I don't go back and go through all the old posts to find a new one. It tends to become stale when it has old and read posts which you have to navigate through in the chance of finding something interesting. I think in the case of a truly unique and interesting card which you would like the board frequenters (for lack of a better term) to have first crack at before it goes on ebay or as soon as it does (especially with a BIN) there should be a little leniency shown. I am not talking about a VG- T206 common, but something different and very collectible.