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MVSNYCAl said...
"My feeling is that some sort of hobby group is a great idea, but a group that acts as a police force or drafts a "code of ethics" will be dead before it starts. What would make us think that an unethical person would ever abide by a "code of ethics"? Or that some sort of hobby group could get an auction house or dealer (or collector, for that matter) to change his practices?"...
this is exactly what i have said a few times, including at the meeting in NYC. any dealer/auction house will gladly sign the "code of ethics" (they would be shooting themselves in the foot, if they didn't)...but who is to say that they wouldn't then just keep doing any and all of the crooked things they were doing before?
i am all for the "hobby group", i just agree with Al here...a "code of ethics" would be pushing it.
***i also agree with Barry, that this board (Net54) has a huge voice in the hobby, EVERYONE checks it out (lurking or posting)...either way, people see our discussions and hear our concerns & warnings...this in itself is a great "hobby group/association"...let's keep the important questions/topics coming, and maybe we can get some things resolved right here (as i think many of you have done in the past).