Frank I find it ironic that you would lead off your post with commentary on people making wrong assumptions.
I also based my questioning of Ted’s arbitrary number of 95% based on my collecting experience does my collecting experience have any less merit?
I have been collecting T206’s since I was about 12 or so going a little over 24+ years now.
I too have had my fair share of these cards experienced large finds and large buys. I have never felt the need to hang my trophy list here in order to chase folks away from having an opinion.
Regardless of having thousands or just a dozen there is no reason somebody can’t present a valid argument or theory, or question those of a more experienced collector. That very reasoning is assumptive in nature which seems to bother you. But as with most folks it only bothers them when it’s being done to them not the other way around.
This whole I’ve done this and you haven’t is childish and counterproductive.
Sadly Ted plays this card with folks who have serious knowledge or the very folks Ted gets his knowledge from in many cases. What Ted fails to mention in a lot of these posts is where this info he posts comes from. It comes from some of the very community and members that he now seems to have issue with.
This thread/topic didn’t devolve due anyone other than Ted, and this topic was not started to answer any hobby question or gain insight.
It was started to prove Ted right in some twisted way from the questioning he got via me on the other post.
Here are the facts Ted made a snap comment that all Piedmont 150 green Cobb’s are OC of which he can’t prove definitively. When I asked where did you come up with that number, and unless you’ve seen them all how can you issue such a statement. Instead of simply stating you know what Wonka you have a point I would say based on my experience I would think a large number of them are OC and saying a definitive 95% are OC is a bit snap in judgment.
But Ted doesn’t want to do that if you look back at the thread where this started I made a post saying Cobb green is a tough card to find centered. It was Ted that had to come along with the one up if you will. In fact a one up that was riddled with wrong information. Of which mistake number one (Cobb Green Hindu) was chalked up to a test for us little folks and the other is now trying to be proved via a 30+ card survey with cards within the survey not even being counted. LOL
The whole thing is laughable. This is not the first time folks this has happened with Ted for the readers who think I’m just picking on poor Ted or have been told there is some offline conspiracy against him.
He did this with an AUTH Plank where he busted onto this board stating that the card was no good due to having a wrong factory, which he was wrong about.
He did this with his Polar Bear list in which he left off Demmitt & O’Hara but when he was corrected by Barry Sloate, his response was…you guessed it he was testing us again.
The examples go on and on…with Ted.
This whole Cobb topic I have had a range of emotion on. I went from confusion “why would Ted say that”. Too frustration “why is he missing or dodging my simple point”.
Finally I just feel sad for Ted almost embarrassed I disagree with him and call him out as he would to me or anyone else and it’s chalked up to an elaborate conspiracy against him. Against him how? What motive would we have….dethrone him as the resident self proclaimed T206 expert on Net 54…no offense to anybody or me but that’s like being the tallest midget.
I’m sure he would like to paint me as a bad guy but the sad thing is Ted knows me. We’ve shared hours of phone calls, lunches, road trips heck I even hung around to help him pack up after one of the card shows in PA.
For Ted…..
Ted I’m sure you’re reading this. I find it odd you are so resolute in your quest to be right on every tid bit you post on here that you would act like you do towards the very folks who have been more than fair to you. There is no need to lie to us, don’t think you have want to tell everyone you’ve been honest go ahead at least perhaps the folks who don’t know any better will buy it.
But deep down inside you know you have been dishonest to me & others even very recently in a very elaborate and wrong way. BTW did Jim Rivera make you lie to several folks on here at length and make up a ridiculous story recently in private to both Dan and I? You know exactly what I’m talking about but I'm not going to air that here.
Ted there is no need to discredit you with many folks on here you’ve done that yourself already with your past and recent actions, and only someone with something to hide would be so paranoid as to turn a disagreement on a topic into a covert campaign against them.
Cheers,
John