My Fred Toney Collection/Thanks to the board

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Bosox Blair

Nice collection! And I also don't care what you do with your own cards - they are yours.

However...I have noticed a few instances lately that kind of annoy me. I'll call them "pump-and-dumps" to use a stock trading term.

Example: Day 1 - guy posts on the main Board "Hey guys show me your great rare Herpe-shiny cards...here's mine!" Attention is drawn to the cards through the thread. Day 2 - same guy posts on BST "Hey guys my Herpe-shiny is for sale to highest bidder!"

Second Example: Day 1 - guy posts on the main Board "Hey guys, I think I did well getting this card because it is worth a lot more than I paid." Friendly people post and tend to agree card has a higher value. Day 2 - same guy posts same card on BST for higher price.

Maybe these don't break any forum rules (that is for Leon to say), but I generally find these things to be transparent ploys.

Cheers,
Blair

Blair, while I agree with you, you sort of need to understand too that folks might want to find out about their items they have for sale. I am not saying anything about this particular situation (in this post), but in general. I get lots of folks asking me how to proceed with certain issues. Please be aware that I do instruct people on how to do things in order to try to conform to board protocol, while still obtaining information they are seeking. Generally, as long as they aren't selling on this main forum, then I am ok with it. It really is a judgement call and I just try to revert to common sense on stuff. Sometimes there are gray areas and I am generally going to allow folks some leeway in doing stuff, especially if:

1. they are nice enough to ask first
2. they are board regulars
3. it's obvious they are trying to do the right thing.

So, please be careful not to come down on folks too much (not saying you did) when they do something on the board. I might have told them to do it. Folks can always PM me to ask about things they see, if they have questions. This is a general statement so folks can know that sometimes things might not be exactly the way they look like. Now, that being said, there are folks that abuse the board and I try to handle those issues quickly. And lastly, please understand I am very aware of the ploys you outlined. Overall I think most members are very respectful and it's appreciated. regards

Hey David thanks for the post. I have not been able to confirm if Stengel is in this photo or not. I appreciate any feedback as to opinion's if he is in it or not. It would be great if I could confirm it or not though. Because that would make the photo a much more significant cabinet photo.

Thanks

Tony Turner

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by Leon

Blair, while I agree with you, you sort of need to understand too that folks might want to find out about their items they have for sale. I am not saying anything about this particular situation (in this post), but in general. I get lots of folks asking me how to proceed with certain issues. Please be aware that I do instruct people on how to do things in order to try to conform to board protocol, while still obtaining information they are seeking. Generally, as long as they aren't selling on this main forum, then I am ok with it. It really is a judgement call and I just try to revert to common sense on stuff. Sometimes there are gray areas and I am generally going to allow folks some leeway in doing stuff, especially if:

1. they are nice enough to ask first
2. they are board regulars
3. it's obvious they are trying to do the right thing.

So, please be careful not to come down on folks too much (not saying you did) when they do something on the board. I might have told them to do it. Folks can always PM me to ask about things they see, if they have questions. This is a general statement so folks can know that sometimes things might not be exactly the way they look like. Now, that being said, there are folks that abuse the board and I try to handle those issues quickly. And lastly, please understand I am very aware of the ploys you outlined. Overall I think most members are very respectful and it's appreciated. regards

Thanks for the input, Leon!

Cheers,
Blair