Gosh, I was just getting ready to send in the following classified ad to Numismatic News as I can get it for $5 for 4 weeks. Will run in the world coins catagory for publicity.
"World Wide Collectors, safe haven for buying, selling and trading.
www.knightsofthecointable.com Come join the best on the internet."
We could run a much larger ad but it would be very pricey and all I wanted to do was stir up some curiousity? The $5 seemed pretty cheap for a four week run. But now that I find out we are all a bunch of elitists I am just crushed.
Guess he doesn't know about the few folks who got the boot for NOT fulfilling their trade agreements in the past? If he could find them perhaps he could start a world wide revolution against us and we would suffer for the rest of eternity???
While he may not understand our concept it is important we continue to protect that which we have built. And like it or not this is NOT any one individuals forum. Its OURS. Governed by the membership for the membership. The moderators on this forum are worse off than the Maytag Repairman. Not much to do. When we do disagree, and we do, it is with respect and professionalism I seldom see on other forums.
I just made major silver purchase for a member here. Shipping large quanities of anything around the world is a gamble which takes a ton of respect and trust. It is a very nice feeling knowing there are folks here who can be trusted to follow through NO MATTER WHAT! Then all we got to do is pray our packages clear customs and make it to their destinations. A very unique bond and faith in each other is available here and I can't think of one member that I would hesitate to send coins or my cash in any deal that is agreed upon.
In the last year I have handled and tried to account for every dime that we as a group have raised or spent. Gary Burke has tried to keep the exact same records so that we know, without a doubt, everything is on the up and up at all times. I also make every effort to post the income and expenses as promptly as possible so you all know exactly what is going on ALL the time. The monies have amounted to thousands of dollars and some of the purchases I have made for some of you has been in the hundreds and I have seen an ocassional couple thousand spent on one transaction. Nothing could ever match that which we have built right here and WE are not about to squander those efforts away on a gamble. And should someone, in the future, even think of starting any crap here, Merlin will be on him or her like stink on poo-poo and banishment will come quickly and last forever. Thats just the way it is!
Everything that is done here is VOLUNTEER! No one makes a dime for their efforts unless we as a group decide to reward them in one way or another. We have made every effort to see that no one ever gets stuck with a cost they did not volunteer to handle. So far I think we have been very successful and, at this time, the only monies we will definitely be needing is in the fall of 2009 when we have to re-up our forum contract with GoDaddy.com. We may want to look at that a little earlier should the opportunity arise that would save us some money but until we do this site is bought and paid for by WE the members and WE have a right to protect it.
