chadjaja® said:
Pvtryan. I would think this is a great place whether you are a high end collector or just starting out. Compared to other places you aLWAYS get a great greeting here and cards are appreciated for what they mean to the collector not BV or card cred etc. I could post a common card I love and still get "Nice card Chad" becaue collectors here are encouraging. I've sent many a card to others to help them out for free and so have other members. We are all too well aware that when we started out or were younger that we couldn't get all the cards we wanted too.
I'd hate to think that people think they need high value cards to be a member here. Thats not what ozcards is about at all and if you think like that I think you have missed the point made on the boards.
The suspension will not be for lifetime but if it turns out to be fake he will get one for a while.
i agree 100% chad, your absolutely right. Everyone on the boards SHOULD be hearing this, because this is the truth.
At first when i came here, i had nothing, about 5,000 commons from when i was 5 years old, and i did feel a little bit pressured. I bought up heaps of whatever i wanted, mainly from thumbb (but that's not the point) and i struggled for acceptance a bit. But that's not what collectings about. If your not happy with what you have, maybe you shouldn't be collecting. I'm not a working man, i'm not even a man yet (boy! not women!) and i don't have enough money to afford 200-300+ ebay auctions, the highest i've ever bid an item has been 120 and that's been outta my pocket savings. But more seriously, guys here are understanding and encouraging, this is a community, everyone is valued for who they are and what you like, as long as your encouraging, understanding and patient to others.
There was a time when i was feeling a bit crap compared to you guys, because you all got so much, but that's not the way to go, collectings for yourself, not other people. Guys here encouraged me (Pete, Trey, Scotty, Henkita) and i don't think i've ever been part of a thing like this, where people are so encouraging and helpful not to mention trustworthy, when they don't even know you, they haven't met you etc.
Anyway, i think we should leave Chris Bosh#4 now, as he's not able to see what we're typing, but you guys get what i mean. What he did isn't exscusable, but i think the whole thing is over. It was definately very childish here, besides, lil_pharm and I are probably the two youngest users here, but it's quite amazing, because i've done 14 "official" deals, and probably another 20 which haven't been posted and all of them have been done properly, people wouldn't expect me to be a teenager.
