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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;42Skeezix, post: 858, member: 40&quot;]<i> One of the holdovers to the fBay boards is the judgments and animosity encouraged between Dealers and Collectors. I don&#039;t recall that divide existing to that extent before fBay cultivated it.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>T</i>hat is a wall I strive to break down, but it is a wall that has always existed in the field.</p><p>Back around &#039;70, when I was 12 or 13 I joined my first antique bottle collecting club. A friendly group if ever there was one. Diggers and pickers alike but nearly all avid collectors. I remember asking my Mom why most members shrugged off the one lady who always brought nice early stuff and really knew what she had. My Mom, who dealt antiques herself though not bottles and glass, explained &quot;Oh, she&#039;s a dealer. Collectors don&#039;t like to have dealers in their groups.&quot; This lowly dealer was one of the first people ever to explain the art of glass blowing to me. She had more general knowledge about old glass and bottles than the rest of the members combined and she loved to share her knowledge if only they would listen. I listened.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the mods here go......well I&#039;m one and I guess your stuck with that for now.</p><p>I&#039;ll let my actions...or lack there of speak for me. I jes&#039; don&#039;t like no dirty words.</p><p>My can of Troll Be Gone, large industrial size, extra strength, concentrated was spent on the one troll that truly required it.......it didn&#039;t work. I&#039;ll pull no punches. I wanted him gone and I went to some lengths to accomplish that end. I didn&#039;t want to do it. I didn&#039;t like doing it. But it had to be done...at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;Course now it&#039;s a moot point.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seriously though. As a mod I hope I can meet everyone&#039;s expectations of fairness.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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