I HAVE NEVER LOOKED AT OTHER MEMBERS PROFILES AS I AM USUALLY TOO BUSY READING OR POSTING. PROFILES WOULD BE MORE IMPORTANT TO MODERATORS IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES OF THEIR JOB, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GUYS!. I HAVEN'T PUT EVERYTHING IN MY OWN PROFILE FOR SECURITY REASONS AND BESIDES THERE ISN'T ENOUGH ROOM

. THE PROFILES CAN BE USEFUL TO SEE IF ANY OTHER MEMBERS ARE IN YOUR AREA AND TO SET UP A GET TOGETHER. WE CAN USUALLY SEE WHICH MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED IN THE THINGS WE COLLECT IN THE POSTS AND PERHAPS SEND A EMAIL AND DISCUSS AND PERHAPS TRADE WITH THEM.
THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH HAVING DEALERS AND COLLECTORS HERE ON THE FORUM SHAREING KNOWLEGE. DEALERS GENERALLY HANDLE A WIDER VARIETY OF ITEMS AND A LARGER VOLUME THAN COLLECTORS SO ARE A VALUABLE SOURCE OF KNOWLEGE AS WELL AS NEW ITEMS FOR OUR COLLECTIONS. KNOWLEGE IS POWER!, KUDOS TO THE DEALERS WHO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEGE OPENLY HERE

. IT WOULD BE TO A DEALERS ADVANTAGE TO HAVE THE MEMBERS AWARE OF HIS INVENTORY AS LONG AS HE DEALS FAIRLY HE WILL MAKE MORE SALES AND BUILD A GOOD REPUTAION WHICH IS WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD. WORD OF MOUTH IS STILL THE BEST FORM OF ADVERTIZEMENT ESPECIALLY AMOUNG COLLECTORS.