Posted Images And Description Does Not Match

The title says 46 with a picture of a 45. Maybe the seller made a mistake, maybe he was trying to rip people off. Based on what he emailed you I suspect it was the 2nd option.

However, it looks to me like you were hoping to take advantage of someone else's mistake. Now you want more than a refund because it didn't work out. Why didn't you ask the seller what coin he was selling if there was any doubt in your mind?

Maybe you should have asked ahead of time since it appears that you noticed a discrepancy with the auction listing and the picture. If you knew there was a chance that you would not receive a 1945 dollar, then you took an obvious risk and should share some of the blame(and shipping costs if you return the coin).

You saw and knew there was a mistake, you should have asked before bidding. You were trying to take advantage of his mistake and it back fired for you, and now you're ticked-off!
We all make mistakes, take the refund and learn from it.

I agree with a few others that you should have emailed the seller before bidding.

And as gary stated if you bid on a '46 and got a '46 what's the problem.

Unless you were really hoping it was a '45 and overbid. And that could have been avoided if you had emailed the seller before bidding.

And was the cost of shipping really that expensive to fight over it?

Scubu,
you do not know what you are talking about. And sometimes it is better to be quiet, especially when one does not know all the facts.
If YOU were a fair and objective person, you would not jump to conclusions, based on YOUR OWN assumptions, not facts. Such behavior is highly unfair and totally uncalled for.
I can accept being criticised fairly, no problem.
Nowhere and never did I say that I was not partly to blame. But your attitude and threats are totally uncalled for.
All I asked for is Information, NOT judgment.

Thank you all.

Some of you are right and perhaps others also.
And some of you are jumping to your own conclusions without fact to back them up.
Fact is, it is NOT really a matter of the shipping cost. It is the seller's denial that it is not a 45 picture that is posted. It would have been a simple matter, very simple.
Fact is he said afterwards he never had a 45. That person is not telling the truth.
Yes I knew it said 46 and that is what I received. It is s really nice 46. Before I posted the first original post, I had already decided to keep the 46 and have it certified. It should actually make MS 64 and is already on the way since yesterday.
However, I was very curious what the situation is according to US laws (in case it happens to anyone else). That was my question. It has not been answered so far.
When I asked the seller after the auction he maintained it to be a 46 when the picture clearly showed a 45.
I sent him these pictures to prove my case.



BUT the key question still is: what does US law say in a case like this ?
Not that I want to go that way... just for information. The 46 is a keeper.
It is really interesting how some of you immediately react and go either one way or another with it and by doing so easily loose the actual objective.
It looks like that even someone who knows me from Adam takes a very hostile position toward me. I do not need that.
Well, guys and girls, is that what this Forum is all about? Is it to issue personal attacks toward strangers? Or is it perhaps to make available information and knowledge we have individually so that everyone can benefit from that knowledge and the experiences others have had?
Perhaps I am wrong and perhaps I am jumping the gun here. (there is a saying where I come from: one or two bad apples do not make the whole crop bad)
I have great respect for anyone,their opinions and believes,and their right to freely express themselves. However wehn these actions are disrespectful and offensive, especially toward strangers,they then no longer deserve my respect.
I appologize to the good "apples" as they know who they are, for my suggestions.
But that level is not where I wish to be.

It was a pleasure being here and chatting with all of you about this

HHB

I once bid on a coin which I thought was 1945, my birth year - the header stated "1945", and I didn't look very closely at the photo, which showed a 1943. The "3" was hard to discern as a "3" and not a "5".

When I received the coin, I realized that it was a 1943 and asked the seller if I could return it and receive a refund. He apologized for the listing error, I returned it at my expense, and I received credit for it.

No problem ... no jumping to conclusions ... no reference to laws ... no getting hot under the collar. We both had made a mistake, we took care of it, and we moved on.

Shall we do the same here?