Unethical 'Softening' Of Photos When Selling On Ebay.....

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doubleeagle59 Pillar of the Community Canada 2495 Posts	Posted 06/30/2012 7:01 pm There's a few sellers on ebay who 'soften' their pictures (photoshop) thereby improving the fields greatly by hiding the marks. One such seller bar-ch**, a US seller of Canadian coins does this profusely. I purchased a coin from him many months ago and sent him back a scathing email detailing his very unethical practice of photoshopping the pics. He answered me back by playing dumb by saying he had no knowledge that his pictures are misleading. There's about 4 sellers on ebay that do this and I was just wondering what your thoughts or experience has been with these sellers. Report this Post to the Staff

trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 06/30/2012 7:14 pm Quote: There's about 4 sellers on ebay that do this Look a bit harder, There are many sellers that use photo shop or different lighting techniques to "enhance" the grade of their coins. Quote: I was just wondering what your thoughts or experience has been with these sellers. I think it is a TOTALY dishonest practice and should be stamped out It has fooled me on 3 occasions and each time I have posted neg feedback, That is the ONLY way that you can try and stamp out these crooks Why can't sellers take a photo AND a scan of the coin so that it can be assessed from the listing, A scan will show any flaws in a coin. A photo will show any lustre and a scan will show every detail on the coin. Then we have the fuzzy pic's and the stock or "borrowed" pic's............Don't get me started on them horrors Edited by trout1105 06/30/2012 7:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff
doctorman1941 Pillar of the Community Canada 504 Posts	Posted 07/01/2012 08:44 am I had the same thing happen to me last week and the seller said I could return the coin if I so wished. The grade from the scan showed almost uncirculated but did not grade any better than vf. 30.I am out 2 dollars for delivery and one stamp. Report this Post to the Staff
cdcoinman Valued Member Canada 372 Posts	Posted 07/01/2012 09:01 am Most sellers have a return policy.If not,I would not bid on his offerings.If you are not happy with an item,better return it than be out the purchase price.Like trout 1105 said,a lot of the photos posted have been manipulated. Report this Post to the Staff
Borneo1 New Member Brunei Darussalam 9 Posts	Posted 07/01/2012 11:57 pm There are way more than 4....As much as you have the bug, if in doubt.... Plenty of ways to make a coin or token look okay, or better than it is...I just don't buy from them any more. Lots of gear around ... Report this Post to the Staff
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