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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Thanks, seems like shooting with natural diffused light is giving me the best results.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Unfortunate, the scratches detract for sure.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Despite those cursed scratches, it's still a very nice IHC, Blastenpene4 Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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AU58. Scratches may details it but very attractive as per previous posters.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It really bothers me when sellers shoot in a way to disguise problems. I guess that's part of the deal, but seems pretty shady when you can't return the coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Simple question: why on earth would you buy a coin online without solid references and full return privileges? Please, just a simply reply.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Taking a chance, I guess. I usually buy from dealers who allow returns. Greysheet for '94 in XF45 over $50. I paid $27, which will barely buy you lunch where I am. I'm willing to take a risk for this amount of money - sometimes risks work out, other not so much.
Edited by Blastenpene4
06/11/2023 08:01 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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I am more or less on the same page with all of the above comments.
I normally like to examine each coin in hand, searching for any detracting problems, and grade for myself, before deciding to buy.
If I make a mistake, it is on my own head but
it is a way of learning lessons well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The scratches without a doubt will detail this coin.
Au details, hard pass for me.
You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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Pillar of the Community
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"Even if you specify "no returns accepted," under the ebay Money Back Guarantee, the buyer can still return an item if it doesn't match the listing description or not as shown" Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
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 I've had to do this before. As a courtesy to the seller, I'll message first asking for a full refund return, sending pictures of the coin and explaining why. If there's any pushback, then ebay can get involved. If you select item not as described it will start the refund process. Unfortunately, if the seller is shady and trying to hide something, you may get pushback and try to pin the damage on you. Seen it before. If the item is removed from its flip, holder, etc, that it was sent in, it may cause some problems. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for the advice. Seller's pics did not show this damage - purposely (?) I know I wouldn't sell a coin without showing its flaws and mentioning them in my description.
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Bedrock of the Community
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AU-50 details, scratched.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks, 52Raymo and Ty2020b, for the suggestion. Turns out the seller was very nice about this and offered a full refund of all my costs. Without your suggestion I would have just held on to this and been annoyed. Guess you've got to give folks a chance to do the right thing before you draw premature conclusions.  |
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Posted 06/10/2023 6:38 pm
