That is just the well known one. He has done it twice more since then (one eventually dismissed one currently active.) And in the case of the first one I would say that the plaintiff won because eventually it was settled out of court and the defendants paid him off to drop the case. So the plaintiffs legal fees were paid (I don't know if he made any money on it personally) and he was out nothing while the defendants were out tons of money. And the deep pocket defendants who eventually settled ha insurance that paid the expenses, the mall fry defendants that got dropped from the case along the way had to pay their legal expenses out of their own pockets. In some cases tens of thousands of dollars, just for expressing their opinion. Yes as it is said the truth is a valid defense but you can still go broke even though you are in the right.
I was looking at some coins on eBay and while googling a seller I ran across this thread. One thing I found interesting that I've never seen before was this "disclaimer": "Returns are a privilege I extend. If you remove a coin from my holder, then send it to a third-party grading service and they do not agree with my grading, you will not have a return privilege! If you want third-party graded coins, do not bid on raw coins, bid on graded coins. Coins removed from my holders are considered sold, no exceptions."
I guess that would then be my sighn never to buy from this guy, if he has nothing to hide then he should have no problems. if he lied about the coin would a judge rule in your favor of false advertising? regardless of his return policy, maby asking the TPG for a letter stating there findings.
even tho i dont think ive gotten a bad one yet ive begun to extremely limit my exposure to coins on ebay.