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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2544835, member: 36230"]Was the coin misrepresented by the seller in any way or fashion? Other than stating "gorgeous rainbow toning", they provided more than enough information for an educated decision to be made regarding the coin's overall condition and value. Therefore, since you made your bed, you may want to consider lying in it, even if only as an inexpensive lesson. The provided photos are the seller's, and this thread started the same day as the listing ended via BIN.</p><p><br /></p><p>No disrespect intended, but people really need to stop blindly "buying" first and asking questions only <i>after</i> doing so, using return privileges or ebay's buyer coddling ridiculousness as a crutch. It's one thing to purchase a coin and once in-hand realize/decide it's not quite what was expected, but something else altogether to "buy" on the blind, then ask the forum for advice, and force someone else to shoulder the mess when/if it doesn't work out in their favor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2544835, member: 36230"]Was the coin misrepresented by the seller in any way or fashion? Other than stating "gorgeous rainbow toning", they provided more than enough information for an educated decision to be made regarding the coin's overall condition and value. Therefore, since you made your bed, you may want to consider lying in it, even if only as an inexpensive lesson. The provided photos are the seller's, and this thread started the same day as the listing ended via BIN. No disrespect intended, but people really need to stop blindly "buying" first and asking questions only [I]after[/I] doing so, using return privileges or ebay's buyer coddling ridiculousness as a crutch. It's one thing to purchase a coin and once in-hand realize/decide it's not quite what was expected, but something else altogether to "buy" on the blind, then ask the forum for advice, and force someone else to shoulder the mess when/if it doesn't work out in their favor.[/QUOTE]
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