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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 2870739, member: 85693&quot;]Thank you all for your enthusiastic and helpful comments.&nbsp; As for &quot;lost gambles&quot; (thank you for the suggestion Orange Julius), I have made several over the years. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a recent one.&nbsp; I paid $9.99 for this lot, hoping that Hadrian was genuine...I knew it was iffy, but...nope.&nbsp; It&#039;s a pot-metal fake.&nbsp; The other 2 were genuine if scruffy, and I had some fun figuring them out...the seller offered returns, has a ton of positive feedback (but doesn&#039;t deal ancients much), but I decided to keep &#039;em.&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t thrilled, but I wasn&#039;t infuriated either.&nbsp; I am a little embarrassed, perhaps...Hadrian&#039;s phoniness seems rather obvious to me now (these are the seller&#039;s photos).&nbsp; My biggest problem isn&#039;t eBay sellers, it is my tendency to talk myself into bidding. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]685982[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]685986[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My philosophy (if I may so dignify it) is to gamble only if you are having fun.&nbsp; If you get infuriated by a fake eBay purchase, stick with reliable dealers.&nbsp; I&#039;m still having fun, so what the heck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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