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Message:: [QUOTE="PennyGuy, post: 668960, member: 17502"]Some months back I bid and won and nice 1872 IHC.  It was a late night ending auction, and early the next AM I had a message from the seller (before I had even paid).     Just before tornados hit several areas in MO he packed up and evacuated his home.  Unpacking the night the auction ended he could not find the cent.  He said he would accept any bad feedback I wanted to leave, and offered to contact me when the cent resurfaces.  This seller also had an excellent record on eBay. Yes I wanted that cent, it was nice, but what did I have to lose? except some self respect.  My first question to the seller was about the safety of himself and his family.  Some things are more important that other things.We agreed, mutually, to cancel the transaction.  A few weeks later I found another cent I was just as happy with. Rule number one here at CT is to "post unto others as you would have them post unto you"  it's a good rule.  The collectors and dealers I work with subscribe to the same philosophy in their lives, or I don't work with them. Sorry all if this sounds preachy, but honest mistakes happen, everyday, to someone, including each one of us, eventually.[/QUOTE]