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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 6439930, member: 27832"]I have trouble seeing it that way. When someone is selling coins I know are fake, but representing them as real -- well, I'm not in the <i>habit</i> of buying and then ratting out the seller, but I would have <b>zero</b> ethical qualms about doing so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many years ago I <i>almost</i> got scammed by an eBay fake seller -- I was a much more naive buyer, and it took the folks here to make me realize I'd bought a fake. I opened a case on eBay, and they refunded my money and told me to keep the "coin".</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller started bugging me to return it. I checked, and <i>he was still trying to sell similar fakes</i> -- in other words, he wanted it back so he could <i>sell it again</i>. I finally told him that, <i>if he insisted</i>, I'd be happy to turn it in to my local Secret Service office with full details of the transaction, and/or open a mail fraud case with the USPS. He stopped bugging me after that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 6439930, member: 27832"]I have trouble seeing it that way. When someone is selling coins I know are fake, but representing them as real -- well, I'm not in the [I]habit[/I] of buying and then ratting out the seller, but I would have [B]zero[/B] ethical qualms about doing so. Many years ago I [I]almost[/I] got scammed by an eBay fake seller -- I was a much more naive buyer, and it took the folks here to make me realize I'd bought a fake. I opened a case on eBay, and they refunded my money and told me to keep the "coin". The seller started bugging me to return it. I checked, and [I]he was still trying to sell similar fakes[/I] -- in other words, he wanted it back so he could [I]sell it again[/I]. I finally told him that, [I]if he insisted[/I], I'd be happy to turn it in to my local Secret Service office with full details of the transaction, and/or open a mail fraud case with the USPS. He stopped bugging me after that.[/QUOTE]
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