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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1142028, member: 27832&quot;]Well, I have to say, I expected at least a <i>little</i> bit of encouragement. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m going to give it a pass. Here&#039;s why:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) I don&#039;t have the chops to identify counterfeit gold coins. The weight/dimension test makes it awfully hard to pass anything but gold off as gold -- but I&#039;m not shopping strictly for bullion, and I&#039;d like to have something that I can comfortably represent as a real coin, not just as bullion.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) It&#039;s not <i>that</i> sweet of a deal. If he were offering these at spot, like the previous ones, it would&#039;ve been a lot harder for me to resist.</p><p><br /></p><p>3) It&#039;s an <i>awful</i> lot of money to put at risk, by my standards.</p><p><br /></p><p>4) All the other fine advice I&#039;ve received here. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m <i>not</i> bailing due to security concerns, although I&#039;m aware of the security issues. Yeah, it could have been a setup for a crime -- but I honestly think the risk was small, and that I was taking reasonable steps to mitigate it.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I came right down to it, I found that I was hesitating to back out because he&#039;d said he&#039;d hold them for me. I still feel bad about backing out -- but that&#039;s NOT enough reason to go through with the deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again, everybody. Looks like I won&#039;t be posting pictures of the new purchase after all...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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