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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kevinfred, post: 1239790, member: 26201&quot;]... about a situation on eBay which I found truly fascinating.&nbsp; I have purchased many Morgans and Peace dollars from a seller, and I&#039;ve been largely happy with them.&nbsp; The seller would write the grade on the 2x2 but NOT disclose the grade in the listing.&nbsp; Of course the grade is quickly seen by any buyer looking at the coin.&nbsp; Anyway, even though I&#039;m a rookie, I could always tell &quot;his&quot; grade was always a few grades higher than it&#039;s <b>actual </b>grade.&nbsp; Wanting more than my opinion I did show many of the coins to reputable dealers and even sent a few to PCGS.&nbsp; The measure stood, a grade or two - maybe even three or four higher on his 2x2 than the actual grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite this situation I never really held malice towards him.&nbsp; As I mentioned, I was for the most part happy with the coins I&#039;d been buying.&nbsp; Ultimately though I quit buying from him.&nbsp; Being curious I kept an eye on his auctions and he always had the same basic Morgans and Peace dollars.&nbsp; Nice coins.&nbsp; As the weeks went by I noticed his grades getting higher.&nbsp; What once was a &#039;his&#039; 64 was now a 65 - what was once a AU-58 was now an MS-61.&nbsp; You get the idea.&nbsp; I thought, &quot;Wow, this guys got guts!&quot;&nbsp; ---&nbsp; His feedback was always perfect as he DID have nice coins.&nbsp; I gave him dozens of perfect ratings on what were &#039;overpitched&#039; coins but I always liked the coins.&nbsp; Now though, surely this new method would be reflected in his feedback.&nbsp; Soon there would come the, &quot;OVERGRADED&quot; and &quot;NOT HAPPY - F&quot;.....&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing came.&nbsp; Nothing that is except <b>MANY</b> glorifying positive reviews.&nbsp; &quot;This can&#039;t be,&quot; I thought.&nbsp; Someone will catch on here.&nbsp; Someone will KNOW this MS-65 they&#039;re expecting is barely a slider.&nbsp; Still after weeks and weeks, 100% postive feedback.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know what the moral of the story is.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if a Sociology prof. would have a field day figuring out why this group of people somehow are missing the obvious.&nbsp;&nbsp; Even now I can&#039;t say I&#039;m upset with this seller, or hold any bad feelings at all!&nbsp; (maybe I should, I just don&#039;t know)&nbsp;&nbsp; Bottom line is I find it very interesting and was hoping to hear someone elses opinion/take on my story....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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