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<p>[QUOTE="USS656, post: 1066184, member: 6641"]That is a pretty bold assumption. Lets just poor a little salt in the wound while we are at it???</p><p><br /></p><p>I took a look at the pictures and I could tell that the coin was toned. The pictures were not the best, but I have seen much worse! The coin is graded by one of the top two so the grade should be accurate.</p><p><br /></p><p>The buyer knew he was buying something with less than the best pictures ~ but ~ made the purchase anyways. Not everyone has even close to passable photo skills especially when it comes to coins. These are not horrible, just not the best to show the coins attributes clearly. Based on the picture it looks like the seller did not look at the coin close enough to see that there is toning or was willing to take the risk and mess with the seller if they were not happy. I would not go so far to say this is the cause of the entire episode as it sounds like the buyer was much less than honorable in his/her part in the deal. Just because the seller uses good pictures does not mean the buyer would not do the same. There are plenty of very crazy people out there that will do anything regardless of how unreasonable it may seem to everyone else. It sounds like eBay has given this bad buyer a reason to try again. </p><p><br /></p><p>A better picture may mean a more accurate price, but it does not guarentee that the buyer will not hose you anyways.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="USS656, post: 1066184, member: 6641"]That is a pretty bold assumption. Lets just poor a little salt in the wound while we are at it??? I took a look at the pictures and I could tell that the coin was toned. The pictures were not the best, but I have seen much worse! The coin is graded by one of the top two so the grade should be accurate. The buyer knew he was buying something with less than the best pictures ~ but ~ made the purchase anyways. Not everyone has even close to passable photo skills especially when it comes to coins. These are not horrible, just not the best to show the coins attributes clearly. Based on the picture it looks like the seller did not look at the coin close enough to see that there is toning or was willing to take the risk and mess with the seller if they were not happy. I would not go so far to say this is the cause of the entire episode as it sounds like the buyer was much less than honorable in his/her part in the deal. Just because the seller uses good pictures does not mean the buyer would not do the same. There are plenty of very crazy people out there that will do anything regardless of how unreasonable it may seem to everyone else. It sounds like eBay has given this bad buyer a reason to try again. A better picture may mean a more accurate price, but it does not guarentee that the buyer will not hose you anyways.[/QUOTE]
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