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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 1684803, member: 39084&quot;]As painful as my interpretation of these events may be, I think that Occam&#039;s Razor* applies to this situation and points to a darker conclusion: namely, the seller perpetrated a bait-and-switch on this coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Let me preface this by asking (1) have you ever purchased a coin from this seller before? and (2) if so, has the purchased coin suddenly not been available after you&#039;ve sent the funds?&nbsp; If your answers are (1) Yes and (2) No, then maybe the seller is being honest.&nbsp; But if these aren&#039;t your answers, then Occam&#039;s Razor pretty much guarantees that the simplest explanation of what happened is a bait-and-switch -- especially after noting your quote above.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, what&#039;s the probability that this dealer really lost or misplaced the coin somehow?&nbsp; I don&#039;t mean &quot;What&#039;s the probability that in thousands of transactions a dealer has lost a sold coin?&quot; -- I mean, what&#039;s the probability that he lost THIS coin that YOU purchased for the first time from him?&nbsp; He can&#039;t find it?&nbsp; Seriously?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Second, he already has your money (if I read your post correctly).&nbsp; He knows you want that type of coin, he knows you&#039;re reluctant to simply get a refund, and he just &quot;happens to have&quot; two or three similar coins (albeit not of the same quality) on which he&#039;s willing to give you a similar &quot;deal.&quot;&nbsp; Wow, what a coincidence that is!</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said in my preface, there may be mitigating circumstances in this situation.&nbsp; But even (or especially) if a seller has an apparently high level of customer satisfaction (not including yours), that may only mean he&#039;s a true expert at the bait-and-switch technique, and manages to keep his scammed customers in the dark about what really happened.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I would request a refund immediately and simply not deal with this seller again.&nbsp; The whole thing smells fishy.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>*Succinctly put, Occam&#039;s Razor states &quot;All things being equal, the simplest explanation is usually the correct one.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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