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Message:: [QUOTE="ewomack, post: 3556008, member: 15588"]I don't think anyone in their right mind would ever sell an actual "unsearched roll," much less dozens of them, unless they really didn't know what they were doing. Loopholes exist around the term "unsearched" that help keep such claims from false advertising. After all, how does one prove that a roll really is unsearched? Or if it's not "unsearched?" The burden of proof falls on the accuser. One would have to obtain video of the seller actually searching a specific roll, then wrapping it up again and selling the exact same roll, beyond a reasonable doubt, as "unsearched." It would take a well planned inside sting job to obtain such footage, but even then how would one ever prove that the roll in the video is the exact same roll that was sold as "unsearched?" Short of a direct confession, that's a nearly impossible burden to take on. The only way one could get caught is by claiming that an "unsearched" roll dated to a specific year and then that roll contained specimens more recent than that year. Yet, even then, one would need to prove intent. I will only say that I have no plans to ever purchase "unsearched" rolls, because I highly doubt, though I admittedly can't definitely prove, their existence.[/QUOTE]