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<p>[QUOTE="Owle, post: 767547, member: 22004"]<b>Auctions and Bids</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Some auction companies have more customer friendly options than others. If upon receipt of the coin you don't like it because the description was inadequate, you should have the right to return it, as with Teletrade, and pay a small restocking fee. Specific problems with coins should be described. Jim Fehr said in his Ellesmere newsletters that he would never keep a coin he did not like. There are many elements to whether a coin is desirable in a collection--strike for type or year, condition, toning or originality, and so forth. Auction companies are trying to make the most money they can--the word "auction" means increase. I have been on both sides of the auction equation, no one wants to lose money. There is a huge difference between a PQ rarity in the condition census in the six figures and a run of the mill collectable coin you can find at any show. To pull a bid on a $20k coin within a few days of a Signiture auction, is much different than trying to cancel a bid on a common collectable coin in the hundreds, before the active bidding begins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Owle, post: 767547, member: 22004"][b]Auctions and Bids[/b] Some auction companies have more customer friendly options than others. If upon receipt of the coin you don't like it because the description was inadequate, you should have the right to return it, as with Teletrade, and pay a small restocking fee. Specific problems with coins should be described. Jim Fehr said in his Ellesmere newsletters that he would never keep a coin he did not like. There are many elements to whether a coin is desirable in a collection--strike for type or year, condition, toning or originality, and so forth. Auction companies are trying to make the most money they can--the word "auction" means increase. I have been on both sides of the auction equation, no one wants to lose money. There is a huge difference between a PQ rarity in the condition census in the six figures and a run of the mill collectable coin you can find at any show. To pull a bid on a $20k coin within a few days of a Signiture auction, is much different than trying to cancel a bid on a common collectable coin in the hundreds, before the active bidding begins.[/QUOTE]
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