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<p>[QUOTE="oval_man, post: 986099, member: 22602"]Well, I think it says something about the OP and something about the seller, or buyers and sellers in general because this comes up all the time. I totally agree with you that a seller is not going to bother taking great pains to edit the photos of a $30 coin. But he certainly is not going to mind if the image comes out way better than the coin actually is.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that exposes the larger issue. Large sellers trying to move a lot of inventory simply are not going to sweat the little stuff. They offer a return policy, the coin is slabbed, that should be good enough. In this case, the buyer has learned a lesson about buying from images.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I believe it comes down to personal and ethical decisions. I've only sold a few items (no coins yet) on ebay and labored over an accurate description of each item with multiple photographs. I want the buyer to be happy, if not delighted, with his purchase; the Golden Rule and all that. As a seller, would one feel comfortable putting stuff out there that might not be accurately described? There's no right answer because there are simply too many variables.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="oval_man, post: 986099, member: 22602"]Well, I think it says something about the OP and something about the seller, or buyers and sellers in general because this comes up all the time. I totally agree with you that a seller is not going to bother taking great pains to edit the photos of a $30 coin. But he certainly is not going to mind if the image comes out way better than the coin actually is. And that exposes the larger issue. Large sellers trying to move a lot of inventory simply are not going to sweat the little stuff. They offer a return policy, the coin is slabbed, that should be good enough. In this case, the buyer has learned a lesson about buying from images. So I believe it comes down to personal and ethical decisions. I've only sold a few items (no coins yet) on ebay and labored over an accurate description of each item with multiple photographs. I want the buyer to be happy, if not delighted, with his purchase; the Golden Rule and all that. As a seller, would one feel comfortable putting stuff out there that might not be accurately described? There's no right answer because there are simply too many variables.[/QUOTE]
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