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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2548404, member: 36230"]Is it safe to assume that you've never sold a coin/coins to someone who wished to return them only after they've been damaged? I have, and you can say what you want, but it wasn't my responsibility to play insurance company or eat a loss due to someone else's actions or stupidity. In some cases taking the return even though they've been removed is completely reasonable, especially if dealing with a known long time customer/client, the coin clearly hasn't been damaged/is the same, or it is of a low enough value for it not to really matter, but as a blanket policy, not a chance.</p><p><br /></p><p>The whole point of accepting a return as long as the coin hasn't been removed from its original (when purchased) holder, and this includes simple flips, is to ensure it is still in its original AS SOLD condition. Let's say that when placing one of your newps in the album, the coin was dropped and is now damaged; should the dealer have to shoulder damage YOU caused? Of course not, or let's say you decided to dip one of the coins, over did it, and burnt the luster off; again, is this his fault? You may be one of the reasonable who wouldn't think of trying to return such a coin (I don't know), but the fact is that there are many out there who wouldn't think twice about it. In fact, this policy is the result not of bad or unfair dealers, but collectors who demand to have their cake and eat it too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2548404, member: 36230"]Is it safe to assume that you've never sold a coin/coins to someone who wished to return them only after they've been damaged? I have, and you can say what you want, but it wasn't my responsibility to play insurance company or eat a loss due to someone else's actions or stupidity. In some cases taking the return even though they've been removed is completely reasonable, especially if dealing with a known long time customer/client, the coin clearly hasn't been damaged/is the same, or it is of a low enough value for it not to really matter, but as a blanket policy, not a chance. The whole point of accepting a return as long as the coin hasn't been removed from its original (when purchased) holder, and this includes simple flips, is to ensure it is still in its original AS SOLD condition. Let's say that when placing one of your newps in the album, the coin was dropped and is now damaged; should the dealer have to shoulder damage YOU caused? Of course not, or let's say you decided to dip one of the coins, over did it, and burnt the luster off; again, is this his fault? You may be one of the reasonable who wouldn't think of trying to return such a coin (I don't know), but the fact is that there are many out there who wouldn't think twice about it. In fact, this policy is the result not of bad or unfair dealers, but collectors who demand to have their cake and eat it too.[/QUOTE]
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