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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;currencyguy, post: 533527, member: 17561&quot;]<b>You get what you pay for</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I have bid on Ebay for years.&nbsp; I find that most bidders want a &quot;bargain&quot;, and hope and expect to get something for a &quot;steal&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are NO bargains.&nbsp; I do all the major auctions, look at all the lots, and hear a lot from dealers and collectors.&nbsp; Virtually all truly rare currency has some &quot;restoration&quot;.&nbsp; When done well, it conserves and preserves the note.&nbsp; When a common item is listed on Ebay, you (usually) get what you pay for.&nbsp; I had a customer in 1979 who wanted &quot;discount&quot; gold(!)&nbsp; Ebay offers it, and you take your chances. On one of the grading services message boards several years ago, someone &quot;outed&quot; a truly skilled paper restorer, who also conserves fine art for a major museum.&nbsp; First postings were indignant rants how &quot;awful&quot; the &quot;doctor&quot;was, then the thread postings changed to wanting to know how to make contact.&nbsp;&nbsp; Hypocritical!!!&nbsp; Collectables are all subject to improvement as long as people pay &quot;stupid&quot; money for &quot;condition&quot; rare common items.&nbsp; If you have sold on Ebay (which I have) , you know what kind of bidders you sometimes get.&nbsp; Get rid of the &quot;bottom feeders on both sides...selling and bidding!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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