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Message:: [QUOTE="Paul M., post: 2340525, member: 73165"]This is a really good point that nobody else has made just yet.  For example, I was looking for a particular coin at a show once.  I walked around and looked at like 8 different ones.  One I looked at was marked MS-66 and, IMO was no better than an ugly MS-64.  I didn't even ask about the price and walked away.  I didn't question their grade or badmouth their coin, but I knew I wasn't going to deal on this coin no matter what.  The coin I ended up buying was a nice MS-64 with a good original skin.  The price difference was not huge in dollar terms, but the MS-66 price would likely have been almost double the MS-64 price, and I would not have been nearly as happy with that coin as I am with the one I took home (which I am thrilled with). I disagree about pointing out flaws on coins, however.  If it's done tactfully and respectfully, there should be no issue on either side.  "What's going on in the left obverse field here?" or "Is this a scratch underneath the bust?" are perfectly acceptable questions IMO.  And some coins almost universally have some kind of flaw or another (early American and colonial copper being a good example). The bottom line is that buying and selling coins is a business transaction, and both sides should treat it as such.  Deal fairly and respectfully with people and they will typically do the same.[/QUOTE]