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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 25386182, member: 134416&quot;]The parody is rather amusing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vcoins would have pulled the guy if he were a crook, and the coin was relatively inexpensive.&nbsp; I&#039;m not too pressed that I won&#039;t see a refund in the worst-case scenario.&nbsp; However, it is annoying and inconvenient to have to get in touch with vcoins&#039; management.&nbsp; Yes, their dealer contact page is that wonky, and is a well-known flaw.&nbsp; It&#039;s a 50-50 chance that even the upstanding guys will actually receive the email.&nbsp; There&#039;s nothing nefarious going on there. It&#039;s just crappy IT.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vcoins, for those who don&#039;t know, is mostly a purveyor of ancients, a clearinghouse for many different dealers, 99% of whom are really upstanding individuals.&nbsp; There was a thread today on numisforums about a dealer issuing a refund for a purchase made 16 years ago, when the coin was recently discovered to be a well-made fake.&nbsp; Opisthodomos happened to be a new dealer, and some got really soaked on that one.&nbsp; I never buy an expensive coin from unfamiliar dealers.&nbsp; I happened to be one of the few who received coins, and they actually were pretty darn nice.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Nero guy is a well-known dealer, and should be ashamed to give trouble over an $80 coin, a mere pittance to him. However, said dealer also has some very fine coins, and every other order had been problem-free.&nbsp; One was faced with a decision to totally burn bridges or swallow one&#039;s pride. I decided to just not order very often from that firm, and never anything which is too expensive.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure you guys know that even some well-known dealers can have a slightly dodgy side.&nbsp; Like Aaron Berk said in a podcast, customer service is all about how a dealer deals with true problems.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been collecting for 30 years and have yet to be truly stiffed.&nbsp; Two bad experiences and zero known fakes over 30 years isn&#039;t a bad track record.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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