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<p>[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 1448004, member: 4381"]<a href="http://news.coinupdate.com/a-matter-of-education-1376/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.coinupdate.com/a-matter-of-education-1376/" rel="nofollow">http://news.coinupdate.com/a-matter-of-education-1376/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a strange blog which some of us might learn something from.</p><p><br /></p><p>A Matter of Education</p><p>May 16, 2012 By Les Peters 6 Comments</p><p><br /></p><p>After making a recent craigslist purchase, I found that there were some duplicate proof sets within my collection, so I took photographs of both sides of the packages, and put them up for auction on eBay. All of them sold, resulting in a small profit for myself. Shortly after mailing out the items, I received the following email from the purchaser of a 1957 Proof Set:</p><p><br /></p><p> Hello. I received the coins today. They are for my wife for Mother’s Day. The set you sent is the "mint" set, not the "proof" set as described. I would not have paid this much for the regular mint set. If you could contact me with your email address, I could send a picture showing the difference. Please send your email or phone (text) number outside of this eBay constraint so we can communicate normally. Thank you, Tom (pseudonym)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 1448004, member: 4381"][url]http://news.coinupdate.com/a-matter-of-education-1376/[/url] This is a strange blog which some of us might learn something from. A Matter of Education May 16, 2012 By Les Peters 6 Comments After making a recent craigslist purchase, I found that there were some duplicate proof sets within my collection, so I took photographs of both sides of the packages, and put them up for auction on eBay. All of them sold, resulting in a small profit for myself. Shortly after mailing out the items, I received the following email from the purchaser of a 1957 Proof Set: Hello. I received the coins today. They are for my wife for Mother’s Day. The set you sent is the "mint" set, not the "proof" set as described. I would not have paid this much for the regular mint set. If you could contact me with your email address, I could send a picture showing the difference. Please send your email or phone (text) number outside of this eBay constraint so we can communicate normally. Thank you, Tom (pseudonym)[/QUOTE]
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