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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1206326, member: 27832&quot;]:scratch:</p><p><br /></p><p>When the seller gets my payment, it&#039;s a certain number of dollars. It has no other distinguishing characteristics. You check your PayPal balance, you note that you&#039;ve received a payment of $X from me. There&#039;s nothing else for you to find out about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I receive a package, I need to open it to see whether it contains coins, slugs, or rocks -- unless, of course, what I agreed to buy was &quot;a sealed package addressed to the winning bidder, with undisclosed contents.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller can tell immediately if I&#039;ve delivered what I promised ($X). For the sorts of items we discuss here, I as buyer have to inspect things a little more carefully.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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