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<p>[QUOTE="jaceravone, post: 1903877, member: 9474"]Thanks Ken. I've been very blessed in life so I'm not bitter about losing this sale. I've lost bigger sales with my job that cost 10x more than this. When you are in sales field as I am for a living, these are the things that you roll with. Even in my current job, I just hate dishonesty. I would rather know straight to my face why you don't want to buy my product than to go make up some lame story. I am a straight up person, and I expect everyone to be the same. I have a heck of lot more respect for someone who is honest than someone who doesn't have the guts to tell me the real story. Plus, in my job, at least I would know what my weaknesses are so I can work against that. When someone is not honest with you, you don't know what your weaknesses or strengths are and this can actually hurt you more than help you because you don't have an opportunity to correct the problem. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, thanks to everyone who had words of support. I wasn't necessarily looking for that but it always helps. I just want to make sure that if someone ever finds themselves in the same scenario that you can take appropriate steps to protect one sell. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, let me make this comment. I have no problem with offering refunds. If someone buys a coin from me (or anything for that matter) and the item is worth $100 lets say, and I can resell it for $100, then I have lost nothing except time. The problem here was that the item was worth x number of dollars one day then dropped significantly over the time of the transaction. I can never resell the coin for that price again. This is a situation that only occurs maybe once or twice a year in numismatics and these are the types of instances that one needs to protect themselves against. I don't necessarily mean to do this for every auction because as some people mentioned, this can actually hurt business.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jaceravone, post: 1903877, member: 9474"]Thanks Ken. I've been very blessed in life so I'm not bitter about losing this sale. I've lost bigger sales with my job that cost 10x more than this. When you are in sales field as I am for a living, these are the things that you roll with. Even in my current job, I just hate dishonesty. I would rather know straight to my face why you don't want to buy my product than to go make up some lame story. I am a straight up person, and I expect everyone to be the same. I have a heck of lot more respect for someone who is honest than someone who doesn't have the guts to tell me the real story. Plus, in my job, at least I would know what my weaknesses are so I can work against that. When someone is not honest with you, you don't know what your weaknesses or strengths are and this can actually hurt you more than help you because you don't have an opportunity to correct the problem. Anyway, thanks to everyone who had words of support. I wasn't necessarily looking for that but it always helps. I just want to make sure that if someone ever finds themselves in the same scenario that you can take appropriate steps to protect one sell. Also, let me make this comment. I have no problem with offering refunds. If someone buys a coin from me (or anything for that matter) and the item is worth $100 lets say, and I can resell it for $100, then I have lost nothing except time. The problem here was that the item was worth x number of dollars one day then dropped significantly over the time of the transaction. I can never resell the coin for that price again. This is a situation that only occurs maybe once or twice a year in numismatics and these are the types of instances that one needs to protect themselves against. I don't necessarily mean to do this for every auction because as some people mentioned, this can actually hurt business.[/QUOTE]
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