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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 303538, member: 2972&quot;]Chris,&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Fair points you make -- all of them.&nbsp; Thank you for taking the time to share them, and thank you for not taking my criticisms personally.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, if this seller used only one or two of the questionable tactics, I would be more lkely to believe the auction at face value -- but if all these warning signs are taken together I think the likelihood that he is not purposefully trying to mislead to be somewhere between slim and none.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I consider all of the following to be warning signs:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) &quot;as-is, no return policy&quot;;</p><p>2) only checks or money orders accepted -- no PayPal;</p><p>3) pictures taken at an angle which tends to hide problems </p><p>4) &quot;estate&quot; sale mentioned multiple times</p><p>5) coins &quot;graded long ago&quot; yet many appear to be seem to be freshly dipped</p><p>6) multi color auctions with large fonts</p><p>7) majority of bidders are low-feedback</p><p>8) high-dollar coins offered uncertified</p><p>9) feedback specifically mentioning both misleading pictures and TPG-cofirmed altered services</p><p>10) Seller has coin sales dating back to 2002, yet all of a sudden they get an &quot;estate sale&quot;</p><p>11) virtually all the coins have a smilar look -- overdipped</p><p>12) the &quot;estate settlement doesn&#039;t allow for returns&quot; (have you ever heard of such a thing, as if the grandfather requested in his will that no returns are allowed.)</p><p>13) overgrading -- labeling obviously circulated pieces as UNC and FDC</p><p>14) labeling common as dirt coins (circulated 1945 WLH, for example) as &quot;Rare condition&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, if only one or two of these warning signs were present, I might believe that it was only a coincidence, but if taken together, I have a difficult time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Respectfully submitted...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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