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<p>[QUOTE="GeorgeM, post: 4640626, member: 28550"]After thinking on it, there is probably not a partial refund that the seller could offer me that I'd be happy with (as the coin just has too much mess going on in the fields to be one that I want in my collection). So, I am going to return it. </p><p><br /></p><p>But, what on earth does that have to do with not buying raw coins in the future? If a coin is photographed (or photoshopped) deceptively, that says nothing about my ability to judge the coin once I have it in hand. If you're saying "some unslabbed coins look much worse in hand", that's certainly true, but it doesn't dissuade me from continuing to use my eyes and try to cherrypick good prices from the huge array of unslabbed coins. And the vast majority of coins are photographed accurately (or in such a way that the grade may be understated).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GeorgeM, post: 4640626, member: 28550"]After thinking on it, there is probably not a partial refund that the seller could offer me that I'd be happy with (as the coin just has too much mess going on in the fields to be one that I want in my collection). So, I am going to return it. But, what on earth does that have to do with not buying raw coins in the future? If a coin is photographed (or photoshopped) deceptively, that says nothing about my ability to judge the coin once I have it in hand. If you're saying "some unslabbed coins look much worse in hand", that's certainly true, but it doesn't dissuade me from continuing to use my eyes and try to cherrypick good prices from the huge array of unslabbed coins. And the vast majority of coins are photographed accurately (or in such a way that the grade may be understated).[/QUOTE]
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