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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3767373, member: 19463"]Yes! I see this as the most important part of the matter. When people with money patronize the ignorant or the dishonest, they further the appeal of doing business that way. Certainly the best experts will make a mistake every so often but it seems the best interest of the hobby as a whole would be served by encouraging the big sellers to hire and train people who know what they are doing and who are more interested in the long term reputation of their house than in the profit from this one sale.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the attitude I can not understand. The problem was not with the coins being unslabbed but with a seller about which you should be "very cautious". Your continued patronage of regular sellers of problem coins insures there will be a continued supply of problem coins. Consignors who have a collection full of problem coins will know that they can consign them to a house that will not know or care about the problems while sending them a proper house would result in them being exposed and refused. When we pay high seller/buyer's fees and receive flea market level service it would seem we might question our choices.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3767373, member: 19463"]Yes! I see this as the most important part of the matter. When people with money patronize the ignorant or the dishonest, they further the appeal of doing business that way. Certainly the best experts will make a mistake every so often but it seems the best interest of the hobby as a whole would be served by encouraging the big sellers to hire and train people who know what they are doing and who are more interested in the long term reputation of their house than in the profit from this one sale. This is the attitude I can not understand. The problem was not with the coins being unslabbed but with a seller about which you should be "very cautious". Your continued patronage of regular sellers of problem coins insures there will be a continued supply of problem coins. Consignors who have a collection full of problem coins will know that they can consign them to a house that will not know or care about the problems while sending them a proper house would result in them being exposed and refused. When we pay high seller/buyer's fees and receive flea market level service it would seem we might question our choices.[/QUOTE]
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