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<p>[QUOTE="beef1020, post: 1506616, member: 24544"]For trades, and it goes for sales as well, either be willing to lose the coin or do business with people you trust.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think most people in this hobby are honest and you will probably not have any issue trading with people. On the other hand it can happen and there really is not much recourse on your part if it does. So I only trade/sell coins to people I don't know if I can afford to eat the lose if it were to occur. For instance, I can afford to lose a $30 coin to someone, and while I would not be happy I would not be devastated either.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, I would be heartbroken and very upset to loose a $500 coin to someone, so I won't sell/trade it with anyone I don't know. With that said, I have sent several thousand dollars of coins out on approval to people I know. </p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, getting insurance when I ship coins works the same way. If I can afford to lose it I don't insure it, if I would be heartbroken to loose it I insure...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="beef1020, post: 1506616, member: 24544"]For trades, and it goes for sales as well, either be willing to lose the coin or do business with people you trust. I think most people in this hobby are honest and you will probably not have any issue trading with people. On the other hand it can happen and there really is not much recourse on your part if it does. So I only trade/sell coins to people I don't know if I can afford to eat the lose if it were to occur. For instance, I can afford to lose a $30 coin to someone, and while I would not be happy I would not be devastated either. On the other hand, I would be heartbroken and very upset to loose a $500 coin to someone, so I won't sell/trade it with anyone I don't know. With that said, I have sent several thousand dollars of coins out on approval to people I know. By the way, getting insurance when I ship coins works the same way. If I can afford to lose it I don't insure it, if I would be heartbroken to loose it I insure...[/QUOTE]
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