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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;oval_man, post: 2242739, member: 22602&quot;]Your interesting post prompts me to respond.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s been years since I&#039;ve bought anything on ebay but, at that time, used to take part in their coin discussion board (until, it seemed, every other thread devolved into a political argument; then it was time to leave).</p><p><br /></p><p>I more or less had the same approach you&#039;re describing: If I didn&#039;t like a coin, I figured I could return it—provided the seller had a return policy, of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I casually made known my strategy on the board, however, I was surprised to hear, from many dealers and in no uncertain terms, that I was abusing ebay because, according to its terms of sale, it was <i>emphatically</i> not a buy-on-approval venue. The only grounds for a return were if the item were clearly misrepresented in the listing. The dealers argued that, if you couldn&#039;t discern the quality of a coin to your satisfaction from the photos, you had no business bidding on it. They more or less considered buyers with my attitude the enemy. (Frankly, I came to agree with them: where do you draw the line? Some people are never pleased and will send everything back.) Needless to say, it made me reconsider my comfort level of purchasing on ebay.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no idea if any of this—policies or attitudes—has changed. But I soon gravitated toward Heritage and have been very pleased with their professionalism and generally great quality of photos, even if you can&#039;t return lots.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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