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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1574408, member: 26302"]This issue highlights why I will never buy a coin from an auction firm that only handles slabs. The new paradigm being thrust forward is that the auction firm only sells slabbed coins, so therefor has no responsibility for verifying anything. </p><p><br /></p><p>I simply refuse to participate in this sham. If I am going to buy from an auction, one of the advantages is that the auction firm, who employs professionals, has had the chance to hold this coin and is verifying the auction listing is correct in every way. If I buy a coin like the OP's coin from an auction house, the auction house should stand behind the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have bought slabbed coins from auctions before, (and then cracked them out), but ONLY from auction firms that looks at the coin and ensures THEY agree with what is on the slab. I hate this new auction house business model being promulgated in the US. You are a COIN AUCTIONER, please do not try to beg off and say you are not responsible for the coins in your auction, I think its a bunch of garbage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1574408, member: 26302"]This issue highlights why I will never buy a coin from an auction firm that only handles slabs. The new paradigm being thrust forward is that the auction firm only sells slabbed coins, so therefor has no responsibility for verifying anything. I simply refuse to participate in this sham. If I am going to buy from an auction, one of the advantages is that the auction firm, who employs professionals, has had the chance to hold this coin and is verifying the auction listing is correct in every way. If I buy a coin like the OP's coin from an auction house, the auction house should stand behind the coin. I have bought slabbed coins from auctions before, (and then cracked them out), but ONLY from auction firms that looks at the coin and ensures THEY agree with what is on the slab. I hate this new auction house business model being promulgated in the US. You are a COIN AUCTIONER, please do not try to beg off and say you are not responsible for the coins in your auction, I think its a bunch of garbage.[/QUOTE]
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