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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 857604, member: 24633&quot;]Hi, everyone! I&#039;m new here, and this is my first post.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I agree with everyone that the buyer knew the terms up front, and the only thing the seller lacked was good common sense as a businessman.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Five years ago, before I used a PO Box, I won an auction on eBay, and the shipping was $2.00. All I knew was that the seller lived in the same state. I live in a city that has a population of 150,000 or so. Within an hour of the end of the auction, I received an e-mail from the seller suggesting that I could save the shipping charges if we could meet somewhere because we only lived about 5 blocks apart. I learned that he has had a sign shop in our city for the last 20 years, so I invited him to my home to deliver the &quot;package&quot;. We have been friends ever since.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Pat is a long-time collector/dealer who used to travel the circuit to all of the shows in our state, and he spent many, many hours at our home telling me about all of the other dealers.....the good, the bad and the ugly. I learned a lot from him about coins, too!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He doesn&#039;t play the &quot;coin game&quot; too much any more, but he is very active helping the elderly. If someone had a problem, he&#039;d drop what he was doing at the shop and help them. Through all of the friendships he has developed, he is often approached by an elderly person, knowing that he has knowledge of coins, to help them sell their collection. Most of the time, he will purchase the collections outright rather than hassle with the eBay procedures.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;ve made a number of purchases from him since that first chance meeting, the last being an uncirculated roll of 1882-CC Morgans at MS60 Bid. There was only one coin in that roll that graded MS62. All of the rest were MS63-MS65.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So you see, that first meeting was a good move for both of us. The seller who refused to deduct the shipping charge and deliver the coin face-to-face didn&#039;t take the time to think about the opportunity he was passing up.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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