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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 587998, member: 13650&quot;]<b>Great thread</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Everyone covered it very well!&nbsp; Ebay is a buyer beware market just like any place else you go.&nbsp; It is every individuals responsibility to make sure they know exactly what they&#039;re getting and are comfortable with the return policy.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The HUGE plus I see for Heritage is that most of their photos seem to be taken under good lighting and equal conditions for all. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Every coin buyer using ebay should realize how much sellers on there use every method under the sun to make coins look better, or unique, more attractive or to cover things up.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen blue lights used, dim yellow light, shadows, black and white pics, low light.&nbsp; &nbsp; With NGC slabs, you can somewhat compare the white in the slab with the surrounding area and coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; Loose coins though, can be drastically different in hand depending on lighting used.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Heritage tries to represent what every coin truly looks like.&nbsp; There is no deception involved.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Ebay on the other hand is a mine field with deals dispersed throughout.&nbsp;&nbsp; A huge conglomeration of sellers from the super cheap and greedy, to the deceptive, to some that are truly fine folks.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Everyone should know that there are always fakes on ebay.&nbsp; There are always artificially toned coins.&nbsp; Some really bad.&nbsp; There are altered mint marks and everything else there.&nbsp; &nbsp; Any loose coin without several, excellent pictures should be avoided there IMO.&nbsp; &nbsp; Some people are too cheap to fork out the extra 0.15 cents for that second picture of the reverse.&nbsp; Pass them by.&nbsp; &nbsp; The topic is 100% correct.&nbsp; You&#039;ve gotta learn how to use ebay.&nbsp;&nbsp; Mainly when and what to avoid.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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