Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1945565, member: 29751&quot;]What bothers me more about this particular eBay seller than anything else is his unabashed juicing of images.&nbsp; He has been doing it for years, and sometimes it&#039;s so obvious that it makes me cringe.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>He currently has a 1916-D Merc dime up for auction, and in the large images for the coin -- it is so obvious where he has circular cropped the image and juiced the image by boosting the saturation, etc.&nbsp; This kind of behavior is simply uncouth in my opinion.&nbsp; Now, <b>I know </b>many people who have purchased coins from <b>greattoning </b>and they say that the coin is always nice in hand, but I simply won&#039;t bid or even consider an item from such an auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>See screen capture shots below.&nbsp; I added red arrows to the close-up obverse image where you can see the relics of the saturation boost crop.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Research/greattoning_1916D_auction_description_zps0898fd1e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Research/greattoning_1916D_altered_photo_obv_arrows_zps20f55252.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in