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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mark Feld, post: 1312245, member: 11467&quot;]Glad to hear you aren&#039;t upset and that you don&#039;t follow blindly. I applaud you for digging into matters thoroughly.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is true, I haven&#039;t dealt with the dealer being discussed. And that is because I have seen and heard enough, such that I don&#039;t trust their images. I know that coins, especially Proofs, can&#039;t be graded accurately from (even very good) images. And that&#039;s regardless of how sharp the person is who is trying to do the grading.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am also confident that a large majority of their uncertifdied coins would grade out (or in some cases, no-grade)&nbsp; so as to be bad deals. </p><p><br /></p><p>Their excellent feedback is probably due to their allowing returns (which more more knowledgeable buyers take them up on). Meanwhile, the buyers who don&#039;t know how to grade particularly well, leave positive feedback, being happy with coins which they&nbsp; mistakenly think are good deals.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have taught the advanced grading class at the ANA seminar in Colorado Springs on two different occasions and also assisted briefly in the beginner&#039;s class on one of those occasions. I have also tried to assist a good many collectors at shows and on various forums over a long period of time. </p><p><br /></p><p>And, with no disrespect to any of them or you, a large majority of collectors are not proficient at grading. The same can be said of a good many dealers. In fact, a number of dealers were students in my classes.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you buy an uncertified coin, thinking it is grade X, but it is more accurately graded as X-1 or X-2 or X-3, whatever, or as&nbsp; no-grade, your good deal can easily become a bad deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my 30+ years in the business, I have seen far too much disappointment and/or anger and/or heart break, as owners of coins learned that they didn&#039;t have what they thought they did. Or, for that matter, even close to it. I&#039;m admittedly on a long term crusade, to try to prevent as much of that as I can.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add:</p><p><br /></p><p>If asked, I would have similar comments about numerous other sellers (besides the one brought up in this thread) of uncertified coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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