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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 6797940, member: 110350&quot;]I really hated it the one time that happened to me, a few months ago -- kind of like the feeling a baby must have when candy is taken from its mouth, with a strong urge to react in a similar way!&nbsp; Even if the explanation is usually incompetence (failure to remove the listing after the coin was sold, either on that or another website), rather than dishonesty (selling the coin to someone else after it was sold to you, presumably for a higher price). </p><p><br /></p><p>In my case, I had this denarius of Rubrius Dossenus my watch list at MA-Shops for several weeks. I really liked it because it was the only example I had seen that clearly shows that there&#039;s a wolf&#039;s head protruding from the back of the cart. But I hesitated to buy it because the gray patina looked somewhat artificial (some of you will recognize the dealer from the coin&#039;s appearance, since his coins typically look like that).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1272143[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, I decided to buy it, and went ahead and paid for it. A few hours later, the dealer (in Europe) informed me that the coin had &quot;just&quot; been sold right before I bought it, and refunded my money. I had no reason to believe that there was anything more than incompetence involved, although it seemed like quite a coincidence that the coin would sit there in my watch list for weeks, untouched, but that someone else would finally decide to buy it right before I did. Whatever the explanation, I was very disappointed, since even though I hesitated to buy it, once I made the decision I really wanted it -- especially after I knew I couldn&#039;t have it!&nbsp; And I haven&#039;t seen an example since that shows that much detail on the reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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