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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2464449, member: 27832&quot;]Yes, I know exactly what label you want to pin on me. It&#039;s just that it doesn&#039;t fit. (I&#039;m also amused at how you slip a derogatory term like &quot;the almighty rules&quot; into the middle of an impressively judgmental attack.)</p><p><br /></p><p>When a seller produces a listing that&#039;s misleading <i>in a way that benefits himself</i>, I object to that behavior, and so does eBay. When a seller produces a listing that&#039;s misleading <i>in a way that costs him</i>, it&#039;s entirely up to him what to do about it; he&#039;s not hurting anyone else.</p><p><br /></p><p>Haven&#039;t you ever wondered why state regulatory agencies prosecute businesses that falsely <i>over</i>charge their customers, but not businesses that falsely <i>under</i>charge their customers?</p><p><br /></p><p>Getting back to something that perhaps has more to do with what you initially said, consider these two scenarios:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. I buy what&#039;s advertised as a mint-state Morgan, and receive a cleaned XF coin. The seller refuses to accept a return. I invoke Buyer Protection, and leave negative feedback.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. I buy what&#039;s advertised as a cleaned XF Morgan, and receive a mint-state coin. I ask the seller if he&#039;s sure he sent the right coin, since the one I received is nicer than the one he described, and he says everything&#039;s fine. I leave him glowing positive feedback.</p><p><br /></p><p>Am I a hypocrite (there, I said it) for behaving differently in these two scenarios? After all, both items were Significantly Not As Described![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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