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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;aubade21, post: 2142673, member: 44104&quot;]</p><p><br /></p><p>Power trip? Really? What in the world gives you the idea that I&#039;m on some sort of a power trip? I&#039;m out to reclaim my money and would like to ensure this does not happen to another buyer. You see, however broke eBay’s system is, there needs to be some sort of accountability for what you say and do. If you decide to pluck a picture from the net, add it to your listing, along with a second picture of the same photo zoomed in, and then respond to a potential buyer that the coin you own looks great and has no issues, only to send a coin that is substantially corroded, there should be some accountability. Of course, had he admitted a mistake after my first message (as most of us would) there would have been no issue. Inconvenient, but not worthy of mention. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since you asked, BooksB4Coins, I can assure you that if I were the seller in this situation, and a buyer says they would like to return a coin because it does not match the description, I would not resort to slander and question their character in my first message. You see, that is why something like this would not happen to me. I’m not saying that I don’t make mistakes, I do. But you better believe that I’m going to look at the listing to make sure I’m not in the wrong. And in case you didn’t know, BooksB4Coins, every time you log in to the resolution area, the auction’s main picture is right there, staring the seller in the face. Is it reasonable for me to think, in the 7-8 messages afterward, that he would have at least put eyes on the picture in question? He was only selling one coin, after all. Is it also reasonable to think that he would know what the coin looks like when he responded to my email about the condition of the coin? I think so. Perhaps he uses Tom’s setup, you might say. To that, I would respond that even if he did, he would have recognized the error after checking his inventory, offered to swapped the coins with me, or somehow make it right. But that didn’t happen. You see, I only stopped becoming a con artist after I gave him the link to Tom’s personal collection website. That’s when his memory became sharper, and he miraculously recognized the coin he sent.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, BooksB4Coins, you may think I’m fabricating this whole issue. There are two sides to every story, you’ll say, and I’m the only one writing. Of course, you’re right. But the fact is, I’m a collector with a limited amount of income, as I suppose most people on this forum are. There is a certain amount of camaraderie amongst those who collect, as well as people that visit this website. While this auction will not make or break me financially, it has taken up my time and (probably) some of my money (shipping), and I would prefer that people do not go through the same issues I have. And if they must, it’s nice that they know that there are procedures in place that will help them find restitution. So, no, I have no desire to squander my time with what you call a “power trip,” but I am interested in seeing sellers that perpetuate this sort of behavior taken to task, and as a result, hopefully make buying items on ebay is not such a dicey proposition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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