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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blasty, post: 8217028, member: 38375&quot;]Wow, sorry you got burned on these. I could see how they&#039;d pass at a glance. The TWENTY DOLLARS text on the reverse was the first red flag for me, then looking from there more and more details are just off in some way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Was this online purchase from an actual coin dealer, or someone selling on eBay, Craigslist, etc, and had you done business with them before? If an actual dealer, I would hope it was an honest mistake and they would refund you or exchange it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve worried about how would I prove that I was not swapping a good coin for bad to scam the dealer out of a refund or exchange. I don&#039;t buy coins online (yet at least) but there&#039;s a good chance an honest dealer will take your word for it. That has been my experience when my LCS has made a mistake.</p><p><br /></p><p>My LCS is run by great, honest people, but they got burned once. It does happen. They had Cook Islands coins that were deliberately designed to mislead without actually lying (1/4 Oz .24 pure). They got fooled and had bought them as 24k, and some had already gone out the door. When I brought it to their attention, they put a prominent notice on their website that anyone who bought them was to come back in and be made whole. Cash-only shop and just your first name on the receipt, so they couldn&#039;t exactly contact the customers directly.</p><p><br /></p><p>The point is, an honest dealer will eat the cost of a mistake and there has to be some trust involved. That&#039;s how they get repeat business. If they deny there was any problem and jump through hoops to avoid making it right, that would make me question their original intent.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2">And F the Cook Islands for trying to pull a fast one. Bet my shop puts everything on the Sigma tester now!</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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