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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2585439, member: 1892&quot;]GSC is one of those dealers for whom you ignore any evidence of shill bidding - they have what may be the most robust customer base on Ebay, and there are likely plenty of people who do 90% or more of their buying from them. They don&#039;t need shill bidders.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be a disservice to say that every <b>coin</b> they offer is inappropriately represented, or doctored. They offer far too many coins for that. [USER=70583]@jwitten[/USER], for example, speaks of very satisfying purchases from them and in his specialty I trust his judgement completely, few better. On the other hand, it <i>really</i> takes an expert in the imaging niche to properly evaluate their presentations, meaning there are some less-expert folks out there who have some ugly surprises coming down the road from their purchases. I think we might have seen that here.</p><p><br /></p><p>They do not offer a darn thing in their practices which we could hang a factual &quot;prosecution&quot; on. Any argument against them amounts to legislating morality, and the things you might judge &quot;worst&quot; about their practices is easily defeated by becoming a more knowledgeable numismatist yourself. So yeah, there they are, and I don&#039;t like how they do things, but they have no power over me and I&#039;d buy from them. If it came to a united hobby (as if <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ) rising up and universally refusing to deal with sellers who do what they do, they&#039;d probably be the first of their peers to sail with the new wind. They&#039;re no dummies, and I have to admit a grudging admiration of how well they do what they do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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