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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3409254, member: 101855"]When I was a dealer I always took returns if it was within a couple weeks of the show. I thought that it was better to keep the good will of the customer, and I was always able to sell the item again any way. The item did have to be in the original holder and unchanged from the time I sold it for me to accept the return. I think that if there is any question about authenticity, the dealer has to back the piece, no matter what. Years ago I bought a raw 1798 dime in Fine that turned out to be bad. I returned it to the dealer from whom I had purchased it. He could not see that it was bad, but I saw it once I REALLY looked at it with at stong glass. It was a darn good counterfeit. The coin had been sold in a Dave Bowers auction. Dave made good on the piece on the piece despite the fact that the sale had been months ago. That's what a professional dealer has to do. The one place where I have make an exception about returns would be bullion. You can't buy a piece of gold, silver or anything else one week and expect to return the next week because the price went down on the metal. The customer should not be able to play the market with my money.[/QUOTE]