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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;World Colonial, post: 2430966, member: 78153&quot;]Real auction firms (as opposed to eBay) are unlikely to let you get away with not paying and let you bid again, as others have mentioned here.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t really want the coin, you shouldn&#039;t bid on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>To give a personal example, I have bought and returned coins twice with approval from the auction firm.&nbsp; The first was for two ungraded proof coins which NGC graded as a business strike.&nbsp; I&#039;ve since bid and won lots with them with no problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second time was for a three coin set which a second firm described as trial strikes.&nbsp; They aren&#039;t listed in Krause and NGC returned them as &quot;artificially colored&quot;.&nbsp; I requested a return and the auction firm agreed.&nbsp; Later when I tried to bid, I noticed that even though I had the high bid, I didn&#039;t win the lots.&nbsp; This happened several times.&nbsp; Finally, I contacted the firm and asked why and they told me I wasn&#039;t allowed to bid but gave me no explanation.&nbsp; I presume it was because they had paid the consignor, sold them a second time and incurred a loss.</p><p><br /></p><p>I presume if I ever want to bid again, I could probably agree to cover part or all of their loss, but I was annoyed especially since they wouldn&#039;t provide an explanation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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