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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NPCoin, post: 573476, member: 5629&quot;]First thing you should remember is that you were the aggressive one.&nbsp; There are&nbsp; number of reasons the eBay seller may not have responded to you in the beginning. Foremost, I would believe that the seller was reluctant to become involved in any way with a transaction outside of eBay, non-solicited, outside of any current auction for the coin in question, with the stated intent of evading fees that would otherwise be paid to eBay for the transaction.&nbsp; The seller well may have thought that you may have been a setup.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I would personally take the seller&#039;s inaction to the first few original email requests as simply the seller being careful not to violate any rules of the venue where his business is established.&nbsp; Having a &quot;professional website&quot; or B&amp;M establishment in no way validates the business over an eBay only establishment.&nbsp; But, if this seller is caught violating any of his venue&#039;s rules, then he will be stuck with the need to find a new venue to keep putting food on the table and paying mortgage.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s simply a scenario for you to contemplate.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the one side you have given, it sure does sound as though the seller was reluctant to complete this transaction and was trying hard to discourage you.&nbsp; Since you have chosen to keep this seller as anonymous as possible, we do not know what the original auction revealed about the slab.&nbsp; Were there pictures of the complete slab in the auction?&nbsp; Was there any evidence at all that the slab was damaged in the photos from the auction?&nbsp; Does the serial number on the slab received match that of the auction?&nbsp; Is it known by fact that there were no problems with the slab prior to shipment to you?</p><p><br /></p><p>All of this is very important.&nbsp; If the slab was in fact completely in tact and without blemish, then there is the possibility that the damage occurred in transit.&nbsp; This is something that you need to open a dialog with the seller to find out.&nbsp; If the slab was not blemished prior to shipment, you will need to get a statement from the seller, then contact a regional Postal Inspector to investigate alleged tampering of your shipment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do not think that this kind of stuff does not happen, because it does.&nbsp; If the seller states that the slab was already damaged, then I would say, based on the manner you obtained the slab, that it was your mistake not to make sure that all questions regarding the slab were answered prior to closing the deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I would simply finish the job and crack the whole thing out and rehouse it in a snap lock so I can take it out of the plastic whenever I wanted to.&nbsp; But, that&#039;s personal preference. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you intend to keep it in an NGC slab with the intent of future sale, I would most definitely send it in for reholdering.&nbsp; If it happens to come back as a counterfeit slab, then I would say you have a definite problem with the seller.&nbsp; But, in any other case, you were the one who pushed the issue upon an apparent reluctant seller, and you should count it as experience, learn to slow down, calm down, and when you see that coin you ABSOLUTELY have to have, take more than just a few breathes.&nbsp; It probably won&#039;t do any good to do so, but at least you have the opportunity to think it through a bit less impulsively. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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