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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Scropper, post: 2197677, member: 36121&quot;]I don&#039;t often care how the seller grades it, I make my own determination of grade and value it based on that.&nbsp; I also take into consideration any problems, whether raw or certified, and examine coins under magnification.&nbsp; Of course, it all depends how serious the purchase is.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If it&#039;s a $5 purchase for something that catches my eye, I don&#039;t give a dang.&nbsp; If it&#039;s $5000, I&#039;ll spend months analyzing the market and known comps - to a fault before arriving on my own clarified ideas.</p><p><br /></p><p>No matter what, If we&#039;re too far apart on price, I respectfully say it&#039;s not for me; if we&#039;re not that far apart, I make what I feel to be a fair offer and if they say no, I say thank you. </p><p><br /></p><p>(Sometimes if we&#039;re far apart, I make an offer anyway, as politely and humbly as I can.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever their grading policy is, it doesn&#039;t bother me.&nbsp; Though like you, I take note of that and it may influence how trustworthy I believe them to be and it might make me more skeptical when analyzing the coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; (For instance, if they offer something polished as BU or counterfeits as genuine, I know to recommend others avoid their place at all cost.)</p><p><br /></p><p>If they list something as F/VF and I know it&#039;s G, I look at the price.&nbsp; Sometimes they have a G price.&nbsp; If they list it XF but it&#039;s XF details, I know to go carefully, but if it&#039;s AU or MS details and they list it XF, I know we may be in with a shot -again depending on their price.&nbsp; Sometimes they genuinely miss problems - they&#039;re only human and they&#039;re processing thousands of coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the short answer to your question which I have dragged out carefully is, I don&#039;t care what they think, I make my own judgment.&nbsp; : )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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