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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1329167, member: 26302"]I would say scope. If you are a little old lady taking a 67 stingray mint convertible into a rare car dealer, and they tell her the car is worth $2000, is that right too? If they said its worth $25,000, and maybe another dealer might say $30,000, that is close and understandable. If a dealer in rare coins knows full well a coin is a $600 coin, and tells a non collector its worth $12, that is so far apart as to be unreasonable. </p><p><br /></p><p>I hear you, if he simply misses the date and says all morgan's are worth $12, that could be a problem. However, should a dealer be giving out professional advice as to value without knowing what he is saying? Do we really think its acceptable for professional dealers blatantly lying to non collectors as to worth? He could always have said its worth $400 but I can only offer $100, or similar to me. Instead the dealer looked intently at the coin, with a reference in hand, and lied to me massively on the value with the intent to defraud. I know there could be a massive grey area, but at some point there has to be accountibility.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1329167, member: 26302"]I would say scope. If you are a little old lady taking a 67 stingray mint convertible into a rare car dealer, and they tell her the car is worth $2000, is that right too? If they said its worth $25,000, and maybe another dealer might say $30,000, that is close and understandable. If a dealer in rare coins knows full well a coin is a $600 coin, and tells a non collector its worth $12, that is so far apart as to be unreasonable. I hear you, if he simply misses the date and says all morgan's are worth $12, that could be a problem. However, should a dealer be giving out professional advice as to value without knowing what he is saying? Do we really think its acceptable for professional dealers blatantly lying to non collectors as to worth? He could always have said its worth $400 but I can only offer $100, or similar to me. Instead the dealer looked intently at the coin, with a reference in hand, and lied to me massively on the value with the intent to defraud. I know there could be a massive grey area, but at some point there has to be accountibility. Chris[/QUOTE]
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