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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BooksB4Coins, post: 2184670, member: 36230&quot;]Perhaps it is because of what I&#039;ve had the, ahem, &quot;pleasure&quot; of seeing firsthand more times than I care to remember, but the idea that anyone who makes a bad buy, or purchases from someone making questionable claims (intentional or not) can simply point the finger, cry fraud, and say &quot;it&#039;s not MY fault&quot; only contributes to the problem. Let me give an example: maybe five years ago I received an email from a guy asking for my opinion on two better date CC Morgans (1885 iirc) he had been offered. Once he sent me the photos, it took about two seconds to see that the fellow offering the coins had simply taken photos off the internet and sent them; while the obv photos were at least of different coins, he used the very same borrowed reverse photo, cropping and auto-correcting it to make it appear to be of a different coin. I wrote back, explained this, and advised the obvious, especially since this seller was found on craigslist and resided on the other side of the state. A few weeks later I received another email from him, rambling and complaining about being &quot;ripped off&quot; asking me how, or if I could somehow magically help him get his money back. Yes... he &quot;bought&quot; the &quot;coins&quot; regardless of how obvious of a scam it was, and did so because the price, had they been the genuine uncs claimed, would have been a steal; he simply couldn&#039;t help himself, and this wasn&#039;t the first time this guy, who owned only one book (the redbook), had taken this path. Now, let me ask this: do you not believe this fellow is rightfully due part of the blame for his ridiculously bad choice? I do, and think it would be hard to reasonably argue that he shouldn&#039;t bear partial responsibility for the negative (for him) yet easily avoidable outcome. The same can be said for many of the &quot;frauds&quot; we see here, and for good reason.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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