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<p>[QUOTE="Paul M., post: 3621913, member: 73165"]"1922 Peace Dollar PCGS MS64" is "sight unseen," yes. It's how Teletrade used to work, and how some mail order sales still work. (Side note: Teletrade had a 5% return fee. Dealers might accept that, but I don't think that would fly with most collectors.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Nonetheless, when buying on the internet, even with a photo, you're not buying the photo, you're buying the coin. We all know photos can be manipulated to hide things. I'm not talking about Photoshop. Lighting can be deceptive, for instance. Even good photos often don't give a full picture of what the coin is like in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I don't get to see what I'm buying, and the photos don't show me what the coin looks like in hand, I am buying sight unseen, period.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yup, that's exactly why internet sales typically have a return privilege. Those that don't won't get my business.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>CAC will buy any and all CAC coins sight unseen. Maybe that's what you're thinking of.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paul M., post: 3621913, member: 73165"]"1922 Peace Dollar PCGS MS64" is "sight unseen," yes. It's how Teletrade used to work, and how some mail order sales still work. (Side note: Teletrade had a 5% return fee. Dealers might accept that, but I don't think that would fly with most collectors.) Nonetheless, when buying on the internet, even with a photo, you're not buying the photo, you're buying the coin. We all know photos can be manipulated to hide things. I'm not talking about Photoshop. Lighting can be deceptive, for instance. Even good photos often don't give a full picture of what the coin is like in hand. If I don't get to see what I'm buying, and the photos don't show me what the coin looks like in hand, I am buying sight unseen, period. Yup, that's exactly why internet sales typically have a return privilege. Those that don't won't get my business. CAC will buy any and all CAC coins sight unseen. Maybe that's what you're thinking of.[/QUOTE]
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