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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2364322, member: 27832"]Seriously? Instead of <i>arguing</i> <i>the point</i>, you're going straight to a personal attack <i>and</i> dragging in politics? You can do better.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now, see? Was that so hard?</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that a <i>good</i> counterfeit sold at something close to the market value of a genuine coin is a different class of threat, and probably a more dangerous one. But I disagree that offering a fake at an unrealistically low price automatically shifts the preponderance of guilt onto the buyer.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've bought quite a few legitimate coins on eBay well below their market value. Sometimes, the seller made a mistake when listing; if they ask to cancel, I agree, and don't leave negative or neutral feedback. (If they're especially polite, I leave positive.) Sometimes they come through. And sometimes I get a fake, or something that doesn't match the description, or nothing at all; in each case, Buyer Protection covers me. But I don't take that to mean that eBay should give up enforcing their counterfeit policy, as they appear to have done.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2364322, member: 27832"]Seriously? Instead of [I]arguing[/I] [I]the point[/I], you're going straight to a personal attack [I]and[/I] dragging in politics? You can do better. Now, see? Was that so hard? I agree that a [I]good[/I] counterfeit sold at something close to the market value of a genuine coin is a different class of threat, and probably a more dangerous one. But I disagree that offering a fake at an unrealistically low price automatically shifts the preponderance of guilt onto the buyer. I've bought quite a few legitimate coins on eBay well below their market value. Sometimes, the seller made a mistake when listing; if they ask to cancel, I agree, and don't leave negative or neutral feedback. (If they're especially polite, I leave positive.) Sometimes they come through. And sometimes I get a fake, or something that doesn't match the description, or nothing at all; in each case, Buyer Protection covers me. But I don't take that to mean that eBay should give up enforcing their counterfeit policy, as they appear to have done.[/QUOTE]
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