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<p>[QUOTE="rbm86, post: 19031, member: 854"]Understood, I did see the other crap he is offering, and most of it looks like it was scrubbed with a Brillo Pad. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Even without the tooled coin, I would not touch anything this dealer has to offer with an 11 foot pole!! This was flagged by someone on the CU forum, but it really makes my blood boil which is why I am commenting on it here. My coments initially on the cleaned junk he sells underscores how you cannot solely rely on feedback.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is precisely this feedback the seller has built up -- that gives him the appearance of "credibility" and is why this tooled dime is attacting bids. To me, this is a worse type of fraud, because it is more under-handed. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>To make matters worse, some of the feedback comments indicate the seller attends ANA shows. If this person is an ANA member, then selling this coin is even more reprehensible. But again, being an ANA member does not mean a seller is honest -- buy presumably you could go to arbitration with him.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rbm86, post: 19031, member: 854"]Understood, I did see the other crap he is offering, and most of it looks like it was scrubbed with a Brillo Pad. :p Even without the tooled coin, I would not touch anything this dealer has to offer with an 11 foot pole!! This was flagged by someone on the CU forum, but it really makes my blood boil which is why I am commenting on it here. My coments initially on the cleaned junk he sells underscores how you cannot solely rely on feedback. It is precisely this feedback the seller has built up -- that gives him the appearance of "credibility" and is why this tooled dime is attacting bids. To me, this is a worse type of fraud, because it is more under-handed. :mad: :mad: :mad: To make matters worse, some of the feedback comments indicate the seller attends ANA shows. If this person is an ANA member, then selling this coin is even more reprehensible. But again, being an ANA member does not mean a seller is honest -- buy presumably you could go to arbitration with him.[/QUOTE]
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