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<p>[QUOTE="Marc Aceton, post: 2009943, member: 72101"]Dear Dougsmit,</p><p><br /></p><p>your words really struck a cord with me. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are quite a couple of major auction houses that do <u>not</u> feel responsible for assuring the quality of the coins offered on their behalf. They leave it up to their customers to asses authenticity and tampering. From this point of view, they are no different in substance to ebay, which is a heartless auction platform lacking any interest in whether it is selling coins, forgeries or candies. Of course, as a customer of a major auction house, I expect both expertise and sense of responsibility for honest catalog descriptions since I am considerably paying more fees in comparison to ebay. I am wondering how negligently once proud companies are tarnishing their own reputation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Greetings,</p><p><br /></p><p>Marc Aceton[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marc Aceton, post: 2009943, member: 72101"]Dear Dougsmit, your words really struck a cord with me. There are quite a couple of major auction houses that do [U]not[/U] feel responsible for assuring the quality of the coins offered on their behalf. They leave it up to their customers to asses authenticity and tampering. From this point of view, they are no different in substance to ebay, which is a heartless auction platform lacking any interest in whether it is selling coins, forgeries or candies. Of course, as a customer of a major auction house, I expect both expertise and sense of responsibility for honest catalog descriptions since I am considerably paying more fees in comparison to ebay. I am wondering how negligently once proud companies are tarnishing their own reputation. Greetings, Marc Aceton[/QUOTE]
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