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<p>[QUOTE="imrich, post: 1648650, member: 22331"]<b>Buy The Coin/Terms, Not The Verbiage</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm sorry, here is a seller with almost 3700 100% positive feedback such as "<span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Wish I could leave 6 stars. A++++++", 14 day virtually unconditional return policy rather than the common 3 day, and the verbiage determines the commodity sales price. If the seller had stated that the coin may have been "Possibly Dipped", he/she may have sold the coin for a lesser amount the 1st time. In the second offering the seller changed a connotation, and used the same image as the first auction. What is the difference? Maybe someone looked at the image, the seller, and terms. I think maybe some have become too selectively sensitized to a few words.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Hmmm, maybe an explanation for our electorate/elected!!</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">I wish we could know how many TPG "altered" coins have been removed from one firms "cleaned, uncirculated details" holder, and resubmitted to a second TPG, receiving an upgrade without comments.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">I was once naive about potential value until a "Dealer" enlightened me by removing a "details" coin from a "lower tier" TPG holder, in my presence, betting me that a "top tier" TPG would appreciably grade higher. That was an expensive lesson I'll never forget, as the coin was an 1878-S Double Eagle, finally graded MS-62. WOW!! In the current market, a retail value difference of more than $4000.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">I've come a long way from the day when I called my property assessors office to complain that their evaluation was considerably less than my purchase price, investigating/evaluating more factors before acting. I believe that someone missed an opportunity for a "snipe bid" steal.in the first auction by not understanding the total "value" of an offering, and by not placing an initial small bid.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">I've personally learned that education is the key to success, rather than selecting a single word(s) from a presentation and missing an "opportunity". Buy the coin/conditions rather than a detail!</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">JMHO </font></span>:thumb:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="imrich, post: 1648650, member: 22331"][b]Buy The Coin/Terms, Not The Verbiage[/b] I'm sorry, here is a seller with almost 3700 100% positive feedback such as "[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Wish I could leave 6 stars. A++++++", 14 day virtually unconditional return policy rather than the common 3 day, and the verbiage determines the commodity sales price. If the seller had stated that the coin may have been "Possibly Dipped", he/she may have sold the coin for a lesser amount the 1st time. In the second offering the seller changed a connotation, and used the same image as the first auction. What is the difference? Maybe someone looked at the image, the seller, and terms. I think maybe some have become too selectively sensitized to a few words. Hmmm, maybe an explanation for our electorate/elected!! I wish we could know how many TPG "altered" coins have been removed from one firms "cleaned, uncirculated details" holder, and resubmitted to a second TPG, receiving an upgrade without comments. I was once naive about potential value until a "Dealer" enlightened me by removing a "details" coin from a "lower tier" TPG holder, in my presence, betting me that a "top tier" TPG would appreciably grade higher. That was an expensive lesson I'll never forget, as the coin was an 1878-S Double Eagle, finally graded MS-62. WOW!! In the current market, a retail value difference of more than $4000. I've come a long way from the day when I called my property assessors office to complain that their evaluation was considerably less than my purchase price, investigating/evaluating more factors before acting. I believe that someone missed an opportunity for a "snipe bid" steal.in the first auction by not understanding the total "value" of an offering, and by not placing an initial small bid. I've personally learned that education is the key to success, rather than selecting a single word(s) from a presentation and missing an "opportunity". Buy the coin/conditions rather than a detail! JMHO [/FONT][/COLOR]:thumb:[/QUOTE]
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