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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;borgovan, post: 563045, member: 13016&quot;]It would bother me. I don&#039;t collect proof sets, but if I did, I would want them to be pristine, and I would search them to find just the right ones. From a selling perspective, I know that when I buy damaged proof sets, I have to sell them at a discount to make them go away. Even the old silver proof sets in envelopes bring a lower premium for not having the envelope. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now, the real question is should you take action against the eBay seller. There are a couple of ways to look at it. You don&#039;t know when the damage occurred, so that&#039;s working against you. You didn&#039;t ask the question, but the seller didn&#039;t disclose a problem, so that&#039;s really a push. The relatively low value of the set works against you too (what are you going to do...pay postage to send it back? You can just add the amount of your postage to the next set you buy to get your &quot;true cost.&quot;)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, that assessment doesn&#039;t seem to be favorable to you. What wouldn&#039;t hurt would be to ask the seller if the set was damaged when they shipped it. If not, and if it were insured, perhaps you can recover money from the insuring agency (probably USPS.) Maybe the seller will offer you a couple of dollars as a refund. Maybe the seller will tell you to take a hike. We just don&#039;t know. What we do know is that it won&#039;t hurt to ask. Be polite, and non-accusatory, for best results.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good luck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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