"Sealed" Mint or Proof sets

Heywood

If an ebay seller is advertising SEALED mint sets, should I expect it to mean "Previously opened and searched and then re-sealed", or "put into a new envelope and sealed"?

Should I e-mail the seller to confirm it?

I have read here about new envelopes being sold on e-ebay, but would they have the dates on the corner?

Russ

<< <i>should I expect it to mean "Previously opened and searched and then re-sealed", or "put into a new envelope and sealed"? >>



Yes.



<< <i>Should I e-mail the seller to confirm it? >>



It wouldn't do any good. If the seller did the sealing themselves, they sure aren't going to tell you. If they bought the sets sealed, they were likely picked over by some previous owner and repackaged, so the seller has no way of knowing.

Russ, NCNE

MadMarty

If I remember mint sets never shipped sealed.

pharmer

Some of the "unopened" proof sets I have purchased on ebay, in yellow envelopes with the date on the lower left, have a wrinkled appearance on the back side. I assume they have been steamed open, examined, and resealed.

cmanbb

Sounds like semantics to me............JMHO

Myqqy

What Russ said...... the only time I think there are unopened proof sets available is when they're in a sealed shipping box- otherwise I assume the seller is lying or is ignorant of the set's history.....

relayer

It just means that are CURRENTLY sealed