Q: If a website says "send email for a photo"...

Eagleguy · October 9, 2008 1:54AM

...how fast do you (or should you) expect a response once you make the request?

JH

doh · October 9, 2008 1:59AM

Usually 1-2 business days, but I've had same day responses and others I've never heard from

fc · October 9, 2008 2:01AM

<< Usually 1-2 business days, but I've had same day responses and others I've never heard from >>

i have requested photos of coins in the price range of 500-1000 and have yet to get a single response
back from any dealer i requested from. my emails are polite and explain the reason why i request a photo
because that price range of coin is expensive to me. i wish to see a pic before buying if possible.

i simply do not bother anymore. wastes my time.

19Lyds · October 9, 2008 2:18AM

<< Usually 1-2 business days, but I've had same day responses and others I've never heard from >>

I agree with this. A lot of folks are not nailed to their computers everyday!

grip · October 9, 2008 2:26AM

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<< Usually 1-2 business days, but I've had same day responses and others I've never heard from >>

I agree with this. A lot of folks are not nailed to their computers everyday! >>

Than they should state this on there site,1-2 business days.I myself would like to see it the same day.

Al

BECOKA · October 9, 2008 2:44AM

1-2 days.

I agree with FC, many dealers just seem to ignore requests for the under 1K coins. I would be fine with this as long as there is a no questions asked return policy.

Shamika · October 9, 2008 3:49AM

If I have to email someone for a photo, I pass. I understand coin dealers are busy, but if somebody wants to offer his/her inventory on-line, it would do them well to image all of it!

golfer72 · October 9, 2008 7:55AM

No pic, no play

grip · October 9, 2008 8:55AM

Correct!....I stopped going on blind dates years ago.

Al

Longacre · October 9, 2008 9:14AM

I never submit my email address. Longacre's email address is as closely guarded as a state secret.

zeebob · October 9, 2008 9:28AM

<< No pic, no play >>

Eagleguy · October 9, 2008 8:44PM

Normally I would agree with the whole "no pic, no play" thing but every once in a while you find the one coin or the one grade you can't find anywhere else and you just need to see it.

I honestly don't know how a dealer who doesn't post photos stays in business, or at the very least, why they even bother to maintain a website.

Do you think that if a requested photo is never sent or posted, the possibility exists that the coin does not live up to the description?

JH

19Lyds · October 9, 2008 11:03PM

Yes, this is possible.

IMO, if a dealer is selling a coin online, then he has the responsibility to make photo's available upon request if the price of the coin justifies it. Why in the world would someone provide closeups or detailed photo's of a $2 coin?

As for dealers that do not post photo's, they stay on business because the coins they advertise are unquestionbly what they advertised. For example, Wayne Herndon rarely posts photo's of his common coins but every BU coin I've ever purchased from him has been exactly what was described and without problems. I guess the dealers reputation and a reasonable return policy could preclude the need for an online photograph but its a risk they are willing to take since they have not over described their products.

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