Getting a refund on a BB'd coin

yellowkid · July 14, 2009 11:47AM

<< <i>You have nothing more to lose sending

the coin back. Remain pleasant and give the

seller the opportunity to make things right. You

have learned a very important lesson, never, ever

buy an expensive coin unslabbed by a first tier TPG

like PCGS. Please let us know what happens. Let us

hope for the best. >>

After reading 8 pages of this, I missed the resolution, never mind.

SeaEagleCoins · July 14, 2009 11:55AM

I like stories with a happy ending...

...now that the drama is gone...I guess the thread won't make it to 200 though...

DNADave · July 14, 2009 12:15PM

.....in the thousands and I decided to take a chance.

seatedcollector · July 14, 2009 3:45PM

if you are going to gamble, you may want to consider sending to ANACS, or a service that has faster turnaround. that seller went above and beyond what was expected of him. not that i will see much agreement with that but in reality, he could have told you to pound sand, and you would have few options. im glad it all worked out, too bad there are so many people here that are so fast to side with the seller (no matter what the circumstances) that is why more and more people have adopted the "no returns" policy. you got really lucky, next time you may not.

mumu · July 14, 2009 5:26PM

There has already been a point where he had both the coin and your money, so you are not really taking a risk you havent already taken.

relicsncoins · July 15, 2009 2:36AM

It's kind of funny to see how many people were ready to hang this seller. It's quite possible that the seller thought the coin to be real as well. If I was the seller, I would've handled it much in the same way. I surely would never give a refund until I had the coin in hand. There are both dishonest sellers and buyers, and one must protect themselves against both.

xphobe · July 15, 2009 2:58AM

I believe the seller did think it was real. I believe that's why he insisted on the letterhead from PCGS - to give his position more weight when dealing with whoever *he* bought it from. I sincerely hope he gets his money back.

<< <i>It's kind of funny to see how many people were ready to hang this seller. >>

I agree. Although hopefully it may be partly due to the Internet anonymity phenomenon: people are more likely to act like jerks when they're typing words to a group of faceless people far away. Anyway maybe this thread has not only taught me something, but others here as well...

tjc2120 · July 15, 2009 3:54AM

<< <i>if you are going to gamble, you may want to consider sending to ANACS, or a service that has faster turnaround. that seller went above and beyond what was expected of him. not that i will see much agreement with that but in reality, he could have told you to pound sand, and you would have few options. im glad it all worked out, too bad there are so many people here that are so fast to side with the seller (no matter what the circumstances) that is why more and more people have adopted the "no returns" policy. you got really lucky, next time you may not. >>

I respectfully disagree with some of this post. The seller needs to be careful that the buyer isn't trying to scam him but once that is established it is the duty of the seller to refund the sale of a counterfeit item. The seller can always hide behind the "agreement" but in some cases the right thing to do is obvious.

PS. The Bear is wise.