Hypothetical Question... An auction with a twist.

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• thatboyaintright Posts: 408

  December 13, 2009 2:44PM

  You didn't get what you paid for .... easy answer. return it..

  

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• Bochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 13, 2009 2:51PM

  
  
  << <i>You didn't get what you paid for .... easy answer. return it.. >>
  
  
  
  Yep.
  As long as it was listed as the variety, and it wasn't just "me"/"you" looking at the auction pic and "seeing" the variety on our own even though the slab/listing doesn't have it, then I agree....you didn't get what you paid for.
  
  So, if it was designated on the holder, and the auction company listed it, then I would return it and expect 100% refund.
  The PCGS may say "mechanical error" for the label, and absolve themselves that way, but the auction company should still be liable for the return, imho.

  I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

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• AUandAG Posts: 24,946 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 13, 2009 2:52PM

  Perhaps they sent the wrong coin? If not just return it.
  
  bob

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• FullStepJeffs Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭

  December 13, 2009 3:08PM

  Utimately, I would think PCGS would want the coin out of a designated variety holder, but as Bochiman said, I can forsee the possibility that a mechanical error could have occurred and therefore, the guarantee would not be given.
  
  I guess I'll send it back to the auction company and let them deal with the issue...
  
  Thanks!
  
  Steve

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• llafoe Posts: 7,220 ✭✭

  December 13, 2009 5:24PM

  How can it be a mechanical error if it's listed on the PCGS verification page as the designated variety? I can see a "typo" on the label OR on the verification page... but if it's on both, how can it be a mechanical error?

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• coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭

  December 13, 2009 9:46PM

  
  
  << <i>How can it be a mechanical error if it's listed on the PCGS verification page as the designated variety? I can see a "typo" on the label OR on the verification page... but if it's on both, how can it be a mechanical error? >>
  
  It can still be considered a "mechanical error" - the verification page is merely a confirmation of information from a label that was produced at PCGS and not elsewhere. The coin could have been submitted under a particular/incorrect PCGS coin number, wasn't caught as such and entered that way in the system. Or, the graders might have entered the incorrect PCGS coin number, which ended up on the label and hence, later, the verification page.

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• PerryHall Posts: 46,903 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 13, 2009 10:07PM

  Return it and if the seller gives you a hard time, do a charge back on your credit card.

  Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
  "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 14, 2009 1:26AM

  Call the auction house, advise them of the issue, and return it. Case closed. Cheers, RickO

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