I dont want to annoy anyone, and i guess it really dosen't matter what i think, but i will say it anyway, surely the above arguement could be used for a number of sellers on the fake list? I have just been re-examining the threads listed above (
plenty of them by the way, enough evidence that any court in the land would don their black
cap) and
his excuses seem like the same excuses any dealer would make, being desperate to save their business and avoid the dreaded list. Im sure
saxby could argue the same and has been caught out as far as i can see only roughly the same number of times.
Having said that, apart from it really being none of my business lol, I agree someone should be examined very carefully indeed before being on the list, since after all this is their livelihood and have most likely got families dependant on the income, and when dealing with hundreds of coins, to examine close up and to compare all the time to other coins, although being
part of the job, would surely be open to mistakes. The very nature of this is, say out of 1000 coins that pass through your
hands, you miss 3, then you can have 3
fake reports against you and your reputation could be in trouble, and hence your business. Saying that other dealers manage I suppose. I believe in a
fair chance to everyone, and a second, third or fourth chance etc especially where there are jobs on the line and i also believe in firm justice for those taking advantage of others. Its so plain to see the sellers that nearly every coin is a fake, and yes the book should be thrown at the them, but I think if a dealer makes several mistakes which could well be the case here, then a chance should be given to rectify and whenever they do 'accidently' sell a fake notice should be closely taken how they deal with it. This after sales care reflects so much on what a dealers real motives are.
romeo