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E, DanielThe problem for me lies in mile high's original description. Without any doubt, they attempt to foggy the facts, and they were quite clearly in possession of them to a greater rather than lesser extent:
"It must be noted that the card has been professionally restored, and is without question being sold as such. The restoration appears to be at the bottom of the card, and more so, on the reverse of the card, where it appears as if the restoration was done in an attempt to strengthen the bottom portion of the card to the rest of the card, due to a heavy crease or small tear"
"appears to be at the bottom of the card", HUH? Not IS at the bottom of the card, only "appears" to be? You've got to be trying to bend me over, right??
"more so, on the reverse of the card" is clearly an attempt to suggest the front of the card is original, and not that an entirely new FRONT and BACK lower section has been glued on!
It's not as if they belive this card was simply creased. Who 'reinforces' a crease with paper? A slight tear? You don't guess at the possibility of a tear, you either know it to have been torn, or know it not to have been torn. If a tear isn't directly visible, why would you come up with the theory? There is NO way they didn't spend a HUGE amount of time fawning over and discussing at the senior management level - how best to market and sell this this fabulous card, and what language could safely be used to minimize likelihood of legal action afterwards whilst maximizing the sale price.
They ABSOLUTELY would have asked the consignor for everything he knew, and could not have just been guessing at what had been done to it in its restoration. And obviously the consignor knew - as he has already been passing around pics. of the cards pre-marriage and does not appear to be attempting to hide the work done..
The secondary, and third addendums by Mile High......Just unbelievable! A chance to come absolutely super clean and at least portray the event as a 'missed' call - and they limply come to play with such weak language.
Leon, you may be willing to be supportive at every turn and give the benefit of the doubt - but seriously, imagine you yourself selling the card and playing with the truth like that!
Daniel