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Posted By: Anonymous

Other than his general rudeness at shows, I also had a negative experience in one of his auctions. I was high bidder on an uncut sheet he graded as Ex. Now, I realize uncut sheets are bigger and one needs to have a bit more leniency on condition, but this sheet came with two tears which were about 2 inches long each and numerous HEAVY creases. Nobody in their right mind would call this Ex condition! I called him immediately upon recipt of the item. After hassleing me for more than a week in back and forth conversations, he finally agreed to refund my money after threats that I would write letters to hobby publications about the incident. To his credit, he did give a full refund, not counting shipping costs, but he was rude and self righteous every step of the way. I would never bid on anything he offers again. Just from casual glimpses at items he has pictured in color ads in SCD, it is clear that he is still grossly over grading. No wonder he doesn't like using grading companies.
Jim