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runscottI'm with Julie on this. The policy was stated clearly. Given that, if you felt uncertain about the card when it arrived in the mail, you should have contacted the seller. If it was Lew Lipset, he would have taken it back based on YOUR opinion - I've done this before with him and never had a problem.
You could also have done a search on "Lipset" on this board, found another thread or two with the same comments from the same people, and made your bidding decision prior to the auction.
Regarding shilling, I've won auctions from Lew at several bids below my max - won a 6-card lot at about $2,300 with a max bid over $4,000. Perfect opportunity for shilling if it was going to happen. I also once sent a card back with a light crease that was graded EX - he emailed back AGREEING with me and said that an EX card can never have a crease, apologized and sent an immediate refund. Perhaps I'm just lucky, or perhaps my own policy of not trying to aggravate and piss off auction houses has been working?