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Rob D.The more information I have that the item I'm bidding on is what I think it is, the more aggressively I'll bid.
Not too long ago a Lajoie card I was interested in was listed on eBay with a scan only of the front. The seller stated in the description that the back was clean. I e-mailed, about five days before the auction was to end, asking for a scan. The reply I received was an assurance that the back was clean, but if I really wanted a scan, let him know and he'd e-mail me one.
I didn't bother to ask a second time for a scan and didn't bid. Was the back free of problems? Probably. Would a scan that erased any doubt changed my decision not to bid? Positively.