What Do You Do?

[t206hound]

In my opinion, there's only one instance where refunding grading costs would be warranted. That is the case where the seller explicitly states that the card is NOT trimmed and/or that the card is guaranteed to receive a numerical grade.

I play the grading game a lot. Try to buy (gamble) cards that I "think" will grade well and submit them. Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose, sometimes it rains. I've bought several raw T206s that ended up 5.5+; I've also bought several that were trimmed (including three in my latest submission). I chalk it up to playing the game... definitely not going to win them all.

The buyer (with that feedback) must know the game and certainly wouldn't have given Larry additional money had the card graded a 6.

[JollyElm]

Should you refund him in any way? Unquestionably NO!!! Clearly a scammer. If he's being a d_ck to you, be one right back!!

However, you seem to be getting a lot of input here from sellers and most are very biased points of view. Sellers want to maximize their profits, so they feel they never do anything wrong.

If nothing else, you should listen to some of us buyers, too. If you're listing a trimmed card, you need to make it much clearer. It's right there in your auction--in red--so I'm not putting any blame on you. But if I was looking at that auction, I'd be disturbed by the almost complete lack of a description. If it's trimmed, say "This card has obviously been trimmed" in your description.

Oh, and get rid of that Cobb picture.