Request For Reverse Scan Ignored

Hi all

It has happened again, contacted the seller on ebay, and asked for a scan of the reverse side of a First Issue Revenue Stamp. My request has been ignored, it has been about 2 weeks now.

Don't know about you, but I will not be purchasing bidding on a stamp, especially first issue revenue stamps that I cannot see the reverse side.

Perhaps the seller, who sells alot of stamps, and has a web site dedicated to revenue stamps, isn't aware that the reverse side of a first issue is just as important as the front side.

I feel that if someone is thinking about bidding or purchasing a stamp then he she has a perfect right to see the reverse side. At a stamp show sitting at a dealers table, there is never any problem looking at the reverse side. Not being able to see the reverse side, makes me feel like the ebay seller is trying to hide something maybe.

What do some of you think?

Good luck

Stampmaster

Find another copy.

Hi, find another copy is a good idea, but if I find a cancel I want, finding another copy may take a long time.

All these sellers have to do is either show the reverse side, or something like "I do not show reverse scan on any item that is priced below $5, or something to that effect.

I see (correct me if I'm wrong), ebay taking the place of a Stamp Shop or even a Stamp Show, I feel the same conditions should prevail with the exception the stamp is just a scan. I would think even for a low value stamp is worth seeing the reverse side, especially if it is what I consider a difficult cancel. I'm not a fill the whole in some album. I do not have any albums, I find albums limit the cancel field.

Good luck in your stamp collecting adventures.

Stampmaster

There are good sellers and bad sellers. Don't waste your energy on a seller that doesn't have the time or inclination to meet your needs. As for the "right" to see the reverse side, I don't think there is any obligation from ebay to show reverse, though I wonder how such sellers do any business. If the seller has a return policy, and the cancel is hard to find, consider buying it and returning it if it has defects. Perhaps a better approach would be to ask if there are any undisclosed defects.

I asked a seller for a better scan on a stamp in the 25 dollar range. He ansered thet the next time he does scans he will do it, if he remembers.
Kind of ignorant - by that time I will have lost interest in the stamp!

Peter

Unless there is some feature of the stamp that is "special" I would agree that it is better to pass on this one and look for a more accomodating seller.

If he doesn't have time to upload a scan of the reverse, and you buy the stamp and find a hinge thin (for example), you can ask for a refund and return the stamp. ebay will back you up, not the seller, 100% of the time.

Hi all

Good advice.

Stampmaster

Stampmaster,

I received the same reply from Godfatherstamps on the Hipstamp site.

Jack Kelley

Thanks

I think there is some animosity between you and that dealer that "has a web site dedicated to revenue stamps".

I usually don't buy any stamps from listings that do not show the back gum side of the stamps in addition to the front side. If they don't have a scan of the back side, I usually request it and for the most part, most do email me one.

Hi sinclair2010, animosity, no animosity, as I've bought stamps where dealers show both sides of the stamps. But the same dealers for what ever reason on some stamps do not show the reverse, and after I asked for a reverse scan ignore my request. I am a good buyer, and think as a good buyer, I should be afforded to see the reverse side.

Which web site dealer are you referring to?

Good luck in your stamp adventures!

Stampmaster

I've always accommodated requests for additional information or backs scans. However, I have had scan requests and multiple questions from potential buyers of $5 stamps who agonize over the purchase and then, finally, decide against. I feel that there is a point at which requests reach too far. Decent resolutions scans up front and a liberal return policy should cover most situations.

If a buyer asks for a scan, the last thing I would say is when I remember???..walk on buy..hit him in the pocket book..I always supply a buyer with images. $5.00 stamp today, might turn into a $500.00 stamp tomorrow..

Stampmaster,

With due respect, perhaps consider that the dealer in question does not have the motivation, for whatever reason, to either accommodate special requests, and/or to include additional scans of his/her stamps.

Maybe the second scans were simply not included as part of their business model; maybe storage space for additional scans isn't readily available; maybe their professional experience has determined that very few buyers even look at the images of the back of their stamps; and maybe, if they are going to include an additional image, then it would be a closeup of a certain portion or a high-resolution image, instead of an image of the back.

Also, the threshold of the asking price, such that, say, a fifty dollar stamp should be scanned a second time whereas a cheaper stamp should not, may be different between buyer and seller.

It does seem that in 2017 the customer should be number one, but for a busy dealer with tens of thousands of stamps being bought and sold constantly to thousands of customers all over the world, the desire to be personal with each one simply can't be done.

There just isn't enough time in the day.

Just saying here, don't take it personal.

Jim