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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 357225, member: 5833&quot;]I only sometimes police my highly-specialized little sliver of it.&nbsp; As primarily a collector/buyer, my sympathies tend to lie the other way.&nbsp; I have worked long &amp; hard to acquire the knowledge I have.&nbsp; What obligation do I have to give it away for free to a stranger to enhance their profit, particularly when that seller touts their professional expertise &amp; years of experience?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have many times let non-professionals &amp; charity operations know a cameo is better than they think in the hope it will improve their return, a pleasant thing to do.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is no joy to me to tell a seller their item is of lesser quality than they believe, but it may spare them some grief.&nbsp; Professionals often don&#039;t accept my judgment, or not at first.&nbsp; Sometimes they do when they are relisting for the fifth time.&nbsp; I only do it when I can give them evidence.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is damaging to the whole cameo market when things are passed off as what they are not.&nbsp; Ideally sellers &amp; buyers would be equally knowledgeable, but...&nbsp; The whole long-running Finds threads is largely about how members have profited due to seller ignorance, no?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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