Ethics question

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Posted By: ty_cobb

If I was Dear Abby I'd say forgive and forget.
But being bad ol' Ty, I'd say if the friendship
is big enough, he'll understand your concerns
regarding his auctions. BTW this approach has
never worked for me in real life, ethics are
no match for stubborn 'friends' who do
things the way they see it and thats it.
Thats the nature of the beast.

I've gone through the same thing. I bought
a card with defects out of a lot a Texas dealer
split up, advertised it as such when I sold it,
it was flipped on ebay several times after with
'mucho grumbling' about it's undisclosed condition.
Finally the dog-eared card found a loving home, but
most were content to get rid of the dog that peed
on the rug because its easier to blame someone else
than clean up the mess.

Now here's another ethics question. A seller bought
some T206's from me (I'm in Canada). He has a card
I want but states clearly he does not ship to Canada.
Should I inform him I am no longer selling to US bidders
who do not ship internationally? I would really like
to arrange alternate shipping through a US collecting
acquaintance (c/o of a US address), I'm only interested
in collecting cards and could really care less about
how it is so difficult to mail said card across some
FRIGGIN line on a map. (My family lived in Michigan
in the early 1900s anyways so don't give
me the 'durned furriners' routine).