The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 38, September 19, 2004, Article 15

CAPITALIZING ON A BUYER'S DELUSION

  Regarding last week's item about the Danish man who "was
  sentenced to 25 days in jail after trying to buy a pizza with
  fake banknotes," Morten Eske Mortensen writes:
  "I think you also ought to (much more important) report the
  Jail sentence of 30 days to a Scandinavian (Danish) coin
  professional for "capitalizing on a buyer's delusion".
  That is a jail sentence of wide repercussions for the coin,
  second hand, antique and auction businesses!"

  "The jail time was in this particularly case fixed as low as
  'only' 30 days and furthermore the sentence was 'only'
  suspended because of the fact, that the buyer had acted
  "very incautious" and also the convicted had a previous
  clean penalty list. The probation time was fixed at 1 year
  (opposed to the 2 years demanded by the Counsel for the
  Prosecution)."

  "The specific deal judged was about 5 Wilcke/Rubow-books
  with pasted, special banknote-"offprints".  The sentenced
  professional person had not created the buyer's delusion -
  "only" "capitalized on the delusion"....  A Judge emphasized,
  that the convicted ought to have known better. The convicted
  had been a professional for half a year. The selling party has
  a special responsibility to ensure, that the buyer does not
  "suffer from a delusion".

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