Guide to "Mint On Card" (MOC ) toy collecting : eBay Guides

Alot of sellers when listing action figures like to use the term mint on card. I however will never do this. The only time it is appropriate to use the term mint on card is when a figure is sealed in a plastic clamshell at the factory or pulled straight from a newly opened case and placed inside and released in this condition. As soon as an action figure is placed out on a store shelf it is no longer mint. Many shoppers could touch it, drop it on the floor, scuff the packaging etc. I like to look at it as if I were shopping for a car and the salesman says, "This one only has 100,000 miles on it and it's in mint condition!" It may look nice and have been well maintained and taken care of but it certainly is not in mint condition. Try going to the store and getting 4 quarters change for a dollar bill then go to a coin collector or dealer and try and tell him you want to sell him your 'Mint' coins. The word mint in the coin world is almost always associated with the term uncirculated which is the key because it means it hasn't been issued to the general public and not used as currency and generally it is sealed in some sort of holder. I know I sound very particular on this subject but I feel people use the term mint on card WAY to loosely. Make your seller describe the item they are selling in detail if you are a collector. Don't settle for generalizations like mint on card. If the seller has a good product and is honest with his or her customers it is a very small thing to ask of them.