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Bedrock of the Community
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argentum not if the coins are worth face value. no point in paying more for that than you would for a new batch of coins
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New Member
 Malaysia
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thank you so much for all your reply,today I'm gonna try to sent them again.this time i'll put as collectable medal or numismatic token(^^)..wish me luck.
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Moderator
 United States
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I'm going to wish you luck, but for another reason - Nigeria is notorious as the home of so many scammers that we do not even allow registrations at CCF from that country. I would not even consider doing business there.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nigeria is notorious as the home of so many scammers that we do not even allow registrations at CCF from that country. I would not even consider doing business there.
My 3rd day on ebay with the first item I was ever selling a Nigerian scam tried to get me. Luckily I decided to verify the payments they claimed had been made were actually in my account with paypal before shipping and thats when I had it confirmed it was a scam. Very legit emails and everything. They also threatened to call the FBI on me which gave me a chuckle. But that experience is why I never sell internationally unless its Canada and the buyer contacts me first |
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New Member
Malaysia
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wow..thanks guys,really appreciate your advice..but in my case I'm not selling my item to nigerian.actually there's a lady from UK email me and she wanted to buy this coin for her cousin who worked in south africa.and the payment has been made to her bank back in UK,and the bank also already confirm the payment.once they/bank got the tracking number and the reciept for the prove that I've shipout the item then the payment will be credited in my account.
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New Member
Malaysia
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hi all
on a second thought,i think you are right about shiping my coin to nigeria..
i felt something fishy about my buyer.so I did some researh and found tread about this,same situation like mine,a lady she said she's from UK and want to buy a cloth for her daughter and ask to be ship to nigeria.use the same bank(smile bank of scotland,UK)..same email that I've received and They also threatened to call the FBI on me if I failed to ship the item in 24hours...i guess I'm not going to have any business with that lady or that bank any more.any way thank you so much to all of you for suggestions and advice.on the bright side I've found this club(^^).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Glad it worked out for you. As I was reading your post I was thinking "scam" the whole time. I guess the postal service did you a favor by rejecting the shipment.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 I was wondering just who those people think the FBI is. For some reason they must think the FBI is just sitting there waiting for a mail coin scam.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yup, definitely a scam... As you already know. But anytime someone is buying for "someone else", or wants to send you more money than you ask and asks you to send the extra somewere else beware... I haven't had it happen with coins yet but someone tried to get me to ship a car I was selling from Mass to Texas for "his son".. And he could "only email" me (no phone) because he worked on an offshore oil rig.. O, and he wanted to send me more money so I could pay the person picking up and transporting the car... Ya ok.. Good luck on that guy.. I'm sure if if it hadnt had scam written all over it and I had done it as soon as I cashed/withdrew the money he would have put a stop payment on it and I would have been out all that money...If it sounds too good to be true, they want to send you more money or for a third party beware!!
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New Member
Malaysia
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haha..im really glad that the postal service rejected it(^^).
lets hope no one else got scam:)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1195 Posts |
I now have two more coin packages to ship to Canada. The first I gave a value of $20; the second, when I have the other coins to put in it, I will value at $60. Should to spring for any postage extras on these?
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Bedrock of the Community
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I wouldnt bother with insurance for either but especially not the 20. The 60 Id get tracking, probably the 20 too depending on the cost. Things magically disappear in customs or along the way for international when they read the customs form and see no tracking
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Just realize the tracking may end once it leaves the country. Typically insurance purchase from a postal service is only good while the mail is in the hands of that service. once it get handed off to another countries postal service the coverage you bought ends. You can have a coin worth $10K, and ship it registered paying for that amount, but once it leaves the country the MAXIMUM reimbursement from the post office if it disappears is 49 dollars.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Not sure if the policy has changed but in the past I know it was possible to get tracking all the way through. Weather that meant their number was tracked the whole way or you got two tracking numbers I dont know. There is by default free tracking on the shipment from the customs form but once its about to leave the country thats it. But they do have options to have it tacked all the way there.
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Valued Member
United States
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yeah, as soon as I read the word nigeria my mind instantly screamed "scam", like everyone else said, be careful
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