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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Quote:I bought a BU Peace dollar and received it today. The seller had just tossed it loose into a padded mailer! I just had the same thing happen, it may have been the same seller (I know he had a couple Peace dollars for sale). |
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 United States
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Ouch.  I am glad it survived. |
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United States
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moxking, U B Funny  John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
  United States
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I'm going to send the coin back. I hadn't looked at it too closely before I made my post, but when I took photos of it I found there are hairlines all over the reverse. I bought it as a BU. The auction photos weren't great so I can't tell if the hairlines were there in the photo or are the result of the dollar sliding around in the mailer while on its way to me. The coin does have a cool die crack running from the 2:00 position on the reverse through the eagle's head.  Paul Bulgerin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ship it back for full refund, Not As Described. Sorry, but fuzzy photos are a sign of a lazy vendor or deliberate way to trick bidders, and poor packing practices just confirm it.
I would not leave positive feedback, either. Vendors need to learn the hard way, they can be cheap, lazy, and greedy. Not shipping a BU coin in a ten-cent flip is just greedy.
They could have wrapped it in a napkin obtained for free at the local burger joint, but couldn't even do that. Guess it might cost a little extra postage.
Edited by paxbrit
03/11/2016 4:01 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
I just received a Morgan dollar the same way. Luckily there was no damage. I left no feedback at all.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
7075 Posts |
That's a shame -- all those scratches on a beautiful coin.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Rats. Unfortunate damage.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
Here's the auction photo. Not a great one, but I can't see any hairlines on it. The inside of the bubble wrap mailer is fairly rough. I can see how the coin could slide around and end up with hairlines.  Paul Bulgerin
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United States
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Double ouch. I hope you have better luck next time. |
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New Member
United States
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Not seeing the die crack in the auction photo either. Maybe not the same coin?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2824 Posts |
I could be wrong but photo looks altered with dodge and burn tool to add dark smudge over light scratched areas of coins done sloppy so it almost looks Struck Through Grease |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
That is interesting that the die crack is not visible on the seller's photo. I does get me thinking that he used that photo and sent me a different coin. I sent him the photo to show him the hairlines. He has agreed to take it back and refund my shipping costs both ways. This is too bad. This was the first Peace dollar I have purchased in years and it was going to end up in my collection. Oh well, there are plenty more of them out there. Paul Bulgerin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Paul, there are plenty of us who will sell you a righteous bu common Peace. Just make a wanted or trade thread  Unless you're trying to cherrypick from bad pics by non-knowledgable sellers that is  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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To Cherry Picking. Not in this case. It just looked like a nice coin with low bids. I won it for $20.
I'll be back on the search for another.
I just finished paying off our pledge to our church's building program. This is where most of my coin money has been going the last three years.
Now, with a bit of extra money in hand, I thought I'd start adding a BU silver dollar to my collection each month. This was to have been the first one.
Paul Bulgerin
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