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New Member
 United States
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Yes. I opened the seller's flips and placed the coins in cardboard 2x2s. I had relatively good experiences with the seller in the past, so I trusted him. But then I began to question the condition the coins, and an independent coin dealer told me that the coins were harshly cleaned.
I filed a dispute with my credit card company, but am wondering if it is worth my time.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Might be interesting to see sharp photos of a few select coins.
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New Member
United States
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Valued Member
United States
263 Posts |
Ouch. You couldn't tell from the photos that were posted for these before you bought them or were the photos doctored from the seller?
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New Member
United States
17 Posts |
Centinal - The seller posted a generic photo of his Gem BU Red cents for sale. A section of the single photo representing all years available is posted. (The entire photo is not shown for privacy reasons). The majority of the coins I received from the seller are in the condition shown in the 3 photos I posted earlier. Again, I had purchased from the seller before and trusted him, so I did not check the 16 coins I purchased carefully as I would have with a new seller.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2836 Posts |
If I'm understanding correctly, you purchased 16 coins for $195, which comes out to roughly $12 per coin. Are there any key-dates or error/varieties in this lot? Lets try to make lemonade out of the lemons.
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New Member
United States
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Coin rejector - only 2 semi-key coins from the years 1934 PD - 1939 PDS (the target group I was collecting): 1934 D and 1935 S. The quality of these coins are comparable to those shown in the photos I posted earlier.
Edited by Blackhawk
06/25/2024 1:33 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5177 Posts |
If this was bought on ebay, you can initiate a return stating "item received not as described". No matter what, ebay will side with you (the buyer). |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
10492 Posts |
Them's some ugly looking Lincolns.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@Blackhawk  - Personally I would continue trying to resolve the issue with the dealer. The coins you received were obviously not as described.  |
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Valued Member
United States
425 Posts |
Looks like they were found in a camp fire pit. Just buy 3 new vinyl 2x2 flips at 50 cents a piece and send them back to the seller. Also take pictures of them first and what the dealer said they looked like and send a message with all the information to E-bay. They will open a complaint file. Don't worry ,get your money back. If he wants to keep selling on E-bay he will give your money back after you return the coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1275 Posts |
agree that you should try to fight this one
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New Member
United States
17 Posts |
It's been awhile, but I wanted to share what I did with the misrepresented Lincoln pennies and the outcome.
I was so miffed about receiving misrepresented coins, that I filed a credit card dispute with my bank. They advised me to return the coins to the seller/dealer, which I did. After several weeks, my bank ruled in my favor -- I received the full amount of my payment.
So if you believe you have been swindled by a dishonest seller, fight it. Don't let dishonest dealers take advantage of you.
Thanks to all for your recommendations.
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Moderator
United States
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Good to hear.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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