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New Member
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people keep saying well thats how you get burned. not if you do some research after bidding and never paying if its fake. Ralph said, I will not help you with coins before you pay for them next time.cool thats how someone will get burned and a thief will benefit next time
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New Member
United States
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i have made thousands and thousands of dollars doing stuff like this. then reselling the stuff to you guys and have never had to pay for a fake item and have always paid for items I have bid on.this auction doesn't count because ebay caught the guy. Edited by mantisfist
12/22/2010 12:31 am
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New Member
United States
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i have gotten lots of stuff from 1st time sellers
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New Member
United States
11 Posts |
have gotten great, real, antiques from china
Edited by mantisfist
12/22/2010 12:32 am
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New Member
United States
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why because I do research AFTER the bid AND usually before I ever bid
Edited by mantisfist
12/22/2010 12:34 am
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New Member
United States
11 Posts |
i am not going to pass up on what could be a great deal, even if there is no time to do research. why, because you can do research after words and the only repercussion is getting an unpaid mark on ebay, which wouldnt happen!why because it would have been determined a fake, other wise I would pay. unless Ralph doesn't help me next time. |
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New Member
United States
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i posted the link to the ebay auction page but ebay took it down so it is not accessible Edited by mantisfist
12/22/2010 12:27 am
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New Member
United States
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AND people are saying "lets see these great deals" like they don't believe me, what do I have to prove myself here? yeah this site is wierd and harsh to new members read up.
"i wouldn't have fallen for it, I'm too cool and educated on coins" well neither did I cool guys.
thanks for the horrible experience on coin community.
to be fair there where some nice and helpful replys
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Pillar of the Community
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I am happy for you that it worked out in your favor this time mantisfist.....really, I would hate to see anyone lose money like that. I think that it was established pretty early on page one that that the coin was a fake, and degenerated fairly quickly since then....so why this thread is now on page four is rather puzzling to me.....Is there virtue (or anything else to be learned) in continuing such an idiotic thread? Twenty seven "quality" posts on one thread has got to be a record....congrats on that (I guess). There is another pretty good coin forum site called Collectors Universe where many of the most prolific dealers around discuss things like ebay buying, selling and bidding practices....I'll bet that those folks would be very interested and impressed in hearing about a bid first, and decide later whether to pay or not strategy. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I would hate for anyone to purchase a fake either because that just gives them more reasons to keep making these things. That is why I said until you are more knowledgeable that if I were you I would stick with graded examples especially the rarer dates like this one. And even then you have to be careful because they have gotten pretty slick on counterfeiting the slabs also. I hate to tell someone not to buy from from someone that happens to live in 1 country or another but there is more of a chance if a rare date is coming from China that its fake and there needs to be some research done before ever bidding. I also said just because there are other bids on the item doesn't mean that its a good coin or even that its a good fake, it could be crude and still have allot of bids and the bidding be high because they have family members or themselves bidding on the item to make it look like there is fierce competition for the coin to make it look better and hopes someone will do just as what happened here, someone will bid and win in the last seconds of the auction without actually looking close or knowing what they are bidding on. Coins aren't the only thing coming from China that is fake though, so you have to watch everything you are buying from that country. I am not saying everyone in China is selling fakes, I am just saying if they are from China just be sure you know what an authentic item looks like before purchasing
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you can't be nice, the door is open.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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You also don't need to post 9 times, 1-2 is enough... Quote:
have gotten great, real, antiques from china
Yeah...I smell a troll... Edited by coinguybrian
12/22/2010 10:59 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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to be fair, I did see the ebay auction, and what he did write in the title is "is this a fake? 1893-s Morgan dollar from ebay." he just edited it. Edited by Adam_E
12/22/2010 11:36 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Chinese antique = made last week. Old by china standards!
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Moderator
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This isn't going anywhere.
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