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Posted 11/17/2012 10:45 am
My issue is with the practice of showing a photograph and then adding text that says this photograph isn't what you'll be getting - it's what you might possibly be getting. If it's what you may or may not be getting, that photograph shouldn't be used. A photograph of what you will for sure be getting is the photograph that should be used. I also feel the use of text leading prospective buyers on with descriptions of what they might "possibly" be getting (and then tossing in carefully worded disclaimers which make it clear that the "possibility" is 100% up in the air) is pretty shady, though that's just my opinion. I think the money-back guarantee is pretty slick, too - it'd cost a dissatisfied customer at least $5 to send a roll back, when their loss is only $8 (over FV), so who's going to bother doing that to recoup a measly $3? Nonetheless -- anybody who wants to see all that as being 100% ethical because of the included disclaimers is free to do so.
On the penny vendors - I agree with descriptions above of them and the seedy, seeded rolls they sell. Nonetheless, when they peddle a roll of wheaties with a sorry old less-than-good IHC on the end, that's what you get. A roll of almost-good to good mid- to late-50's common mintage wheaties (though they don't bother to specify that) with one pathetic, smooth-surfaced IHC on the end. Obviously a seeded roll, but they're definite about what you're buying. The word "possible" or "possibly" don't show up in the seeded penny roll offerings that I've looked at (which is not all of them).
As stated above, "this is just one more ebay listing." Amen to that one!! I'm a relative newbie, and I'm just now starting to learn that ebay is loaded with borderline, marginal, iffy and shady stuff that I personally find to be on the far side of questionable, but that's just my opinion. I agree with the statement above that it's time to drive the money-lenders out of the temple, but nobody has to agree with the author of that quote (and me) on that one, either.
On bank fees for boxes of coins - I'm not "getting away" with anything. None of the banks in my area (that I'm aware of) charge such fees. The two that I use certainly don't. Upstate NY is kind of a backwater "land that time forgot" in many ways, and I guess this may be one of those ways. If and when that practice gets here, I'll be done with CRH in the blink of an eye. $25 per box is a far stiffer fee for playing CRH games than I'd ever tolerate.
I'm starting to think maybe I should take some Ex-lax, loosen up and get with the ebay spirit of things. I could sell my nearly four dozen empty skunk half-dollar bank boxes on ebay for a couple dozen bucks a pop - with photographs of the actual boxes being sold and appropriate disclaimers in my offering, of course.
On the penny vendors - I agree with descriptions above of them and the seedy, seeded rolls they sell. Nonetheless, when they peddle a roll of wheaties with a sorry old less-than-good IHC on the end, that's what you get. A roll of almost-good to good mid- to late-50's common mintage wheaties (though they don't bother to specify that) with one pathetic, smooth-surfaced IHC on the end. Obviously a seeded roll, but they're definite about what you're buying. The word "possible" or "possibly" don't show up in the seeded penny roll offerings that I've looked at (which is not all of them).
As stated above, "this is just one more ebay listing." Amen to that one!! I'm a relative newbie, and I'm just now starting to learn that ebay is loaded with borderline, marginal, iffy and shady stuff that I personally find to be on the far side of questionable, but that's just my opinion. I agree with the statement above that it's time to drive the money-lenders out of the temple, but nobody has to agree with the author of that quote (and me) on that one, either.
On bank fees for boxes of coins - I'm not "getting away" with anything. None of the banks in my area (that I'm aware of) charge such fees. The two that I use certainly don't. Upstate NY is kind of a backwater "land that time forgot" in many ways, and I guess this may be one of those ways. If and when that practice gets here, I'll be done with CRH in the blink of an eye. $25 per box is a far stiffer fee for playing CRH games than I'd ever tolerate.
I'm starting to think maybe I should take some Ex-lax, loosen up and get with the ebay spirit of things. I could sell my nearly four dozen empty skunk half-dollar bank boxes on ebay for a couple dozen bucks a pop - with photographs of the actual boxes being sold and appropriate disclaimers in my offering, of course.
