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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3098 Posts |
I recently won a nice 1906 AU Indian Head cent on ebay. I was very disappointed when the package arrived and the wrong coin was in it. I received a very worn 1906. I wrote the seller to tell him what had happened, expecting some sort of bait and switch, but he responded immediately and apologetically saying he'd check into what happened. He wrote back quickly saying I'd received the wrong coin and that the correct coin was on the way. He told me to keep the coin I had received for my trouble. I had the correct coin within a couple of days sent with tracking in a padded mailer. It was nice to have this work out and I thought I'd share a positive ebay experience. Paul Bulgerin
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New Member
United States
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I hope it was a simple mistake but I've become so jaded that I wonder if he sent the one coin to see if you didn't realize that it wasn't the one you won. Glad things worked out for you.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1949 Posts |
People make mistakes all of the time. Unfortunately, there are far too many people who will do anything for a quick buck. I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt the first time. The second time is a different story... Nice to hear a good ebay story for once! (By the way, I have mistakenly sent the wrong coin a couple of times. Quite embarrassing.) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7375 Posts |
Not to sidetrack the thread, but a couple of weeks ago I sent buyer the wrong coin. I quickly sent him a couple of messages, and the right coin with a SASE to return the first coin. I didn't hear anything from him, but after about 10 days my first coin was returned. Yes, fortunate on my part. A happy ending also.
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Valued Member
United States
58 Posts |
I have sold a few things on ebay and have made a similar mistake. Made it right and lesson learned on my part. I have always gone out of my way to maintain 100% positive feedback even when I didn't agree with the buyer. My advice when buying on ebay is to only deal with sellers that have a lot of feedback and 100% positive rating. Glad to hear it worked out well for you. |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Stuff does happen in mail order of any kind , not just ebay . If it is made right and both sides are happy in the end, that is all you can ask for. Here is a great story I would like to share with all of you. Back around 2002 I had a call from a dealer associate of mine saying he had three coins back from PCGS for me and was Expressing them to me. I had sent a Barber ten cents , quarter and half for grading as he was PCGS authorized and I wasn't. Next day I sign for the package and throw it on my desk, leave the house as I had some business to attend to. I got home at around nine that night and had 5 messages from the dealer who sent the pack to me. Basic panic CALL ME ASAP. I opened the package and lo and behold I was the proud recipient of a 1927S Standing Liberty quarter in MS65 and a 1911D 20 dollar in MS64. Wow what a great trade for me !!!!! Needless to say it got fixed up to all three parties ! As I said stuff happens!  !!! |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3098 Posts |
Now that's a story!
I'm a Lutheran minister, but I have to say, had that happened to me, for a few seconds, maybe just a few, I would have been tempted.
Paul Bulgerin
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5394 Posts |
@ Paul...........it never entered my mind for two very good reasons...........one the guy who sent them to me in error is, was and always will be a very respected fellow dealer colleague and you will LOVE this one..................Maybe just maybe the Good LORD is a coin dealer and JESUS might be his head numismatist. !! Have a great day! ! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
You have to remember that in Mark's gospel when Jesus is at the temple the last week of his life he asks someone to show him a coin (Mark 12:15).
There's got to be something to your point.
Paul Bulgerin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9792 Posts |
One year at work we accidentally resent a wholesale box to a customer that had placed an order for a couple of expensive eyepieces for his telescope (around $1K), he ended up getting 6 of each eyepiece plus a few more he didn't order, valued at around $10K! We weren't even aware of the error yet, as the individual eyepieces had been checked into inventory, but we had not done an actual count of items on the shelf yet. We found out when he called us up and said "something's not right, you sent me way more than I ordered" Good guy customer, returned all the extra eyepieces and my boss sent him a store coupon for $500.00 towards his next purchase, which he said he didn't want, he got it anyways. There are some honest people out there in the world.
Glad your incident came out okay, the dealer did exactly what he should have done.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Valued Member
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At my work we once sent a package of networking equipment to a customer site. When the technician got there, he opened the box and instead of routers and cables he found a shipment of excellent quality glue guns. Apparently the shipment company mixed up two different shipments. Somewhere someone else must have ordered glue guns and got network routers instead. It took a long time to sort it out.
To get back to numismatics, I once ordered a few coins, got a bubble mailer from the dealer neatly sliced across the edge with a thin knife, tape repaired, with all the documentation and packing material but no coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
When I ship coins I tape them in a cardboard insert and then tape the insert into the bubble mailer. This makes it harder for someone to try and cut open the mailer and take out the coins.
Paul Bulgerin
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