Discouraged Sellers

I removed the defective links and instead simply put in a link to my guide on the subject which has working links. Should be better and save space.

Then again, the cleaning is fairly light, and the mark isn't really distracting. So the $155 might have been worth it.

has anyone dealt with an ebay sellerhttp://myworld.ebay.com/hipden2ijw/
i bought a dime from him on the jun 24 and after sending money through paypal we are both verified zero contact
just wondering if anyone had heard anything I should be aware of

Bayou-buy-me....blocked me for simply asking about returns.

I made an offer of $1.00, rofl.

Buying on E-Bay has become a Job for me, in that I must do so
much research on the seller. I e-mail each seller to ensure that
the item was not cleaned/whizzed or has any defect. I must save
that e-mail and if winning the bid ensure that the coin is as
stated. Prior to purchase ensure reading the description on
quality and qty, because the posting can be deceptive. I just
purchased this week bank rolls of the 2009 Lincoln cents at a
good price. I have sold out local of my supply and do believe
I was able to purchase on e-bay for less than I would of purchasing
in gross here local.

Another one is MIKES COINS, 2 months to deliver 3 rolls of Franklin halves. Arrived all cleaned. 3 months to receive my refund.

I would like to add professional_coinauctioneers. These people are completely irrational, bullying, and threatening. I showed interest in three graded coins and entered into an ongoing discussion with the owner. She offered to lower the price on the three together by going off ebay and avoiding the fees, thus passing the savings on to me. The were claimed to be pop 1,2,and 3, and the finest in the world. As we were negotiating on the price and I was asking lots of questions with the money involved, the answers were vague and sidestepping. I did more research, here and Heritage Auctions, and a few other places, and found that the population numbers were meaningless since NGC had graded so few, and that there were ample examples available in Europe for about $40.

As I brought my due diligence concerns to the seller, I was met with hostility, accusations of arrogance, and was told that I had entered into a contract by stating my purchasing intentions in an email, and that I better get an attorney who will travel to Texas. The father of the owner, the former owner himself, then called my local count Sheriff's Department in Florida and filed a complaint of harassment for responding to their accusations in return emails.

To make matters worse, they have gone after my wife on ebay with a shill "buyer" of one of my coins I was putting up for sale to raise some cash, who made an offer that was accepted. He then refused to pay. An unpaid item claim was filed. He continued to refuse to pay, and ebay put an Unpaid Item Strike on him. His screen name is myleftgolfnut. No other sellers get to see this strike, or be warned in feedback against the buyer, and nothing happens to the buyer, except that he might get suspended if he proves to be a deadbeat 3 times, according to ebay.

Then, he turns around and leaves negative feedback for my wife, who, with all of 90 feedbacks, had her rating drop from 100% to 96.9%, which as we all know is the death knell for a seller. ebay has basically just shrugged and said they can't remove it without a court order. Pure BS. I am done with that place.

Thanks for letting me vent.