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Valued Member
United States
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Help me out here-- are people foolish, greedy, or what? If there's a listing fee involved, why do some people continually put up auctions they know likely won't sell? Allow me to share some of my annoyances with e-bay auction archetypes I've seen since my time in the hobby. Please share yours here as well if you want to vent. 1) Vastly Over-valued Coins: Why do you have a common-date, mid-condition walking liberty posted for $15.00 with a $4.99 shipping fee? And if that one didn't sell, then why they heck did you spam e-bay with 100 similar auctions to coins you knew wouldn't sell? 2) Wow, look! 4 silver quarters right around melt value. It's in the picture and everything. Oh, wait...it's some goof hoping you don't read the fine print and realize its "one selected out of this lot". 3) Cool, a roll of silver dimes for only $85 shipped? What a country. That's only $20 over melt! 4) You know, nothing gets me like the gram-sized bars with the massive images and weasel text designed to fool some poor guy into thinking they're regular ouncers. Crooks. 5) The seller says he can't grade coins and has no idea. That must be why this everyday Franklin is listed for $20.00. After all, he honestly doesn't know the grade. Nope. No siree. Just looks like a $20 coin to him, honest. 6) You have two hundred listings for 60's era silver Washingtons that are $2.50 with $2.50 in shipping. But you do provide a deep combined-shipping discount, I see: a whole thirty cents off shipping each additional coin. I'm sure those coins are hand-couriered by brinks and delivered with a Russian supermodel as a bonus gift, not just dug out of the kids' sock drawer, wrapped in duct tape and shipped in an old condom wrapper. 7) Two....TWO tiny silver coin in a thirty-coin lot does not comprise a heading of "MIXED 30 COINS, WORLD SILVER, SILVER COINS!" And you know it! ARRRGGGHHH!  ARGGGHHH! Edited by TenSense
08/26/2010 12:51 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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 ... My sentiments exactly. |
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Valued Member
 United States
364 Posts |
Hey admins: My apologies for parking this in the wrong place initially. I didn't notice the subcategory :( Whoops!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
592 Posts |
WHY do people not factor shipping & handling into their bids? If a coin is worth $20 & cost $5.95 to ship, Are you not paying $25.95 for the coin? Many scrap morgans lately on the $5 or less tab are $19.00 to ship! There should be an ebay rule against excessive S&H. IMHO. |
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United States
380 Posts |
There is a rule and it is NOT enforced.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
592 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
592 Posts |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I love the, "1 ounce bar, solid .999 gold" with a BIN of only $79.99, only to open the listing and find that it is one of those 100 mill layered copper core 1 ounce bars with maybe 15 cents of actual gold.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
592 Posts |
Why is when I do not win a bid for coins ebay sends me: Save with these additional choices--no need to bid! 1879 S Morgan silver dollar PROOF REPRODUCTION 1879 P Morgan silver dollar PROOF EXACT SIZE-REPLICA -- I have never bought a copy or replica and I customize my searches to specifically exclude them. |
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New Member
Switzerland
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You see these listings in ebay because they are not properly filtered and the worst part is that some clueless person is going to bid and not read the fine print or factor in the shipping costs. There are auction sites dedicated to coins but I usually find that the fees are very high. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I recently had a clipped Jeff. pulled because some idiot said it looked like bolt cutters were taken to it. They said all clips were curved. WE are the "experts". I believe it's the number of complaints they get. I was still charged the insertion fee, which I haven't and wont pay. I got a collection agency(GC Services) on my back.
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Valued Member
United States
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I saw an 1855 trime on e-bay this week that I was going to bid on until I noticed the shipping was $9.50! How much can it cost to ship a trime, I mean the doggone things are minuscule.
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Pillar of the Community
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I liked the 1 Grain Gold Bar. I asked him the dimensions and he told me 1/2 inch by 1/4 inch but left out the thickness; probably Gold leaf with 1 gr stamped on it. It was still there last Friday.  |
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United States
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ebay where good times are had by all... NOT !!!!
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09/05/2010 12:03 am
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People like this are just trying the age old tactic of taking offers without stating a price by making the starting price so ridiculous it won't be taken seriously. Just hoping for a high offer. Billy Joe: "Hey that's really cool patio furniture you got there, is that out of an old Bonneville..."Joe Bob:
"Make me an offer I can't refuse and it's all yours!"Anyone here that says they've never done it is likely a liar.  They just don't realize it looks silly on ebay. |
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Posted 08/26/2010 1:08 pm
