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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
 I'm sure ancient Rome had some variation of this scam too. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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 - is there no end to how many lies people will tell to shift stuff on ebay! A better title would be 'only searched 7 times for anything rare, interesting, high quality or attractive - in fact anything but the slugs and the common coins (always shown at end of rolls!) have been removed' |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Let's see... The seller says Quote:
However coins in each roll are unexamined and then says Quote:
Condition of coins vary but most are about good to fine or so unless otherwise mentioned in title of this auction. Since this guy has determined the grade of the coins without examining them, he could make a fortune! I can see it now... Dial a Grade Coin Service. You call him, tell him what your coin is, and he can tell you the grade without seeing it! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4253 Posts |
SAD! Very Sad.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2269 Posts |
I have been seeing these lately with silver modern coins placed in Cent rolls. I cannot believe someone is actually doing the same thing with an ancient Roman Bronze. It just proves that no matter how low someone can go, there is always more room to go even lower. I wonder why ebay is not doing anything to stop this ludicrous behavior. |
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 United States
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I can't believe someone actually fell for this and bought it.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
The person who won the auction only has 1 feedback. Either a extremely stupid newbie of more likely, shill bidding is involved here.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
838 Posts |
This is quite possibly a shill bid; however, the seller doesn't even need a shill since he can construct the rolls after seeing the winning bid!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You've got to be kidding me....  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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he can construct the rolls after seeing the winning bid! Very good point--and ebay should simply ban sales of items without pictures. We all know that some bank didn't roll these coins--buyer beware! |
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United States
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Man, I knew I should have asked you guys before I bought that roll! I thought I was getting a deal! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
937 Posts |
So I checked his other auctions and it looks like he really is selling a number of rolls that are a mix of Lincoln cents and roman ae4's. This isn't just a one-shot random one-off item. Holy cow! Either that or they're all just Lincoln pennies and Lincoln is a lot older than I thought...
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I wonder if the banks will ever put unsearched rolls on ebay?  |
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Posted 05/06/2012 9:39 pm
