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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The auction ended Feb 6th, and he added the note about no 1916-D on Feb 3rd, so that left plenty of time for people to retract the bid. The ad is a bit misleading in terms of the title, but the no 1916-D is not exactly in fine print. It's clear right there in the description both the first time (-----LOT OF 15 (0 1916-1 1917-etc) and in the added description. If people would take the time to read the full description as they should, then these kinds of things wouldn't happen.
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United States
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I agree that the ad is intentionally misleading. If someone has buyer's remorse, I suspect ebay and PayPal will side with the buyer regardless of the late added disclaimer (which even acknowledges the title is misleading). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well he does offer a return policy so the buyer should be covered either way. But the point stands that people need to read the full auction description before bidding. In this case, it's not like the auction description is paragraph after paragraph or that the no 1916-D is buried somewhere in the fine print. It's pretty short and to the point and in all capital letters. I understood it right away as no 1916's based on the original description. The only thing that is confusing is the title but he clarified it twice in the description.
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That's pathetic, just say 1916, no need to add a "D" if there isn't one
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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At least there is a return policy
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United States
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I don't think he was trying to rip anyone off but it was a very poorly written ad. The first time I read it I saw 1916-1 1917-1 1918-1, to me it looked like there is one 1916 and one 1917, only after I re-read coinhunters post did I realize it was 0 1916-1 1917-1 1918 etc. To a lot of people it looks like the 1916 goes with the 1. He may want to take a little more time on the rest of his sales to make them clear.
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He knew what he was doing.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
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He knew what he was doing. I don't think so, at least he was quick to point out his own inexperience and add there was no 1916-D. This is a very good example of why a seller should always proof read his listing BEFORE uploading it to ebay. Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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To those saying he intentionally wrote the listing as such to be purposely deceptive, you may want to watch your choice of words. You're accusing a seller of something he may be not guilty of, and therefore could be doing something that could be considered libel (similar to slander which is a spoken word). Keep that in mind when talking about sellers on here as you not only put yourself at risk for possible legal action, but also the CCF website.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Why did he list mintmarks in the title, but no mintmarks in the description?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I have to agree that I don't think he was trying to mislead or worse. It looks like a mistake that he tried to rectify. If you look at his feedback history he has about zero experience with coins. I'm not sure if it would have cost him, but he should have killed the auction and re listed it with a correct title description.
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Once you list an auction and someone bids on it, you can not change the title. I have messed up the title in a couple of my own auctions and found out the hard way you cant fix it. Nothing like this one, but never the less, you cant do anything about the title. He rectified the post in a clear and concise manner. And, as pointed out, with plenty of time for folks to back out. NOT purposeful.
To say he knew what he was doing is foolish.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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At least this one didn't say UNSEARCHED.
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Pillar of the Community
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If it was an honest mistake, couldn't you pull the listing and re-list it ? I've seen wayyyyy too many listings to think it was a mistake to put 1916-D in the title.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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I have no idea what the intent of the seller was. I just found it interesting and thought I'd share. I personally would have pulled the auction and re-listed, but that's just me.
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Posted 02/06/2012 03:59 am
