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Just received some package from falcon coin company....similar to what littleton coin company does... sends a package of coins, a catalog, and a billing statement saying I owe them $10 and have 20 days to decided if I want to buy the coins or not.
how do they actually know if I even received the coins or not? they don't put delivery confirmation on the packages to track where and when they end up. what happens if I dont pay? I have to pay return postage if I send them back. so dumb!
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Curious, what did the send?
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1 korean gorilla coin, come other coin with a hole in the middle, and 2 other foreign coins I cant think of. the invoice states the coins cost $10. but they sent me a $5 coupon too so its only $5 I need to send. I don't collect foreign coins and why should I be responsible to send their coins back and pay the postage?!?!
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cool. so I get to keep it?
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cool. so I get to keep it? As long as it can't be construed that you in any way "asked" for those coins, yes. |
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1 korean gorilla coin, come other coin with a hole in the middle, and 2 other foreign coins I cant think of. the invoice states the coins cost $10. but they sent me a $5 coupon too so its only $5 I need to send. I don't collect foreign coins and why should I be responsible to send their coins back and pay the postage?!?! If the hole is square, the coin may be Chinese. If the hole is round, the coin may be Japanese. |
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the coins are a Korea 1/2 chon, a Mozambique 20 centavos, a Philippines 5 sentimo, and a Bangladesh 10 poisha
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I wonder how they got your address?
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I wonder how they got your address? From data miners. Companies will sell address if youve signed up with them. Google and FB are real bad about it. I'm sure theres other ways to do it but ever notice how ads you go to on every web page seem tailored towards things you like, thats why |
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i signed up for a catalog...said nothing about receiving any coins with the catalog. catalog was free..
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Finders keepers. :-)
I'll bet if you read the fine print that those coins are defined as "free samples" somewhere just to cover their collective [ahem]s legally.
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Thank you so much for that link SuperDdave. I've been arguing that point with people for so long and no one believes me. I printed this out and think I'll flood my area with copies. Littleton does this all the time to people. |
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-_- I just got one from falcone put a stamp on it and sent it off, it came back saying that it wasnt a valid stamp(managed to peel off the stamp (un stamped) they sent it to me on) Put a real stamp on it. Frustrated all I asked for was a catalogue
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i signed up for a catalog...said nothing about receiving any coins with the catalog. catalog was free.. That's why I said this: Quote:
As long as it can't be construed that you in any way "asked" for those coins Did you happen to see any link to a "Terms of Service", anywhere? Was there a block you had to check during your signup stating you agreed to their Terms of Service? That's a very common practice when you sign up for stuff on a website, and if you checked a block like that you probably agreed to having them send you coins. In which case, you can't keep them. I hit their website, and saw no mention whatsoever about a "catalog." In fact, they don't even have an online ordering system or *any* kind of signup - you have to email them for everything. He doesn't even take credit cards. They totally do not look like the "coins on approval" type. |
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Posted 09/17/2012 6:42 pm
