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Valued Member
United States
132 Posts |
Hopefully craigslist is allowed on here. A guy within a few hours of my place is buying coins. Read the ad and tell me what you think. Personally, I'd pay more than what he offers, but I just want to see at what cost others buy coins on CCF from clearly knowledgeable people. http://muskegon.craigslist.org/wan/3583415882.html"So, you got an old beat up silver dollar, I'll gladly pay you $20. If you got a 1921 Peace silver dollar, I'll gladly pay you double (probably more), because of the rarity." No duh! I'd pay a lot more than that, say $25 to $30 minimum for a silver dollar plus obviously a lot more for the 1921. But who really doesn't have Internet and can't find values? Older people..who I guess are more likely to have silver dollars. Thoughts? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5202 Posts |
He's looking for a sucker who has a shoe box full of coins. APMEX is paying closer to what you would pay. If it was me I personally would pay under melt (like this guy is trying to do) unless it was something I needed as I prefer to get my silver for face value out of searching rolls so it is hard for me to justify paying money for 90%. Silver Eagles are a different story. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3167 Posts |
Sounds like he is trying to make himself sound good. If he really did it out of the goodness of his heart, I doubt he would be flaunting about it.
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Pillar of the Community
United Arab Emirates
557 Posts |
 There may be some people that fall for this type hype, then there are those that see it for what it is. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1511 Posts |
I hate seeing people do this... Drives me mad, if its bad enough I usually email them telling them what I think or if I'm feeling really diabolical I'll email back and forth pretending to know nothing about coins.. Such as "I have a shoe box with large $1 coins from the late 1800's, they say.... And most have a CC on the back a few have an S...ya, $20 each sounds great, thanks alot!"..... Lol, and set up a time/place to meet and blow them off.. Hopefully they waste the money they ripped some little old lady off on the gas they waste...  did I mention that ads like that drive me nuts? Lol |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3167 Posts |
And you have every right to do so  |
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Valued Member
 United States
132 Posts |
LOL Nathan, that's awesome. I have enough coin collectors putting ads around, and many pretty much follow these same lines...
"I'll buy your coins for a better price than anyone else, and I won't rip you off! At least, not worse than they would have!"
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Valued Member
United States
220 Posts |
This guy has been on craigslist for a while now. Everytime I see that ad it bugs me. He's close enough to me that I could almost spit on him.  |
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Pillar of the Community
917 Posts |
Wow! Thats a little too close for comfort for me!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
If they don't have the Internet and can look of values where the finding craigslist?
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Valued Member
United States
287 Posts |
Honestly doesn't look too bad to me. You know what most we buy gold shops will give you for that Morgan dollar? Probably in the neighborhood of $12....so this guy offering $20 is certainly better. No, he can't have mine at that, but he is offering more than a lot of people sell theirs for. Point is, yeah he is a bit low, but I wouldn't call him a scammer. My aunt took some sterling flatware to a buy gold place not long ago and they offered her 25c per gram when melt value was over 80c! now that is a scam! I had her mail it to me, got 90% of melt for it, and gave her all but 10% of the money.... they also offered less than half of the melt value on some nice gold jewelry....I told her to run away! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
I'd keep away from Craigslist when it comes to buing or selling anything if a larger than a few dollars are concerned. Just to many horror stories.
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Valued Member
United States
197 Posts |
If you're a buyer, it's "junk." If you're a seller, it's "classic." LOL
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1770 Posts |
ha that ad made me laugh plus the fact hes pretending hes so busy its like youre getting a steal haha
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1339 Posts |
The shame of it is,, It's just another sign of our times!!!
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Posted 03/27/2013 7:55 pm
