Replica Coin Violation - What Says You?

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weerdsteev Pillar of the Community United States 1291 Posts	Posted 11/24/2013 8:45 pm Those of you who know me know that I sell a lot of restored Buffalo nickels on ebay. I just got an email from ebay telling me that they had de-listed a 1919-D nickel that I sold to a guy last night because it violated their replica coin policy. Aside from the fact that it doesn't make much sense to remove a listing after the item has been sold (I'm guessing they have a Time Machine...?) it honked me off that they even brought it up. 5 or 6 years ago they de-listed a bunch of my coins because describing them as "restored" was not adequate, in their judgment. They insisted that I use one of their "approved" descriptions for the coins. They offered me 4. The one I found the least offensive, and which I have used faithfully ever since, was "chemically altered". Now, according to the ebay representative I talked with, a "chemically altered" coin is synonymous with a replica coin. I tried to explain to him that if he would do a search on "restored Buffalo nickel" he would find hundreds of sellers and thousands of listing that needed to get this violation notification if this premise were true. So, let me ask you to put your feelings for restored Buffalo nickels aside and just comment on this: Replica coin violation, yes or no? Report this Post to the Staff

westernsky Pillar of the Community United States 7637 Posts	Posted 11/24/2013 9:08 pm "Chemically restored or acid treated" Buffalos have absolutely ZERO association with replicas and reproductions. Sounds to me like you got you one of those infamous offshore ebay reps that might speak English but does not understand English. (Yep, they do exist!) Report this Post to the Staff
weerdsteev Pillar of the Community United States 1291 Posts	Posted 11/24/2013 9:12 pm Sadly, however, it wasn't the offshore rep who pulled the listing... Report this Post to the Staff
basebal21 Bedrock of the Community 13014 Posts	Posted 11/24/2013 9:13 pm As far as a replica violation, absolutely not. It's still a Buffalo nickel whether or not you restored the date. To put it nicely they have some clueless people policing the listings the site is so massive. I had a listing removed telling me only pcgs Ngc anacs or icg could be used for graded coins. Makes sense, but since my coin was pictured in its pcgs slab and the listing repeatedly mentioned pcgs I already knew that lol. It's a good thing I could reply to their automatic email. I relisted it though and haven't had a problem with it sense. I suspect that if you just relisted it that person who doesn't know what they're doing may not find it again. Report this Post to the Staff
Bassmaster Pillar of the Community United States 1130 Posts	Posted 11/24/2013 9:22 pm No, they shouldn't have done that. One time, my dad had a catalytic converter listed, and it is illegal to put it on another car, but he had it listed for scrap only. The title even said for scrap only. ebay jerked it and said it had to be in a different category, apparently they didn't read the title. Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 11/24/2013 9:27 pm Absolutely not a replica. It's a legit U.S Classic issue coin with a restored date. I can't stand ebay but what else is there? swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
zxcccxz Pillar of the Community Canada 5417 Posts	Posted 11/25/2013 12:33 am Don't think its a mistake on your part you should ask to be be redirected to his manager. Report this Post to the Staff
hesgut Pillar of the Community 1028 Posts	Posted 11/25/2013 1:51 pm Something almost identical happened to me on ebay. I simply have no faith at all in their system or employees. I really doubt they have a "specialist" at all. I think they have someone who takes a brief look at any complaint levied at someone, then takes an equally brief look at the listing, and based off no knowledge or effort, makes a quick judgement....then goes to get some more coffee. Wasn't there a thread on this site about a year ago where a buyer incorrectly claimed a seller's bust dollar had a different amount of stars on it than what was indicated on the PCGS SLAB! The buyer won the case. You could make any sort of ridiculous claims you want to ebay and chances are they'll just go with it. Report this Post to the Staff
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