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Valued Member
United States
459 Posts |
Here's what happened. I bought a nice variety coin on ebay with "buy it now" Paid for it right away. About a 4 hours later got a note from ebay saying money was refunded as the coin was quote "apparently stolen from the coin shop and no longer available". Honestly I suspect the vender took a second look at the coin and changed his mind but of course there is no proof. What should I do? 1) call it a day and move on (leave no feedback) 2) leave (positive, neutral or negative)feedback with a note saying I was disapointed that coin was stolen before it could be sent. 3) other options... I would really like to have the coin and would be willing to pay many times what his buy it now price had been. I would offer him the extra cash but I can see that would put him in an awkward position...  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3733 Posts |
In that circumstance, I would just call it a day, weather stolen or sold earlier it is done and over, myself I would just move on and still leave positive feedback, as the seller did explain, and promptly refund your money.my opinion only..
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2124 Posts |
I would expect a personal message from the seller. Otherwise, I'd leave negative.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
500 Posts |
I'd leave negative. IMO too many sellers do this - claim the coin was already sold or could not be found when IMO at least some of it is seller's remorse instead. Unless they offer you some sort of discount or coupon to try to make up for their mistake, I think they deserve to be outed as having done this.
They need to be more cautious about listing coins that are already sold or pull them down sooner. And better about making sure the coin is still in their inventory before listing it. Too much sloppy salesmanship and unprofessionalism going on.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4596 Posts |
It happens, especially with larger dealers. I know a guy who routinely has 7-10K items for sale on ebay and he brings them ALL to coin shows. Some sell. It takes him a day to catch-up. If you really want it bad, follow the seller and setup a search for that item. If it pops up in the next few days, tell him how happy you are that they found it and would like to complete the sale. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3049 Posts |
Move on... don't bother leaving feedback positive or negative... it's a wash.. the transaction really never occured...
This coin may have legitamately been stolen.. you don't know! So to presume this individual would do this is not really fair..
It sucks b/c you wanted the coin you paid for the coin.. but didn't receive the coin.. you got your money back and fast... so to dwell on it is only posturing or promoting negative vibes...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2077 Posts |
If you see the seller relist the same exact coin, leave a negative. This is bad practice.
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New Member
Kuwait
40 Posts |
I would leave negative feedback, something like "coin was stolen and that the money refunded, seller had good communication too". It doesn't rate a positive feedback because the deal didn't go through. What if this is a common trend with this guy, how will anybody else find out?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3049 Posts |
If it was a common trend.. that would also mean the individual would be refunding a LOT of potential sellers $$ and NOT making sales....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7375 Posts |
I like your idea of leaving positive feedback with a note about the coin being 'stolen.' I think it's important to document the issue.
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Posted 05/19/2014 10:04 pm
