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Pillar of the Community
United States
2600 Posts |
Unbelievable, Fed X for me from this point forward. So sorry about the coin, hope you at least get your money back.
Jim
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Perhaps what bothers me is that there might be some thief collectors that know what expensive coins are. If those coins are graded, there should be a network of reported stolen slabbed coins - slab numbers are good but if the thieves are smart enough to crack them out and reslab them, that's another story.
I guess the moral of the story is to ask the seller to pack extremely well and well concealed. If the seller is known to be a huge volume coin seller, you might want to ask him if he can find someone else to send it for him or get another address - I swear this is just the tip of an iceburg.
My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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Valued Member
United States
280 Posts |
Just a quick question, was this sent via Registered Mail. There is no substitute for the security of registered mail.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3234 Posts |
Usually when I sign for something they assume everything is okay and just ask me to sign and not ask me to look at the package first. I usually don't look at the package first. Now, I think I will from now on. I'm sorry to hear that. I hope it works out, but it will probably take quite awhile.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3343 Posts |
I had some lost insured PO items a few months ago, which eventually turned up. The same thing happens with held mail all the time.
But I've never had anything opened up like that. Opened by a machine, they say? I'd say it was opened by a tool.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That really is lousy. And with a little over 1 million minted it is not a coin easily replaced. Then naturally the loss of the money. You stated the edge was appeared to be torn open. If so, common trick of postal employees if they suspect coin(s) are in a package of envelope. Even in a crowded room a fast flick of that would make the coin(s) pop out the edge. I always place any coin in between two pieces of cardboard, tape to the inside of the package or envelope. Of course that doesn't help now.
Wonder if it is being sold or spend at change. Hope you get your money back.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Unbelievable, Fed X for me from this point forward.
That's fine but just remember, Fed-Ex will not insure coins so if something disappears your completely out of luck. And you should see one of my 1793 chain cents. I own the infamous Fed-Ex chain cent. A nice coin, fairly decent surfaces, detail of a Fine-12 (Probably an EAC VG-8, possibly a 10). It's previous owner shipped it to a buyer via Fed-Ex. Somewhere along the way it got caught in a moving belt. Now from 12:00 to 3:00 and about a quarter of the diameter it looks like it got drug along a concrete sidewalk, a rough sidewalk. Fresh abraded copper. And since it was Fed-Ex, sorry no insurance. The owner had to eat the loss. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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If those coins are graded, there should be a network of reported stolen slabbed coins
That's really not a bad idea. Speaking of which the serial number was 13955179. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1691 Posts |
Another good reason to "go postal"
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Valued Member
United States
189 Posts |
This is very scary stuff,I just started buying from ebayand because I live in an apt USPS was easier for deliveries, right in the mail box.Things that require signatures,UPS,FED EX etc, I wind up going to their office an pick up my self. At some point all of our deliveries are handled buy what could be unscrupulous people.I guess insurance is the only answer. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
651 Posts |
Wow, thanks for the lesson learned for checking pkgs before signing. Too bad it had to happen to you.
Whoever did it is an ... well as you said before we can't say those words.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That's really not a bad idea. Speaking of which the serial number was 13955179.
It doesn't hurt that's for sure. The only problem is so few people ever look at that. And then so many just break out the coins from slabs anyway. I know I've never looked at a number on a slab and since I break all coins out for albums, one like yours would just pass by. There is always the possibility though. Good luck.
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Posted 10/19/2007 09:13 am
