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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I see it is a common practice under the "coin lots and collections" section on ebay to list a some coins along with a whole bunch of random items like baseball cards, stamps, silverware etc. What are your thoughts on these? Can they be good buys? I have not seen many coins worthwhile buying in them but the other items look interesting. http://www.ebay.com/itm/US-Coins-Lo...em234ea37eebEdited by buddy16cat
04/12/2015 6:05 pm
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New Member
United States
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It's all marketing. You'll almost never get good value bidding on these. Even though it doesn't say 'unsearched', the pictures are staged to put that thought in your head.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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"Un-searched is funny". Just because you didn't search doesn't mean someone else didn't. It is the first thing I do when I buy a lot. Just got 65 Indian heads, unfortunately only an 1868 as far as better dates and it went into my Whitman book.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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His photo is an APMEX silver bar so u can be sure u won't find anything good pm or coin wise |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1536 Posts |
Yeh, never see many decent coins in these. They would be better selling decent coins and throwing in some junk just for a bonus. I bought coins that included notes and just treated them like a bonus and didn't calculate them when coming up with a max bid.
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04/12/2015 6:34 pm
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Moderator
 United States
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Anyone who doesn't think they know precisely what's in those lots they're selling, are the customers they're looking for. Fortunately, you know better.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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IMO these are just a way for a very smart seller to try to sell the junk they have to a very stupid buyer who likely believes that there will be a find of a lifetime in one of these lots.
The seller knows exactly whats in these lots (nothing of any value) and will likely get many times their items worth from unsuspecting buyers.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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zxcccxz has a good point.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They kinda annoy me, I guess since I feel like they insult the intelligence of a buyer. The worse ones are the ones where everything fits in a certain container that makes you think they were found in there. Like property of Las Vegas Jail evidence bags from the 1950's with slabbed silver eagles lol. I would never bid on them, but they are the most annoying things for me to see.
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United States
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It's hard to insult something which, for many buyers, is merely a concept.
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Posted 04/12/2015 6:23 pm
