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Valued Member
Sweden
135 Posts |
I have watched this guy for the past several months sell counterfeit after counterfeit (Mostly Swedish and Norwegian coins). I've reported numerous auctions, but they never get pulled. People are seriously getting ripped off. Seller's profile - http://www.ebay.com/usr/niki_coins |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1812 Posts |
It is my personal experience that ebay does not care if their listings are fake or real.. I no longer bother to contact them, and figure if bidders want to purchase counterfeit coins or fake errors, who am I to interfere with their learning experience... If you're 100% positive it's a counterfeit, don't bid on it unless you think you can bring him down by purchasing the coin, then complaining about it to both the seller & ebay... ***I would just ignore the seller and move on*** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
992 Posts |
Below the listing is a Question and Answer area. Just ask the question, "This coin appears to be fake. Will you refund my money if I take it to another dealer and they tell me it's a counterfeit?"
That will keep some folks from bidding, no matter what his reply is.
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New Member
United States
28 Posts |
I'm pretty sure the seller decides if the question gets posted to the item or not.
Edited by DavidS
08/02/2015 08:00 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1812 Posts |
@paxbrit ~ I can't count the number of times I used the ask the seller option, and not one time did the seller post my question unless it was in his/her favor.. ebay should post all questions asked, and let the seller reply. |
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Valued Member
 Sweden
135 Posts |
It doesn't post the question for all members to see, just the seller. For the curious, he did respond to me. Pretty much sums it up unfortunately. Buyer beware I guess.
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Sorry, but I'm not 100% sure that these coins are original.
Unfortunately, I am not an expert and I can not define is it a copy or an original.
I've bought these coins in a large job lot with much more norwegian and scandinavian coins. I've spent about 5000 USD, it's less than the market price, so probably some coins are copies.
Yes, sure, I will make a refund in that case.
Niki
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Forum Dad
 United States
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Quote:It is my personal experience that ebay does not care if their listings are fake or real.. Guess you haven't been paying much attention around here the last three months. Quote:
for the past several months sell counterfeit after counterfeit Show me a coin he's selling that's counterfeit and tell me why. I looked at the several listings he got negs for and nothing screams at me, but I'm certainly no expert on Norwegian coins. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5394 Posts |
See his current listings all have that same washed out look .Laughable counterfeits.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7620 Posts |
If you go to a coin show and see a dealer selling counterfeits do you confront him on the spot, report him to the bourse chairman, or just pass him by and move on? You can do the same thing with ebay. The Internet is still a Wild West show where "buyer beware" rules. Do your homework and report the listings as counterfeit. Let ebay deal with it. Let them decide whether to confront the seller and pull the listings. |
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Forum Dad
United States
24161 Posts |
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See his current listings all have that same washed out look. Laughable counterfeits. Which can make him a lousy photographer. Plus the coins are in capsules. "Washed out look" does not translate to "laughable" in my book. I need more to report him to my guy, I can't just say "They look washed out," sorry. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5394 Posts |
Don't worry I reported all of his listings earlier. This seller is a joke and I have 100 per cent confidence that these are counterfeits he is listing. We had dealings with similar Norwegian coins about three years ago and .....surprise they pretty much looked the same. Once you have seen a few that are real these are truly quite laughable. I will stake my 40 plus years as a professional numismatist that those 24 skillings are straight out of China and not Oslo.
Edited by Pacificoin
08/03/2015 8:49 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1666 Posts |
These aren't Chinese counterfeits. They have a distinct appearance and crudeness that is consistent among Eastern European counterfeits. This is also a common tactic of mixing cheap, circulated genuine coins with fakes of more expensive ones.
Bobby... if you need a distinctive, objective reason - these coins have problems with the depth of details/relief. Like, dips in the design details go much too deep or are far too wide. Compare to a genuine example and the difference stands out immediately.
Very common sign of transferred designs on fakes from this region.
Edited by Numismat
08/03/2015 11:26 pm
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Valued Member
Sweden
135 Posts |
Nice. All of his listings are now gone.
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Pillar of the Community
France
1591 Posts |
bobby131313 : what's new here, did things changed ? As you may be aware, I'm running a facebook group dedicated to fake spanish & latin-america coins (contemporary counterfeits, but also crap from sellers) - we have stopped reporting anything as it was worthless. How shall documented reports be made now ? (the group is here : https://www.facebook.com/groups/monedafalsa ) |
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Forum Dad
United States
24161 Posts |
I have had an inside contact for many months that for the moment I cannot share. I spent over half a day with an ebay exec in January and explained the problem with the CCW going away. We are working hard together to get something back in place for public reporting but its a slow process. Just FYI, the coin and stamp category managers had no idea the dropping of the CCW was coming. They were not even consulted on the matter. They were completely blindsided. |
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Pillar of the Community
France
1591 Posts |
Thanks A LOT for working on this with them (and confirming nothing was prepared there . that's just another odd move in a very small part of a big corporation).
I understand the "buyer beware" rule, but there still has to be something in order to avoid scams (I remember last year, after many notices we couldn't stop a Mexican seller for listing coins from the Millenia collection, and having peoples bidding on them . all the auctions did end with high biddings).
I hope Robert is involved in the process / discussion :)
The sticky on my group still says to report using "report an item", -> prohibited / restricted -> stamps & currencies & coins -> replica
I'll leave it that way, I suppose it's the best way for now (I've removed the ccw link since it was dismantled).
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