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Valued Member
United States
441 Posts |
I found this link to a Chinese website advertised through ebay. The coins are clearly unmarked as copies but they advertise them as copies. A legal way to sell forgeries for the purpose of reselling as authentic Morgans. SMH. *** Staff Edit - No need to advertise it here either. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7390 Posts |
Maybe not a good thing to post that specific link here. If you can though, please post a link to the specific ebay listing promoting this site? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7618 Posts |
Most likely it was not tied to a specific listing but was in a banner ad scrolling across the ebay splash page. Very annoying advertising. |
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Valued Member
United States
171 Posts |
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Valued Member
United States
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A legal way to sell forgeries for the purpose of reselling as authentic Morgans. Nope, nope, nope. If the coins aren't stamped, they're not legal to sell in the U.S. Hobby Protection Act requirements. It is designed to help prevent unmarked counterfeits from being resold as genuine. Yes, you can advertise them as copies or replicas, but what (other than a "COPY" stamp) is to prevent them from being resold later as genuine? |
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Moderator
 United States
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Nothing legal about it. In fact, ebay violates the Federal Trade Commission Act by even allowing it. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7390 Posts |
If that was a banner ad on ebay I don't know what to say. I'm literally shocked. That would be a monumental slap in the face by ebay on par with hillary's comment about snapchat |
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Valued Member
 United States
441 Posts |
Apologies. I posted this to show that ebay is allowing this practice; not for unethical sellers to buy from it. I am new to the site still and felt people should be aware. It bothers me since I occasionally purchase Morgans through the bay. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7618 Posts |
I think it works sorta like this: If you ever type in key words like "coin", " Morgan dollar", "silver bullion" etc into the major search engines they 'remember' where the search came from and will target advertisements to that device (computer, laptop, phone, whatever) that you used. The sellers will buy a specific number number of targeted ads and the ad companies (along with the search engines) happily deliver them to the targeted users. That's how search engines make a lot of money. It is very annoying though. |
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Valued Member
United States
441 Posts |
If anyone knows who I can report this site to, please post on here and I will follow through to report it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2233 Posts |
Preferably either the FBI or the Secret Service.
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Valued Member
United States
441 Posts |
I'm going to contact ebay first because I just found an ebay seller who is selling this website's fake Morgans. I may have to contact the FTC next. |
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United States
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Posted 08/18/2015 10:08 am
