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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by edweather
04/22/2016 2:18 pm
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Forum Dad
 United States
24180 Posts |
I pled my case for removal, we'll see.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
695 Posts |
It has disappeared already!
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
7375 Posts |
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I pled my case for removal, we'll see. Nice  Quote:
It has disappeared already! The items still show up for me. The seller is colewi_0. |
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Pillar of the Community
Poland
3201 Posts |
Zero items showing for me (while there was one first time I checked).
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Forum Dad
United States
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New Member
United States
28 Posts |
It's a new account -- member since April 11. I can understand being reluctant to buy from a seller who hasn't established a reputation yet, but I can't see any legitimate reason for ebay to remove the auctions. A policy that no new sellers are allowed would hardly make sense. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The only thing scary about new sellers is if they start out with items that are hundreds of dollars. I'm willing to try out almost anyone that has a $10 or so item even with some negative feedback. Just don't want to tie up $100 in a case.
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New Member
United States
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The only thing scary about new sellers is if they start out with items that are hundreds of dollars. I'm willing to try out almost anyone that has a $10 or so item even with some negative feedback. Just don't want to tie up $100 in a case. I'm not in a position to buy coins that cost hundreds of dollars, but I agree with you. If I were spending that kind of money, I'd be leery of an unknown seller. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Everybody has to start SOMEWHERE. But the red flags are red flags, whether the user has a score of 0 or 10,000...
There's just something about a scam listing that, 'smells' funny. Sometimes you don't even know WHY unless you go back over it carefully. "I'm not a coin collector, yet an obscure numismatic term is used correctly." Unsearched - yeah right. etc.
-----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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Valued Member
United States
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I try to live by "you cannot cheat an honest man". If I see something too good to be true, I warn the seller. If I get scammy responses, I run. I might run from some of [edit the listed items] upthread.
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04/23/2016 12:23 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
697 Posts |
Seller colewi_0 191852015594 exact same serial number 2 cent piece sold on Feb.22 371555061368Its 3:23am est. I gotta find something to do with my life! Seller colewi_0 191852061068 exact same serial number 1811 Half Cent piece sold on Apr.17 322078524689Its now 3:39am est. Whats on T.V. Edited by Goldflake
04/23/2016 03:40 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice detective work Goldflake. So the 2 Cent Piece sold on the 17th, and was listed again on the 19th by colewi_0. Wow, that's a fast turnaround. The 1/2 Cent was a BIN, so can't see if it was the same buyer. I'll take a wild guess and say, 'it wasn't.'
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Moderator
United States
54283 Posts |
I still see 5 active listings.
Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here)See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) |
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New Member
United States
28 Posts |
In four of the listings, the seller credits PCGS for the images: 'Coin detail information and example images provided courtesy of Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS). All Rights Reserved.' Two of those listings are for NGC-certified coins.
1) Why would you use 'example images' for a certified coin?
2) How likely is it that PCGS is using NGC-slabbed coins for 'example images'?
I've started following this seller in hopes of seeing the feedback on these auctions.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4594 Posts |
PCGS - but only PCGS - can get them taken down via DMCA take-down notices. I'm not sure what happens with a call to their customer service...
-----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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Posted 04/22/2016 2:32 pm
