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Pillar of the Community
United States
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ebay item 152072355258 1914 $10 Canada gold this guy wants $801K Canadian ! The GST alone how many of these could you buy? They must have some pretty wacky pot up there
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
9864 Posts |
Free advertising.
Just drawing attention to himself.
He'll get lots of looks at his other items.
Worked well didn't it.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
Edited by DBM
05/01/2016 10:53 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9395 Posts |
I wonder if the repeating 0101010 tells us anything? Could this value have been computed erroneously somehow?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
9864 Posts |
No, similar listings by this seller have appeared as subject of discussion on this forum before.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1601 Posts |
It does apparently come with a nice wood box  I agree with DBM. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5324 Posts |
It is a nice graded version, maybe 7 to 8 grand.
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Forum Dad
 United States
24154 Posts |
ebay version of "Make me an offer," nothing insane about it at all. Happens all the time.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2845 Posts |
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...similar listings by this seller have appeared as subject of discussion on this forum before.
Agreed. While it's understood that sellers occasionally make listing errors, this one has been listed and relisted too many times to believe it's simply an oversight. While it might be intended as a marketing ploy, tactics such as this reflect poorly on the general integrity of the seller and becomes a reason for buyers such as myself to avoid. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5324 Posts |
He would be better off to submit this coin to PCGS, there is a chance this unit might grade ms65 and become one of the best graded, then comes the big bucks but not quite 800 grand
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1211 Posts |
Marketing tactics reflect poorly on a person's integrity? Even when there is clearly no wrongdoing or victim here?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1949 Posts |
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tactics such as this reflect poorly on the general integrity of the seller What? I get that it may be annoying but integrity?  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1049 Posts |
The same seller is often using the same tactics on Kijiji, buyer beware of course, however, unfortunately some fall prey to such, perhaps during an impulse buy of sorts.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2845 Posts |
Yes in my opinion this sort of marketing tactic reflects poorly on integrity of the seller, although I appreciate others might not care. In my view, a seller who makes an intentional "mistake" on a listing is just as likely to make an intentional "mistake" in filling an order.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1949 Posts |
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In my view, a seller who makes an intentional "mistake" on a listing is just as likely to make an intentional "mistake" in filling an order. That seems to be a rather drastic leap... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Huh.
Gee, this seller asks 100x actual value on this one, so they are probably going to rip me off on their other items, therefore I will avoid at all costs = marketing fail
Gosh, this seller really has some high quality stuff! I should buy something from them! = marketing success
You decide.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Marketing may attract attention of potential buyers but it's doesn't automatically generate sales. This is hardly the venue for a lecture on virtues and maybe it's an age thing where ethics and integrity matter to some folks more than others. So I'll just say this..... Prior to the popularity of online selling, the difference between a successful salesperson and one who was avoided was in the way in which they related to their customers and their ability (or lack of) to create a business relationship based on trust and reliability. ebay isn't a whole lot different however the array of sellers to chose from is generally far more plentiful. Even buying at the very lowest price isn't always the only factor if a few more bucks offers a better chance of a no hassle purchase. Online, simply by observing a seller's listings and the words they write it's also possible to get some sense of who's behind the selling screen. Buyers are generally not inclined to buy from a seller if they have to wonder "Am I going to get ripped off?" which is the same reason why negative feedback is another topic of discussion. Definitely, for me ebay advertising including blatant hype and deception falls into is a red flag "stay away" category. That defines marketing success, not! As buyers, each of us make our own choices based on what they perceive to be the seller's principles, and this is mine... Edited by wildflowerAB
05/03/2016 10:20 am
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