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When many sellers list multiple coins, they will have consecutive photos of the obverses, followed by the same for reverses (presumably). If you're not very familiar with the coins, it can be very difficult to sort this out. Or sometimes all the coins will be in one photo for one side, but for the other side the positions are changed.
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Rest in Peace
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Trying to figure out what's your gripe. Many times lighting affects how a coin is photographed, especially if trying to point out the fine line detail or blemishes. If all pix are same, sure that'd be irksome, just some rookie sales gimmick ebay promotes,more pix it'll be better to sell, not really...product should do most of the selling itself, I just present it in best perspective. If it takes multiple pix for me to show all the attributable points on both surfaces, you will see multiple pix. Those who know the fine details look for that stuff, I do, don't you? My bigger pet peeve is those who try to sell a coin as that which it most certainly is not. Error coins. Listed as "Beautifully rosy toned Lincoln Cent" or those with absolute made up names as "the double strike coin" which is usually a vise job coin or those that are Mechanically doubled sold as a Listed source Hub doubling. I've taken to contacting some of these sellers, offering to help them identify a real error coin if they so choose since the wares they are hawking are all lies, hoping they may learn or at least remove false listings. Surprisingly, I have got some positive responses back from new folks who don't know any better yet but want to learn...twice, out of 40 or more. A start anyway... Edited by Crazyb0
10/09/2017 10:51 pm
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What I'm saying is some sellers make it hard to match the obverse pic with the one reverse pic that goes with it. I think it makes more sense to arrange the obv and rev of each coin in consecutive pairs. Sometimes you have to move to the right to find the other side of a coin and lose the first pics in the array as you scroll to the end. Also, if there is a group pic of one side of the coins and a pic of the other sides, I don't understand why some sellers transpose the rows or sometimes worse. These things can make it hard to match the sides for some coins.
I just saw a listing of 19th century Russian coins that I wasn't very well-versed on. I had a hard a time trying to match the pictures. I think that multiple pictures per se isn't a problem, but I do like to see more thoughtful arrangements. BTW I don't think this listing had multiple pics of each coin, but was still more tedious to study than it had to be.
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Yea, see what you mean. I always use Photoshop and put my coins on a side/side in same frame on CCF but have found on the bay they size it so small,they like it square. So yea, should at least mark each pix, 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B...If coins are by lot, I'd just put the two best Obv/Rev pix then describe it well,... ah, yea, forgot, people don't read the descriptions now do they...  Edited by Crazyb0
10/10/2017 01:54 am
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That arrangement is often presented by less well versed sellers, I believe.
If photos aren't great you have those that gamble on a nice coin from crummy photos, and those that move on quickly.
No one reads the description. Even for four and five figure coins.
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Not to take the thread too sideways, but I wish ebay would stop changing their software about every 3 days :-/ |
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Ed, even me, the computer illiterate, know that ebay et. al. who contain that delicious electronic info sought after by even every 15 yr old hacker wannabes, have to do that almost on a tri-daily basis. Its a wonder that more of these sites don't completely crash and burn for more time than they do already. Sites that "offend" the "whiners" are overloaded daily with 'bots causing most servers to lockup, that is the only safety feature available to stop a complete breach of firewalls. So, I'm quite thankful for a bit of "inconvenience" for not having the hassle of seeing my bank balance disappear in real time...again.  |
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The inability for sellers to leave buyers negative feedback. That is FAR AND AWAY my biggest pet peeve with them.
CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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I'm bumping this topic because one of my biggest ebay peeves (although it does give me the odd laugh!) is when coins are wrongly described, when PMD is called an error, or when common pocket change is described as 'rare'. I'd like to know whether other CCF members have ever contacted an ebay seller to tell them their listing had an error or that the coin they were selling was not as described or only worth face value - and what if any response they had from the seller... I've only once contacted an ebay seller about a misleading coin description. I was after a 1933S Walking Liberty half dollar, and saw one listed on ebay, but the photo with the listing showed a 1935S half dollar. I e-mailed the seller and got a very polite message back apologising for the error, stating that the coin for sale was a 1935S and it was a typo on their listing, which they then put right. But I've never dared contact some of the idiots who put things like circulated 1971 2p coins on ebay for thousands of pounds! |
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I had a similar experience, notifying the seller that he had the correct obverse for his listing (2007-W 1/4oz $25 platinum eagle) but the wrong reverse (the 1/10oz version, which he also had for sale in a separate listing). I also got a polite response and a corrective notice on the listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/202239623392 He wasn't able to remove the wrong photo ( ebay rules) but he also noted that in his update. This was an honest mistake by an educated seller. The people selling common coins for unrealistic prices, I wouldn't expect to respond so well. Let them learn their lesson the hard way (or if they succeed, let the buyer learn theirs). Sometimes, it's not worth the effort, certainly not mine. |
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Quote:I've only once contacted an ebay seller about a misleading coin description. I was after a 1933S Walking Liberty half dollar, and saw one listed on ebay, but the photo with the listing showed a 1935S half dollar. I e-mailed the seller and got a very polite message back apologising for the error, stating that the coin for sale was a 1935S and it was a typo on their listing, which they then put right. Honest errors do happen indeed. I once incorrectly labeled a 1915-D Lincoln Cent as a 1915-S, and wondered why no one ever made an offer on it. The coin was up on ebay for over a year. Then, a couple of months ago, I finally get an offer on it... and I shoot a couple emails back and forth with the person interested in it... and he asks me if I can get a clearer photo of it, because the mint-mark looked like a "D." So sure enough, I grab the 2x2 the coin is in, and it's a 1915-D! I immediately pulled it from ebay, and apologized the the person interested in it, of course. But boy, did I feel stupid! I'm guessing I labeled the coin late at night or something. CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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