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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by rockdude
01/11/2009 12:31 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1179 Posts |
Wow, that sucks. The listing is correct I suppose, he did say BOX ONLY. The people bidding were not very smart imo.
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Valued Member
United States
205 Posts |
That's one expensive empty box! Hopefully the buyer realizes it before sending money.
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Moderator
 United States
23522 Posts |
*sigh*
You can lead a horse to water....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5318 Posts |
Wow...there's no sense to that, unless people use those boxes to sell silver-plated clad quarters?  Whenever I see an empty box bringing big $, I think of some scam.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
464 Posts |
Wow.... I have never seen such a high price for a box... Except for empty boxes for older Canadian Specimen sets. Maybe this price reflects the true market value? How much is a 1999 proof set worth these days?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1219 Posts |
Now I don't know the first thing about e-bay. but whats with all the astericks on all 24 bidders? Is this to hide bidders names till auction is over?
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Forum Dad
United States
24155 Posts |
I sold a post-war Lionel Anniversary set empty master carton once for around $1200, but that made sense.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1116 Posts |
it says in the item headline proof set box and in the description it says box only I dont understand some people thats why you have to read the whole item description.
the seller did nothing wrong it is described as what it is a box.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Pillar of the Community
Poland
3201 Posts |
OK it says 'box only' in caps, and the description is only one line long, so it's quite hard to miss..
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Valued Member
United States
314 Posts |
The seller should of put no coins but they did put BOX ONLY. Some buyers don't pay attention at all.
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Moderator
United States
23522 Posts |
I really can't fault the seller for this one. "BOX ONLY" is pretty conclusive. Greasy, maybe, but unequivocal.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3499 Posts |
Gah that is terrible. This actually happens quite often, and not just in the world of numismatics. I remember about 8 years ago or so, when a Playstation 2 was a really hot commodity, that people were bidding nearly $1000 for empty PS2 boxes. And the dealer explicitly said "BOX ONLY!" I guess a lot of people really just bid without really thinking.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
588 Posts |
would 1999 with the coin cost that much?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1228 Posts |
The seller probably sent them in for gradeing if it had the quarters in it it would sell for $400 for that set on ebay hopefully the buyer nows that |
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Posted 01/11/2009 12:40 pm
