Posted 03/29/2009 8:30 pm
I'd divide the ancient coin sellers on ebay into five categories:
- Genuine sellers of genuine ancient coins.
- Genuine sellers who occasionally slip up and let a fake coin through.
- Clueless people who genuinely don't know whether their coins are fake or not, but are prepared to learn and acknowledge their mistakes.
- Clueless people who, when told their coins are fake, choose to ignore this advice and sell them as genuine anyway.
- Fakemasters who have found ebay to be an excellent avenue for mass-marketing their fakes.
Pick an ancient coin for sale on ebay at random and you might get any one of these catgories of sellers. The first three categories will almost always give a full refund for a fake coin sold by them. Judging from the discussion there on CFDL, this particular seller is either category 4 or category 5.
The folks at CFDL tend to jump on anybody they spot selling a coin they think is fake, but for this specific seller, multiple mentions on the CFDL list is sufficient warning to steer clear of them.
The FORVM fake seller list is another good source of bad sellers.
I'd advise beginners in ancients collecting to steer clear of ebay if they can help it, at least until they know how to avoid the worst scammers.
- Genuine sellers of genuine ancient coins.
- Genuine sellers who occasionally slip up and let a fake coin through.
- Clueless people who genuinely don't know whether their coins are fake or not, but are prepared to learn and acknowledge their mistakes.
- Clueless people who, when told their coins are fake, choose to ignore this advice and sell them as genuine anyway.
- Fakemasters who have found ebay to be an excellent avenue for mass-marketing their fakes.
Pick an ancient coin for sale on ebay at random and you might get any one of these catgories of sellers. The first three categories will almost always give a full refund for a fake coin sold by them. Judging from the discussion there on CFDL, this particular seller is either category 4 or category 5.
The folks at CFDL tend to jump on anybody they spot selling a coin they think is fake, but for this specific seller, multiple mentions on the CFDL list is sufficient warning to steer clear of them.
The FORVM fake seller list is another good source of bad sellers.
I'd advise beginners in ancients collecting to steer clear of ebay if they can help it, at least until they know how to avoid the worst scammers.
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