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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Check this coin out over on E-bay.  Look at the price so far! 2003D 2 headed Jefferson nickel? Someone is going to be burned real bad (IMHO) if this turns out to be a fake , AKA " Magicians coin"! etc. * I checked the sellers return policy- Buyer has 7 days to return it for money back refund. Thank goodness! I have a feeling the buyer is going to need it!* http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...tab=WatchingEdited by chuckster 125
04/24/2009 01:17 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2049 Posts |
Wow....now the $822 question....will he honor the return policy?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have a much nicer 82 P in AU or BU trick coin like this. I bought it for 5 bucks I think on ebay and it's even a better date! This seller was pretty slick with the found in roll approach and the buyer should have come here a long time ago to save 800.00 dollars and learn about errors. A ways back we used to be able to contact the highest bidder. I would like to warn them but ebay will take all the fees they can get. Now they have the name hidden. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I wrote to the seller. Can you actually live with yourself taking 800 some dollars for a 5 or 10 dollar trick coin?
I would like to know.
See these items on ebay which is exactly what you have.Item number: [eBayItem]370185100268[/eBayItem] Item number: [eBayItem]350192510456[/eBayItem] Item number: [eBayItem]250403373465[/eBayItem] At least the shipping was free. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I emailed the seller as well, and complained to ebay. We all know ebay gets their cut so it's over with. Blocking people from emailing bidders was one of their worst moves. Now there's no way to warn a buyer off. I had copies of my two emails sent to my email, but guess what? not one email from ebay, so it's painfully obvious they want to meet their bottom line (profits) and to heck with the people actually making them rich, the buyer's. ~ JimUPDATE: reply from seller: Dear lazarus24,
The coin was not sold, I communicated with the buyer and settled on non-payment, I checked the coin out through a website another ebbay member sent me, since I couldn't end the auction early, I contacted the last bidder and explained the deal situation to him, coin will not be sold, I hold my head up high and pride myself in being an honest seller, I found the coin in a bank roll, I said "wow" my dreams come true, but it wasn't so, thnx for your concern Edited by Jim Archibald
04/24/2009 4:54 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I got the same reply basically.
The item was not sold, I had help from another ebayer on where to find the coin and how it was made, I contacted the last bidder and explained it to him, the coin will not be sold, I hold my head up high and pride myself in being honest, I found the coin in a bank roll, the matter has been resolved the coin did not sell.I thought it was authentic, but I guess it wasn't, no one lost their money, thnx for your concern
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Pillar of the Community
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Blocking people from emailing bidders was one of their worst moves. Now there's no way to warn a buyer off.  I don't understand ebay's decision here because it essentially circumvents the strength of an online community. Perhaps it's about... money?  Still good to see that honest collectors prevailed here. Well done--and creds to the seller.  |
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This is all good unless of course the seller is lying... but perhaps I'm a bit too skeptical. But, I am always skeptical of anything surrounding ebay. It is far too easy to commit fraud with no consequences of any sort. I've had a number of pleasant transactions there over the years, with some very honest people, but in my line of work I've also seen literally hundreds of people get defrauded with no recourse-- and ebay is basically complicit in their plunder. |
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I need to agree, unfortunately. We have no way to actually prove his email is factual. Add to that $821.95 profit, and it sure gets questionable. All I can say it I sincerely hope that he turned out to be honest. ~ Jim
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United States
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I am not a fan of most ebay rules but the one about emailing bidders makes sense. Suppose there is a rare coin for sale and one bidder is going after it. Suppose he emails another bidder or has someone else do it to bad mouth the seller or the item. It may cause bidder number two to bid less or not at all and bidder one gets the coin in a crooked fashion for less money. From our viewpoint, being able to warn a bidder about a fake is a great thing but from that other perspective, it can be used to make ebay even more difficult. Edited by foundinrolls
04/25/2009 1:49 pm
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Rest in Peace
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This was a good thing you all did. Great job! Hopefully the seller is honest.
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Bedrock of the Community
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We shall see in the feedback later what has actually happened, if we want to look I bet.
I lean a probably 70/30 in favor of believing the seller did not take the money since they have good feedback already and he actually responded to a couple messages, mine was rather harsh too.
I must admit,I was wrong, maybe I could have used better words, and still got the point across, but he did reply with some composure after being bashed by me.
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