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Pillar of the Community
United States
588 Posts |
I'm pretty sure I have seen this picture before and I don't think that this is the guy who took it. Besides he has 1 positive feedback. Who would bid over a thousand on that. I'm 99% sure that this post is fake.
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Moderator
 United States
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Link and pictures are always helpful 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2520 Posts |
Where's the pic? or listing?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
588 Posts |
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Valued Member
United States
436 Posts |
Once again, someone who would pay this much for an unslabbed coin not in hand is amking a mistake. He has a 30 day return policy, but it may take longer than that to get the coin back from a tgp. "Warning, Will Robinson..."
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2520 Posts |
I wouldn't touch it! NO feedback as a seller! As much as I Hate Paypal...at least they'll put a hold on the money and seller won't have access to it until after delivery is confirmed (3 days after delivery confirmation, 1 day after positive feedback is left or 15 days after auction ends). The buyer needs to get it authenticated quickly and not leave feedback until after!
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Valued Member
United States
183 Posts |
*sigh* "one never knows, do one?", to paraphrase an old broadway play lol. We all gotta start somewhere, after all I didnt always have 153 positive feedbacks, at one point I had one. Luckily its 100% positive :-) but I had a lot of trepidation moments, shall we say, on the way up. I'm playing Devil's advocate, but I think you all see the point. Fact: I messed up the first transaction here on the forum. To date its been the only transaction ON the forum. Of course it all ended up good (I sent the wrong item  but then corrected it). So that's 100% negative? Naw. In short, if the transaction is safe, what the hay, if you really want it you could end up with two people very satisfied, you with coin in haand and seller with one beeyooootiful feedback which will instill a lot of trust for future tranactions. That being said, remember: Caveat Emptor ! HTH Bruce
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2669 Posts |
Quote:But what are the chances she has the same coin as http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cent...db_cent.htm? Interesting.. it does look like the exact same pictures. And from the coinfacts page, that particular coin is graded - ICG MS-66, Red. That would have been slightly pertinent to the listing.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
elsjls, I was thinking the same thing- there is no way that seller took those pics, those are professional images. With the Coinfacts link, it is readily apparent that those are stolen photos and the seller has never had possession of the coin in question.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
588 Posts |
thats what I said all all along. I knew I saw the picture of this coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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588 Posts |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I tried to report this but what I got back from ebay was a blank email copy, as if no information was submitted. What I wrote was this under a couple different reporting choices. [eBayItem]180411508555[/eBayItem] The seller has stolen a PCGS image and claims to have taken the images himself on white paper and cropped them. You can see the Seller warrents the coin to be as pictured in the my messages exchange between a potential buyer and the seller. The coin he claims to be selling is property of PCGS and copied. This is blatant theft. A copy of this will be sent to my State Representative since you people are only interested in getting the commission and fees paid in Paypal. You do not help protect the buyer, you support the activity by allowing thousands of scams to be listed each day. See this page to see the obvious same image of the PCGS coin. http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cent...vdb_cent.htmImages courtesy of Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & CollectiblesThe rainbow toning on the right hand side is virtually a fingerprint detail which is unique, and if you were educated in numismatics, you could easily see other diagnostics in the coin that show it is unique to a certain production die.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
588 Posts |
i wrote to the seller. Saying that I will report him for selling a coin that doesn't belong to him. I got no answer and my question was deleted from the page of the auction.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
I wonder what someone will actually get if they win that.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
They will get a Lincoln Cent to prove the weight was sent, insured common coin. If it were me I would open it at the PO in front of a teller that would back me up.
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