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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is it possible to add a picture to an auction after its close? If not, I obviously bid on the description and neglected the picture. It was a bit early in the day for me to be drunk ;) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...m=8424349115I wrote an email to the seller, pointing out his errors. But if the picture was there the whole time, I obviously bear ultimate responsibility. Thanks |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I dont know about adding pics after the auction closed,, but with free shipping and at the hammer price ,, you got lucky !!
Rick
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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it is not possible, heck its not even possible to add a picture after a bid has been placed and it not show on the auction page that the picture was added after a bid was already made
Edited by Bryan1315
06/23/2006 2:55 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Yes it is possible to change a picture after the auction is over. If you host the picture on your own site and use a URL in the ebay listing all you have to do is replace the picture on your web site with another using the same name. I have only had this happen to me once and since then I print all ebay items I bid on. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5953 Posts |
Texasmick based on your superb grading skills I have a bunch of MS80 Mercury dimes I could let you have for a few bucks each. |
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United States
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Yes I agree with Richard. Someone linked a pic. froma website to their auction without getting permision. The owner of the website swapped pics around and made it very embarassing for the e-bay seller.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I wasn't thinking of hosting a picture on another site, but what he was asking is.....if you can add a picture to a auction that had no pictures at all after it closes and the answer to that is still NO. Because even if you edited the descriptuon after someone bid on it to incluse a picture it would show in the auction that it has been added after someone bidded
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Thanks to all of you for the comments. Rick, I agree that $1.10 for an F-12 common Merc is a fair price. But it's not much of a bargain, and (shudder) I do look for bargains on ebay. In all honesty, my ebay strategy is thus: when I see MS-64, I bid for an XF and expect an AU. If I actually get an MS-62, I'm thrilled. If I don't win, no problem. But since the pic must have been there when I bid, I have nothing to complain about. In the past, I have asked CC's opinion on how to handle situations on ebay as I'm still new. I invite your take on this situation. My email to the seller follows. Edited by texasmick
06/23/2006 5:31 pm
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The pics were hosted by ebay, and therefore couldn't have been changed. Sounds like a blonde moment.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I invite your opinion.... quote:
Seller's description of item:
1939 Mercury Dime-D MS-64
This Precious Mercury dime Up For An Auction/ Come See!
This silver beauty has carefully taken cared of and ready to pass on to a new collector. There are light nicks and light scratches, but will not distract you from its silver colored luster.
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My email to the seller:
John, I received your dime and have a couple of things to say:
First, the USPS was not happy with the shipping. Your envelope bulged due to the packaging. As a result, they stamped it postage due ($.13) because of its non-standard size.
Second, did you add the pictures of the coin later, or were they there at the time of the auction? I would be very disappointed in myself if I had bid on this coin after seeing those pics.
The description of the coin in the title (MS-64) is completely inaccurate. Maybe you were just parroting what you've seen elsewhere, but MS stands for Mint State, which means uncirculated--pristine. The 64 actually means something too. Your coin is circulated, maybe Fine. It rates about a 12, not 64.
Also, you describe the coin as being minted in Denver; it was not. There is no mint mark, it was minted in Philly. You further describe the coin as having luster; it does not. Luster refers to the shininess of a mint state coin. It is absent from this coin.
Concerned
So am I a real big jerk? If you think so, go ahead and say it. I don't mind. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think you were too nice...
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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I looked at his first four sales and they are junk
I vendor with only 21 feedbacks who is selling junk
should not be trusted to know grading
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Australia
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What are you trying to achieve? You can tell the seller you are not happy and return the coin and ask for a refund. If it were a larger amount of money that is what I would do. Gee Whiz that coin is Not MS64 and not even a D Mint. The seller has got it all wrong.
He should refund your money with no arguement, and you return the coin.
If that happens, I usually leave positive feedback as the seller has done the right thing and made things good.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Originally posted by toast
What are you trying to achieve?
Good question. I suppose I'm trying to provide a little eductation and inflict a little shame. If this is a young person (as the handwriting on the envelope suggests), I'd like to see him change his behavior. Sometimes it's hard to imagine, but if you don't tell a kid what is right he might not know. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I would think the postage (plus the 0.13 he already had to pay for bad packaging) back to him would cost more than what he would be getting back from the auction, because chances are they will not refund postage and when you add in time and gas to go to the Post Office and the envelope, well I will just let you do the math because everyones time is a worth different to each individual.I know its not about the amount of money (spent or gained) its the princible behind it and if you feel strongle enough and think you were just mis-guided badly (even though the pictures were apparantly there when you made the bid) then send it back no matter what the cost. But if what you were trying to do is educate the individual I think your email was just fine
Edited by Bryan1315
06/24/2006 12:00 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi Texasmick Its an irritation for something like this to happen,and I can see where you would want to help the seller since he or she is pretty new to the ebay game,, I think the email is sufficient, Did you get a reply ? Rick |
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Posted 06/23/2006 2:28 pm
