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Locked
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I was just reading elsewhere about this listing. Someone questioned the seller about whether or not the listing was deceptive, by showing three coins in all the pictures but the price is only for one. The sellers response was, in a nutshell, "I've sold a million silver dollars since 1989 so I know what I'm doing."OK fine, lets do some simple arithmetic. 1989 was 21 years ago. 1,000,000 / 21 = 47,619 per year. 47,619 / 12 = 3,968 per month 3,968 / 30 = 132 per day 132 / 24 = 5 per hour Is anyone else buying that this guy averaged selling 5 silver dollars per hour (24 hours a day) for 21 years? Moral of the story: Be careful spewing random numbers while being cocky, some idiot might actually do the math.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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I HATE listings where ten coins or something are shown and then the fine print says "One(1) coin from this lot". It's deceptive and crooked. The seller knows it, and ebay knows it. So of course they do nothing. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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A million is just an arbitrary number, you can't take that LITERALLY! Most people can't even count to a million so I disregard what most people say.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2130 Posts |
I copied your math problem and sent it to the seller.  Let's wait to see what his reply is. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Business Kontact info seems a bit Konvoluted. I would have a hard time buying from this Daniel where ever he's from.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2602 Posts |
Wow, that listing is really confusing. I immediately thought I was getting all three and then you realize there is 1-3 you could buy, and even then I'm wondering oh he must have 3 lots of 3. I don't think he explicitly says anywhere you are getting only one of the three.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2130 Posts |
Here is his reply; Quote:
Dear chris12018,
I worked for a large modern coin company for 12 years and the numbers are true.
- icoinbiz |
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Valued Member
United States
426 Posts |
I hate listings like that too! Quote:
Dear chris12018,
I worked for a large modern coin company for 12 years and the numbers are true.
- icoinbiz Maybe he worked for good ol' HSN ha ha ha  Edited by RealPeso
11/08/2010 10:47 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Hmmm, I do not understand much German but I like his location: Bevery Hills, Kalifornia, Germany
Is this the part that says one?:
Wir garantieren fuer die Echtheir der von uns verkauften Muenzen
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Locked
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A million is just an arbitrary number, you can't take that LITERALLY! Oh no, he was dead serious. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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So you are talking an average of one bag of dollars a week. Sure I could believe that.
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Locked
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So you are talking an average of one bag of dollars a week. Sure I could believe that. A thousand a week for 21 straight years? Sorry, I'm not. I'd bet a dollar Heritage doesn't average a thousand silver dollars a week. |
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 United States
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That's great scubu!
Just another storyteller with a head the size of a hot air balloon.
A large modern coin company huh?
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Valued Member
United States
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funny but if you don't want something I was told to just move on and not say a word
funny that everyone says something different
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United States
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oh yeah for the record I am all about calling people out
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