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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Greed ! They are hoping to hit the lottery, which is ok, but when they get a fake, they'll bad mouth ebay. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I just reported it for using stock photos. Of course, their coin is not genuine either but that is hard to prove with tiny thumbnail pictures.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The fact that he is saying that it looks fake to him and then trying to play it down a little leads me to believe he is trying to cover his butt in case the feds come after him.
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Valued Member
United States
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sometime a gamble can pay off, you see it happen all the time. biokemist6 if you look all over ebay hundreds of sellers are using stock photos regardless of what ebay rules are. Just in the coin section alone you will see that many |
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If you are using stock photos, you are just shady IMO.
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I can agree to a certain extent on that but if your selling tons of coins by weight (silver) I doubt you want to take 100's of pictures but I stay away from those for the most part as I like to know what I'm getting.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Using stock photos for a pile of generic face value silver bullion is one thing, using a stock photo for a very rare and valuable die variety is another matter entirely. Most would call that fraud...
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Pillar of the Community
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Obviously the coin is most likely a fake but I doubt the seller has bad intentions, IMO he is just an uninformed person who doesn't know anything about coins.
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Pillar of the Community
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He also has actual photos of the coin, but they aren't the best close ups.
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Pillar of the Community
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but I doubt the seller has bad intentions, IMO he is just an uninformed person who doesn't know anything about coins. i don't think this is the case. He knows enough to realize it's fake or most likely fake. I also find it extremely unlikely he wasn't able to get a good picture or scan of the coin and that's the reason why he couldn't first post them. Come on, he has enough transactions to realize how to take a picture and add it to ebay. I think he's was just trying to cover himself when the buyer realizes he bought a fake coin for a fair amount of money. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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No Returns accepted of course, no picture of the actual coin,yeah right.
Looks too nice to be real, oh thats a good one
can you say shady deal!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you notice, he has now posted a weight of the coin and it's no where near the right weight. I guess maybe he is ignorant of the authenticity or just covering himself.
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Pillar of the Community
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And just $50 for the counterfeit coin so far.
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Posted 11/16/2010 4:54 pm
