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Pillar of the Community
United States
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http://coins.about.com/od/coinbuyin...in_fraud.htmEvery new collector just starting out and thinking of buying slabbed coins should read this article. It is head on what we have all been talking about here in our community when a new member asks about SGS graded coins that they see on ebay. Finally, someone who can reach a wider audience has spoken up and spoken the truth to try to help people out and to shed some light on these crooks and others like them. Thank you Susan Headley.
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Valued Member
United States
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Glad to see this is becoming more common knowlege. I hate to think of all the wasted money spent because of someones ignorance.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1454 Posts |
And the sad part is ebay won't do anything about it. Just think of all the money they would lose if they were to run this guy and all like him off of their website. |
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New Member
United States
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Irishraider said: Thank you Susan Headley.------------------------------------- Irishraider, You're very welcome! =) Thank you for the link to my article! =) You will find that I am pretty radical about fraud, unethical dealers, misrepresented material, and the like. I have several articles about this topic on my site, but in the interest of etiquette, I'll refrain from posting a list of links to my site in my very first message here. ;) You can find most of my "consumer awareness" type content under my "Coin Buying Advice" and "Gold & Rare Coins Investing" categories. If you have any other anti-fraud topics you'd like to see covered, or know something needing investigation and exposure, please let me know! I am currently working on an article called, "10 Surefire Ways to Get Ripped Off Buying Coins on ebay" but it might get cut down to 7 or 8 by the time it's done, depending on how it develops. I'll be around the forums here as time permits, so feel free to ask any questions you might have, and I'll try to help out where I can. Susan Headley |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Susan,
Just wanted to say thanks for the article and thanks also to Irishraider for posting it. I have found Your(Susan's) articles very helpful in the past. Keep up the good work and I look forward to some more in the future!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Originally posted by Coins.Guide
Irishraider said:
Thank you Susan Headley.
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Irishraider,
You're very welcome! =) Thank you for the link to my article! =)
You will find that I am pretty radical about fraud, unethical dealers, misrepresented material, and the like. I have several articles about this topic on my site, but in the interest of etiquette, I'll refrain from posting a list of links to my site in my very first message here. ;) You can find most of my "consumer awareness" type content under my "Coin Buying Advice" and "Gold & Rare Coins Investing" categories.
If you have any other anti-fraud topics you'd like to see covered, or know something needing investigation and exposure, please let me know! I am currently working on an article called, "10 Surefire Ways to Get Ripped Off Buying Coins on ebay" but it might get cut down to 7 or 8 by the time it's done, depending on how it develops.
I'll be around the forums here as time permits, so feel free to ask any questions you might have, and I'll try to help out where I can.
Susan Headley
Welcome to the CC forums Susan. I will be looking forwrd to reading more of your articles.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Very good article and welcome to the forum, Susan! I am very much looking forward to future posts from you. I also become passionate when it comes to hype, over-grading, misleading descriptions, and downright fraud on ebay with regard to coins slabbed by bottom-tiered and unranked grading "companies" (not to mention all of this with raw coins). The only problem with the article as I see it is that far too few potential coin buyers on ebay will read it. All too many get-rich-quick buyers go from the Idea stage directly to the Buy-It-Now stage with no stops in between to get themselves educated about what they're buying. Now, if the article were to be posted in the Sports section, maybe it would get more coverage  . Fred |
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Forum Mom
 United States
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Welcome to Coin Community, Susan!  Please feel free to post any links you like. I am sure I can speak for the membership when I say that we would love to see more of what you've written. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow! Hi Susan. You joined our forum. That is great! Thanks for having great articles and thanks for coming to see us. Welcome to the forum. I look forward to seeing more great articles from you. I'm all giddy like a little school girl. Teehee! Susan Headley joined our forum. Edited by Irishraider
09/15/2006 5:39 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Welcome aboard and a great article! You will find many of us are quite passionate about stopping fraud and educating collectors. Keep up the good work! Mike  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good reading. Thanks for the info.
Welcome to the CC forums Susan
Tim
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New Member
United States
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Thank you to everyone for the warm welcome. =)
I'm looking forward to joining the discussions here!
Susan
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Moderator
United States
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Originally posted by Coins.Guide
Thank you to everyone for the warm welcome. =)
I'm looking forward to joining the discussions here!
Susan
Having been among your competitors for your job (I chose to drop out for various reasons, none of them having to do with enthusiasm), I have to say that they certainly made the right choice. The site is looking great, and it's a pleasure to know that the Guide is not pulling punches on the topic of TPG's. You'll find yourself very much welcome here. |
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