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Hambone Pillar of the Community United States 609 Posts	Posted 09/14/2011 3:28 pm http://bham.craigslist.org/clt/2576284562.html Report this Post to the Staff

akane17 Valued Member United States 404 Posts	Posted 09/14/2011 3:33 pm I can see how this played out. Guy has a nice coin collection. Wife says there's a kid on the way and he needs to sell them. Guy says, fine I'll put them on CL, but makes the listing as vague as possible. Coins don't sell. Guy to wife...well I've tried selling them several times, but no one is buying. Report this Post to the Staff
yankee1227 Pillar of the Community United States 1151 Posts	Posted 09/14/2011 3:33 pm I didn't know Canada was part of the US. Report this Post to the Staff
ljenkins990 Valued Member United States 406 Posts	Posted 09/14/2011 4:09 pm Granted, the guy doesn't say much about what coins specificall are in the collection other than a few silvers, but I could go to my local coin dealer today and pick up 100 foreign coins from 45 different countries (not Canada or the US) for about $20. Add a few silvers and it's probably still less than $50. Report this Post to the Staff
kylecolb Valued Member United States 438 Posts	Posted 09/14/2011 5:34 pm ouch. epic fail :p Report this Post to the Staff
GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 09/14/2011 5:58 pm E-mail Sent I'm gonna get some pictures Report this Post to the Staff
googoo Valued Member United States 466 Posts	Posted 09/14/2011 6:40 pm Quote: E-mail Sent I'm gonna get some pictures haha Can we make a thread of craigslist blunders I just had one this weekend Basically the guy said he was going to sell to a collector and doesn't care if he gets full value as long as the coins go to a good home. After a few emails and a phone call he was really pleased with who I seemed to be, someone not trying to rip him off. I asked for a list of the coins and prices he wanted and he gave me this 1898 Morgan silver dollar (Good Condition) $50.00 1903 Liberty nickel (Fair-Good Condition) $10.00 1909 Liberty nickel (Good Condition) $10.00 1908 Barber Silver Quarter D Series (Good Condition) $20.00 1916 Buffao Nickel (Fair Condition) $05.00 1937 Buffalo nickel D Series (Good Condition) $10.00 1926 Buffalo nickel (Good Condition) $02.00 1928 Buffalo nickel (Good Condition) $02.00 1935 Buffalo nickel (Good Condition) $02.00 1936 Buffalo nickel (Good Condition) $02.00 1936 Buffalo nickel (Good Condition) $02.00 1936 Buffalo nickel (Good Condition) $02.00 1937 Buffalo nickel (Good Condition) $02.00 1941 Mercury Head Dime (Good Condition) $05.00 1944 Mercury Head Dime (Good Condition) $05.00 Needless to say I gave him a long email explaining values of coins, what he should expect to get them for and all that. The guy sent me back another email apologizing to me and thanking me for being honest, helping and caring. He then told me to make him an offer I thought was fair and I could have the coins. I think I am just going to walk. But at least the guy read my entire email and seems to have learned something! Report this Post to the Staff
mitchhailey Pillar of the Community United States 1150 Posts	Posted 09/15/2011 02:42 am Well, I ended up buying this set. Turned out to be a ziplock baggie full of Italian and Irish circulated coinage from the eighties. No complaining here! LOL Report this Post to the Staff
nod2003 Pillar of the Community United States 3294 Posts	Posted 09/15/2011 08:48 am Also consider googoo, that he is probably not talking about a Sheldon scale good. Most people off the street would probably not consider a G4 grade to be good, but rather a VF or higher. Report this Post to the Staff
murrellington Pillar of the Community United States 3276 Posts	Posted 09/15/2011 3:36 pm Quote: Also consider googoo, that he is probably not talking about a Sheldon scale good. Most people off the street would probably not consider a G4 grade to be good, but rather a VF or higher. Exactly! Report this Post to the Staff
GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 09/15/2011 3:38 pm Never got a responce. I guess they didn't like the e-mail Quote: Hey there I'm interested in the coins but $400 seems a bit steep unless they are All very rare. Most generic world coins are 10 cents to 25 cents...not $40 a piece. Since it's only 100 coins can you at least itemize the best 10 coins in there? Pictures would also be great if possible. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 09/15/2011 4:23 pm Useful advice, if on deaf ears. Some people don't realize how plentiful are pre-euro coins after, say 1950--where most have little value over scrap. $400 would make sense only if there were 100 pre-1900 @ VF or better. Edited by DVCollector 09/15/2011 4:26 pm Report this Post to the Staff
algol Valued Member United States 124 Posts	Posted 09/15/2011 4:39 pm http://muncie.craigslist.org/clt/2593670876.html Here's another local CL fail.... 40 grand doesn't seem to bad for 2$ worth of silver and 2.36$ face value.... Report this Post to the Staff
murrellington Pillar of the Community United States 3276 Posts	Posted 09/15/2011 5:13 pm Quote: http://muncie.craigslist.org/clt/2593670876.html Here's another local CL fail.... 40 grand doesn't seem to bad for 2$ worth of silver and 2.36$ face value.... Hahaha. that one is an even more epic fail. Report this Post to the Staff
Namachieli Pillar of the Community United States 2120 Posts	Posted 09/15/2011 5:51 pm that listing makes my eyes bleed. Report this Post to the Staff
Hambone Pillar of the Community United States 609 Posts	Posted 09/15/2011 8:19 pm Hahaha, yeah it is! Do you think he'd take $2.38? Report this Post to the Staff
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