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01-27-2008, 10:18 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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Originally Posted by greglax45  I have reported him.
Thanks for the link Mark | I can't wait to see this one come tumbling down.
This is a much more serious scam than most. Most are just delusional guys wanting $10,000 for a bag of "unsearched" wheaties - this one is an outright forgery.
I would think it's a felony. Maybe it depends on how much money is involved.
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01-27-2008, 08:56 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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User ID's are kept private..It's a bad fake. not even close. I don't understand why people even bid on this coin.
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01-28-2008, 10:35 AM
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| | The Other Frank
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York
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Originally Posted by Ed Goldman User ID's are kept private..It's a bad fake. not even close. I don't understand why people even bid on this coin. | Actually, Ed, probably not a fake.
Just a poorly struck MM.
Nice 'S' tho.
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01-27-2008, 09:17 PM
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I just e-mail the person that I was reporting him to ebay, and this is the answer I got. "It's not a fake. It is real. You are silly".
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01-27-2008, 09:22 PM
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| | A closed mind is no mind
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Southern tip of that big pond known as Lake Michigan.
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Originally Posted by Ed Goldman I just e-mail the person that I was reporting him to ebay, and this is the answer I got. "It's not a fake. It is real. You are silly". | Wow Ed! Are you silly? Or maybe just pointed out the glaring truth which could be construed as silly by a scammer?
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01-27-2008, 09:37 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Long Island, NY
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thats a really bad fake
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01-27-2008, 09:41 PM
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| | Rare coin dealer
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego
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I doubt it will have any impact on the seller, but just sent the following message to him through EBay:
"Congratulations, hundreds of people are watching this auction and know it's not really a 1916-D dime - you are ruining your Ebay reputation with this listing. Not that you care, or you probably wouldn't have listed it in the first place, but I can tell you as an ex-NGC grader and full time dealer of 25 plus years that a genuine D mint-mark looks nothing like that. Do yourself a favor and end the bogus listing yourself before Ebay does so."
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01-27-2008, 10:05 PM
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| | A closed mind is no mind
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Southern tip of that big pond known as Lake Michigan.
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Originally Posted by Mark Feld I doubt it will have any impact on the seller, but just sent the following message to him through EBay:
"Congratulations, hundreds of people are watching this auction and know it's not really a 1916-D dime - you are ruining your Ebay reputation with this listing. Not that you care, or you probably wouldn't have listed it in the first place, but I can tell you as an ex-NGC grader and full time dealer of 25 plus years that a genuine D mint-mark looks nothing like that. Do yourself a favor and end the bogus listing yourself before Ebay does so." |
Bet he'll like that a lot. Only problem is he probably won't believe a word you say (the NGC thing especially).
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01-27-2008, 10:08 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego
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Originally Posted by clembo Bet he'll like that a lot. Only problem is he probably won't believe a word you say (the NGC thing especially). | You might very well be correct. But if he cared and asked, I could provide him with plenty of proof.
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01-27-2008, 10:13 PM
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| | The Lincoln-ator
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dry Heat USA
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Way to go guys, I also reported it.
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01-27-2008, 10:17 PM
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| | Numismatist
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: PA
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I reported the auction as well. The bidders are blind in one eye and cant see out of the other if they cant tell this is an altered mm. A bad attempt at that.
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01-27-2008, 10:22 PM
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The thing that ticks me off the most is this person knows it's a fake, he knew it before he listed it, now he knows many people are on to his scam and he still keeps the coin listed trying to steal money from some uneducated person.
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01-27-2008, 10:23 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dry Heat USA
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Yep......
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01-27-2008, 10:31 PM
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| | Wannabe coin dealer
Join Date: May 2007 Location: The middle of nowhere in central illinois
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I reported it as well.
BTW, Jack, love the avatar 
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01-27-2008, 10:58 PM
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This guys ebay id is qualitycoinsforcollectors. I believe he should change it to forgerycoinsforsuckers. I reported this guy before I even posted here. I also sent him a message asking him to remove the listing as the coin was obviously altered.
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