eBay seller with fake PCGS slabs containing fake Chinese coins - reported to PCGS

Threads like this keep me very nervous about eBay.

 

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Reported.

 

They also let you know that folks are out there monitoring and reporting stuff like this. =)

 

That's a good point but doesn't make me feel that much better.

 

Wow, I'm just reading this thread. By coincidence, I reported all of zoniahinklemuen's auctions yesterday after I saw that the Korean 5-yang with the same cert number looked completely different in the Heritage archive.

 

Ugh. I just can't wrap my mind around why someone would try to defraud someone else. Sure, I get that they want my money, etc. but the sort of moral failing that it takes is beyond me.

 

Part of the problem is the counterfeiters are using the correct numbering on the slabs so if you go to PCGS and run the slab the correct coin will be listed. If someone already said that then forget about it. I don't know if PCGS warns collectors of this situation but they should. They should just give a heads up that the counterfeiters have been using correct numbers for specific coins, so if the seller has less than 100% feedback, stay away. Maybe we need someone who lives close to the ebay seller to, oh nevermind. Just thinking out loud.

 

In Ireland there is an old curse on people who do bad to others: "I hope his rabbits die!" Maybe if we all hope for it hard enough, something bad will happen to him.

Or if there are any honest Chinese collectors reading this forum, maybe they can report him in his own Country? The Chinese authorities take a very dim view of fraud and corruption - he would probably end up in front of a firing squad - now there is a cheerful thought.

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Unless, of course, they can profit from it.

 

That raises the other question if you are the buyer and you ended up buying this item. And you came across this thread a year from now what would most people do? Can't get the money back will they send it back to PCGS and warn them or just sell it and recoup the money. I bet most would do the latter, that would explain why counterfeits end up circulating in secondary markets for a long time.