Another Craigslist rip off

The CL poster wrote in proper English. Now that's a first!

 

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It's not right to make an offer at such a low price. Sure, we know what the prices are, but the 70 year old widow with no family may not. Those are the types I see getting scammed by these lowballers.

 

If a 70 year old knows how to access the internet, they aren't your average 70 year old. And would you rather them spend it for face? As you said in the "I need help for a friend..." thread a dealer can charge whatever he wants. How is this any different? There is more than one person a seller can go to. They don't have to respond to the first ad they see.

 

It is comforting to know that if someone approached the members on this thread and offered them silver dollars for $5 each, they would all refuse and offer the actual value .

 

Because there are a lot of people who have no idea of the value of silver coinage. We get them here regularly wanting to know if there is any value over face for their "inheritance". This guy is no different from the grifters who travel around the country, run full-page ads in a local paper, set up "shop" in a hotel, pay you pennies on the dollar and then skip town and you're lucky if the check doesn't bounce.

Chris

 

Who's fault is that? If you sell something without knowing the value of what you're selling that's your problem. You're entering into a voluntary exchange with another person no one has a gun to your head.

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Oh, enough of the "gun to your head" rhetoric. Nobody's discussing force here. We're discussing fraud.

There's clearly room for disagreement about whether offering 1/4 actual value for silver coin rises to the level of "fraud". Adding comments about "force" or whether the transaction is "voluntary" contributes little.

 

A bit of searching shows he's posted a sale for a used car on a dealership website, and also has posted a cellphone for sale in the town Crooksville, OH.

So, he's a used car dealer from Crooksville - aren't they all?

 

I know I would

 

Of course they would.

[FONT=&amp]I believe there is a great difference; at least this guy is being upfront about what he will pay instead of making outrageous claims, and considering that someone must be online to see his ad, with very little effort they easily could have found basic information on the possible value of their coins. This is not to say that I agree with his offer prices, but at least he is straightforward about it. I would much rather see someone openly lowballing than some of the other CL shysters who will do or say whatever they can to get a meeting and only then try to con their way into a score.

Whenever threads like this are started, I cannot help but to wonder why the OP is not busy placing a competing ad instead of complaining about someone else's, especially if their wish is to save the uneducated from themselves. [/FONT]

 

25% is the Cash4Stuff rate in Lexington OH? That doesn't sound fraudulent, actually.
Is there a heroin/meth epidemic there, too?

 

Its not fraud. The buyer isn't making any false statements. How fraud can even be considered is beyond me. He made an offer, you can either accept our decline.

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I 100% agree. It takes minutes to do some research especially with the internet available.

 

I've done that before with strangers. What is so unbelievable about that? How do you expect to instill confidence in someone that you have a reputation for doing the right thing if you don't?

Chris

 

if you're able to look up someone to buy your coins, you can easily look up info on the coins before you sell them

 

True, but the grading (on non-bullion coins) would be the big impediment for clueless sellers.

 

How about the ones on Craigslist who just offer to buy and have you call to find out their going rate. Could be worse than this guy.

 

we probably should set this topic aside since we're all just arguing about it
but put yourself in a similar situation
say you go to an antique mall and an old lady has a box of washington quarters the says $10 a piece, you look through it and there is a 1932D in like G4 condition. would you just pay $10 for it? or would you let her know it's worth more money?

most of you guys will probably just pay $10 and come and show us your awesome find, this is just what the guy on craigslist is doing

but i know there are some really good, honest people here that would let her know

 

If the antique dealer was a nice, helpful, understanding person, then I'd tell him/her that the coin is worth more than he/she is charging. They would probably say keep it for $10, and I'd give the person a hefty tip. If it was an obnoxious, irritating dealer that just wanted me in and out, I would take it for $10, tell him/her I cherrypicked them for a valuable coin, run out, and show you all on here. First impressions are killer....

 

Who goes around asking for $5 a silver dollar? Most of the people that dont know what a coin is worth, go to people who claim to be experts or knowledgable of coins looking for help. Why not write a add and say your coins are worth X, and Im willing to pay Y?