Coin on Peoples Court

I think the theme of the show was how to avoid be scammed on Ebay. I can only wonder if this show had something to do with the recent policy change that Ebay has instigated. Am sure Ebay officials really enjoyed this show being aired to millions of people all over the country. I would think the Ebay people knew this show was going to be aired ahead of time

To me what really killed the seller was the fact that he was no longer a register seller on Ebay because of some billing problems he had with Ebay. The seller quickly stated his problem with Ebay did not have anything to do with the sell of this coin.. As the Judge said "yea, right" or something like that.

At least the judge gave a nice plug for the state quarters. I miss Judge Judy. lol.

 

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I missed it and my son in law could not tyape it, it was over befopre I called him, but I just want to add off topic that I think the redhead judge is a hottie.

 

I was lucky to catch it, remembered it two minutes before it started.

David Ganz seemed kinda pompus.

 

I wish I could've seen it.

 

I taped it so I could watch it over and over in case I missed something. I kept watchingto see if I could tell what the slab was. The purchaser stated to the Judge that the slab should not be opened or it would deminish the coins value. She was almost going to slam it down to open it and stated that is how much she knows about coins. From the looks of what I could make out, the slab was just one of those many, many not to popular services. I know the seller was not necessarilly the nicest guy, but he really did nothing wrong. As the Judge pointed out, the purchaser really should have read the entire add. True, he made it sound like a $20,000 coin but again, readers are leaders. Note the purchaser was also trying to get a valuable coin for a fraction of what he thought it was worth.
Things like this are common in all types of sales. Ever buy a car. I purcahsed a new car extended warantee for everything on the car. First time I had to use it I found the small print stated a $100 deductable. Missed that since I too did not read the entire thing.
I am a little puzzeled about the opening statement by the Judge to Gans. She asked him if they ever met before. He stated NO. She also stated how little she knew about coins. Then why out of all the coins on Earth did she ask him if he had anything to do with the State Quarters? He did state he was instrumental in their developement. But why did she ask about just that coin? I suspect much of that entire program was staged. Just to much that they would have the same expert there that helped write the book the purchaser brought, The expert happened to have something with the latest price of that coin, the judge mentioned only the State Quarters. Also, for those that watch that show. Ever notice they never show the entire swearing in process except for this show with Mr. Gans? They are usually carefull about that for some reason. All in all still a good show.

 

This is sad... but my wife is a big fan of this show...

Anyway, as I understand it, it is very rare for them to use an expert witness, as such it is a little strange for them to "swear the witness in". In most small claims cases the swearing in of the parties is included in the opening of the case, which usually includes personal info, and as such would not be shown to the whole world. I read, I think on another forum, that the show producers asked around to several people before the settled on Mr. Ganz, so I think it might have just been a happy coincidence that he had written a book about it.

This is way out there, but I think because of union rules, to appear on a tv show, you have to get paid somehow. Most people on game shows and realitly show are paid union minimum, so part of Mr. Ganz's payment could have been the fact that they mentioned his book, and highlighted his knowledge, in an attempt to sell more books for him. But like I said, this is way out there


Edit:
Here is a link to the other forum that talks about this, and has a post from someone who supposedly was contacted to be on the show... I know the thread goes horribly off topic at times, sorry...
http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=611207&STARTPAGE=1

 

so am I the only one who thinks the redhead is hot?

 

Note if you watch those shows there is a real fast blurp at the end of the show that states some kind of monitary thing is given out based on the amount of settlement. It is to fast for me to actually read. However on this show I am suspicious of the entire thing. Those cases are always presented to the show, the judge, etc much prior to airing them on TV. There are always documents for the judge on their bench that they look at. If you watch the show they many times state things like on you statement you said....
As I said it is weird that they had the swearing in for Gans. It is odd that of all the coin ever made on Earth the judge brought up the State Quarters. It is odd the plaintiff just happened to have only one book about grading and it was coauthored by Gans. It is odd that the they would not show the coin to the TV camera. In the hall, outside the judge's room there was two coins in slabs and that was not covered in the case why would there be two coins in slabs there? Way to many things wrong. I really think the entire case was prepared in advance.

 

Just Carl,

In certain cities, if you ever file a small claims case, you will be contacted by these shows. The package I received indicated that if I choose to go on the show, that it is the same as binding arbitration (not in those words though). The benefit is that the uncertainty about collecting the judgement is eliminated as the show pays it. For a defendant, this is a win-win situation. For a plaintiff, this can be iffy as the judges are clearly biased and don't follow the same rules as a normal courtroom (you will often see judgements based on the "judge's" opinion and not based on the evidence; although the same can be said of some real judges too). Allegedly if a plaintiff goes this route, there is no appeals process.

I'm guessing that when the judge refers to someone's statement, this is the complaint and the answer. I'm sure that the people on the show are coached to revise their complaint and answer and to help them present a more entertaining case. I don't know how they handle the shows now, but back in Judge Wopner (spelling??) days, I remember him refusing to hear a case because of a prior business-related relationship with the plaintiff (like an acquaintance or one-time thing, but it was obvious they had not discussed the case ahead of time).

 

No Jack,

If they put her up there in a thong and pasties I'd watch the show religiously!
Course we don't know what's under the robe now do we?

 

Alrigthy guys---lets get back on topic.... This is not the time nor the place to talk about a Redhead

Speedy

 

those judge shows are just a bunch of actors paid to do that stuff. if you look at the credits after the show it will say something in there about it not being the real people. its based on the real thing, but not the real people.

 

Could be and I personally hate reality TV. On the other hand ebay took a pretty good slam as did the buyer and the seller. I doubt ebay was happy about it because people really do watch this big time.

 

Clembo:
Lets hope that eBay was not happy.
Then they may shape up.
(But, I doubt it.)