This seller has a 99.99% feedback score!

I got one of these fakes once, in a SUPPOSEDLY unsearched wheat cent roll that I had bought at a flea market. The fakery was so crude that even a non-collector could have spotted it. It was an altered 1944-D and the first 4 looked like it had been altered with a chisel, it was that bad. They didn't even try to remove the VDB from the shoulder.

 

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Follow-up here (and maybe @Peter Economakis received similar feedback): the seller replied to me with, "Good catch!! Thanks for the heads up. Listing removed!" I verified that the listing is ended. This was indeed an example of a good catch (it wasn't mine, so credit where credit is due!) This shop is a family outfit that's been around for decades and bears the family name. I'm confident that they wouldn't intentionally squander that on a raw, low-grade Lincoln fake.

But I DO think there's merit in having a "rogue's gallery" of bad actors somewhere (and it could include that other seller with the ridiculous prices for "rare" coins.) I have seen a few sellers with really bad practices. Is there such a rogue's gallery? Would Cointalk members give it care and feeding (and a little moderation so the good guys don't get unfairly tarred?) Food for thought!

 

Just received a response from the seller and he took the listing down and thanked us for the oversight..

EDIT: Yup I received a response also, you beat me to it biker..
I did tell him many believed it was a oversight.. I didn't mention any forum members names or avatars but did mention someone knew the store itself in the past and was treated well.

 

Can I ask how much you paid for the roll?

 

Very well handled.

 

Thanks but it was really the forum members posts who pushed me into the right wording and biker geek to.

 

5 bucks