Another ebay scam-artist-- please advise!

RaceBannon hit the nail on the head! No Return, No Bid!
Steve

 

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So, what was the resolution? Did you register a complaint with eBay? Get anything back?

I recently bought a pig in a poke off eBay from a different seller. Got about what I expected - a bunch of junk that's not worth the 2x2s its housed in.

For $0.99 + $6.95 shipping, I figured I'd roll the dice:

I got mostly 1940s-60s farthings. No silver, nothing worth more than $0.50 (even if sold to someone fairly naive).

 

I didn't read the thread, only the OP and the 1st few replies.

you paid approx .60 each for US coins in labeled 2x2 mylars?

Subtract the face value of the coins from the purchase amount.

then subtract about $4 each for the boxes holding the 2x2

Then subtract 5 cents for each 2x2

then subtract another 50 cents for staples?

Take the amount left over and divide by 2 (the hours it would take to put that many coins together.

Take that number and decide if you would work at that hourly rate.



I am inclined to tell you to swallow your pride and move on or relist the coins in a Buy it now for what you paid.

If you decide to do neither then chalk up this experience and cost as part of your tuition fees in learning what and what not to buy.

I have bought lots like that before, and when I sat down and really figured out what all was in the "junk" I had bought. I figured it really wasn't that bad of a deal.

I don't think this was a scam, I think this was a seller who knows that people will buy those kind of lots and do all the time as evidenced by his feedback.

 

I frankly do not understand what my hourly rate got to do with the seller's hourly rate. I am not looking to buy 2X2s with junk coins in them, and seller's sweat as a result of all that hard work. Had the seller not lied in his description he would not need doing any of that, I would pay $4-5 per pound for coins like these.
As for the case, I got all my money back , including shipping, and I got a free shipping label to return the coins. Long live the ebay. And yes I left a very negative feedback.