another ebay thread. almost fell for it

this one almost got me. i thought lotterys were illegal.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/This-is-for...48?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item2ec05650b8

 

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He says there's Walkers in there but the title states it's 1961-current (kind of).
Big ripoff, it's got to be 95%+ clad halves.

 

I wouldn't bid on someone who cannot decipher your and you're.

 

Yes, he said one Walker but they are older than 1961. and some Franklins. If you want to gamble order a box of halves. If you don't find any, no risk. I agree these are most likely 95% clad, the rest mostly 40%, a couple frankins, and one Walker. At least if you took your $6 and bet black and red on roulette, you have a 49% chance of doubling your money. Here you have a 2% chance of making $4, 3% chance of losing $1, and 95$ chance of losing your money except for 50 cents.

 

I definitely understand where you're coming from, but if you're only going to bid on auctions from people who know how to write intelligently you won't have much to choose from.

 

Good point. I thought I was the only one in the world that got irritated about that. I see it everyday. Everyday. Letters, TV, notes, memos etc. Drives me nuts.

Anyway, scam for sure on this EBAY listing.

 

This is definitely one to report.

 

I've been reporting these as "Listing practices: Other listing practices: Chance listings" whenever I come across them, but it doesn't seem to be accomplishing much. Probably time to do a Direct Coin Report on them.

 

I've learned there are better things to worry about than grammar mistakes on the interwebs. You might live longer too by not worrying about things that don't directly affect you or your life. :yes:

 

If you bet black AND Red, you break even or lose it all if zero hits.

 

Is there really any difference between this and buying an "unopened factory wrapped" roll with an Indian cent on one end and a CWT on the other? Or "0.25 Lb (1/4 POUND) GRAB BAG OF WORLD & INTERNATIONAL COINS COLLECTORS LOT"? Or "50 Foreign World Coins Grab Bag"? Need I go on?

 

This may very well be true, but the irritation comes from the ignorance of not knowing the difference. And while it may not affect my life directly on the web, I agree I have a problem spending my own money from a seller that shows their ignorance of basic grammar.

One good thing about this mistake, it makes resumes extremely quick to go through!

 

This has to be my favorite part: If you get a good coin pad my feedback, but if you get screwed don't complain.

There is really no difference between this and the "unsearched" rolls of cents. You pay your money, you take your chances. Looks like simply a new twist on an old scam. Anybody want to bet how many of those halves are actually silver?

As far as the grammar, I too, tend to nitpick. In this case, it simply adds another clue that this is a scam, and you're more than likely getting clad coin for silver pricing. In the forum issue, it tends to make you seem less intelligent when arguing a point, and I have seen too many threads go out of control because of poor grammar and spelling from an individual trying to argue like he's a Mensa candidate. It simply destroys any credibility you have in the discussion. The bigger problem is when these same people who use the poor grammar here also use in in their everyday lives. The resume was a good example. I have gone through hundreds of job applications, and it never ceases to amaze me how poorly some people write (and atrocious handwriting is whole other subject). These are not illiterate people, they have high school diplomas and completed a trade school course. It's not that hard to use a spell checker, a dictionary, and proofread what you wrote. And remember your grade school English classes.

 

But your sure to love you're random half dollar!:rollling:

 

"Not all coins are silver"
His sneeky way to rip people off. This dude needs to be reported! The first person to get a copper clad Kennedy is gonna report his @ss! What a rip!

 

Well fret, you don't have to get that angry, lol. But all of his coin auctions are somewhat "wanting":

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Coins-US-/2...dividual&hash=item2ec05650b8&_ssn=roydow03874

 

I'm a copy editor so people like this keep me in business. My concern is that fewer and fewer people care. Everyone knows what the person means, so it just gets a pass and they never learn better. Teachers start accepting essays written in texting lingo and pretty soon just a few old fossils know the correct way to do things, or care.

 

Wait a sec ! If you bet red and black on roulette, you stand 0 chance of doubling your money. You win on red, you lose on black and vice versa. Hit 0 or 00 (2 of the 38 slots on an American Wheel) and you lose both bets. Those free drinks get awfully expensive when that happens.

 

I believe what he meant was bet either or rather than numbers or combination of numbers.

Not red and black on the same turn of the wheel.