I bought a 1960-D MS65 FBL on E-Bay for $ 34.05. I guess the seller found out the value of this coin and has sent the following note; "We have a problem I'm very sorry I've lost the franklin half I can't find it anywhere I can give you refund or I have a coin that is worth more I can throw in the lot please contact me right away again I'm very sorry this has never happened to me " What are my options other than what she suggest ? Dave
Was it in a PCGS slab? Personally, I'd just move on, nothing that you can do would improve the situation for you.
[QUOTE="Peter T Davis, post: 1971747, member: 1 "Was it in a PCGS slab? [/QUOTE] I wish (or maybe not), I feel bad enough as it was slabbed, and I thought I had a good chance to resubmit to PCGS.
Nothing you can do really but move on. You can file a complaint with ebay but thats about as helpful as a DMV employee.
I had the same thing happen to me a couple days back. It's usually the newer sellers, I think most of us who sell on eBay a lot know to just suck-it-up and take the losses with the wins. Here is the little ditty my seller wrote me: "Tried to message you before you paid for these, they were either sold out of the storefront or lost, thought the ad was pulled down and was just alerted on my phone that they sold. Sorry, honest mistake, please don't leave negative feedback! Refund will be made immediately. Thank You"
I wish (or maybe not), I feel bad enough as it was slabbed, and I thought I had a good chance to resubmit to PCGS.[/QUOTE] Really? You'd resubmit an NGC FBL Franklin to PCGS? I collect Franklins and try to get FBL coins whenever I can. I almost always consider PCGS franklins that are labelled as FBL as non FBL unless both sets of bell lines are clearly full and interrupted.
I lost a coin 4 or 5 years ago. If you ever see a VG 1916 Barber Quarter with a prominent, well-tooled "A J O C A" straight-line counterstamp, let me know. Neither myself nor the buyer could ever determine what those letters stood for. If it magically appeared when I moved all the furniture, I'd still send it to him.
Take the refund and keep an eye on his auctions for awhile. If it shows up again send him a note congratulating him on finding your missing coin and that you will send him the money you won it for last time. You still won't get the coin, but see if you can make him squirm a little.
This may be off-topic, but this has to do with a seller's actions. In regard to ebay sellers and their 'taking liberties' (specifically in the OP's situation, I think a seller just cancelling a completed listing, and immediately refunding a payment, simply because their item didn't bring enough $$ is TOTAL BS, and I would never buy from him/her again, and if that item shows up in a new listing). But I digress. My question is specifically about the DSR 'shipping' category..... this is a totally hypothetical situation....can a seller just upload a tracking number to a transaction, say, oh, 5 minutes after the listing ends, and not actually ship for a few days, and still get an automatic 5 stars (negating the seller option to leave less than 5 stars) for that section of the seller dashboard? Thanks.
The entire dashboard policy and format has changed in the past two weeks or so; impossible to tell what the regulations are, for the time being. Good question. This is just a small part of the new crap, received August 16: Key updates to the eBay User Agreement: Using eBay. Updates were made to clarify that users shall not use eBay's or other users' content without permission. This section has also been updated to indicate steps eBay may take to address abuse of its services and to make it clear that eBay may terminate or refuse service to anyone at its sole discretion. Listing Conditions. This section has been updated to reflect that content that violates our policies may be deleted at our discretion. Purchase Conditions. This section has been updated to make it clear that when you purchase an item on an eBay site other than eBay.com, you are subject to the User Agreement of that other site with respect to that purchase. Translation. We augmented this section to indicate that, when automated translation tools are available, you direct us to use them to translate your listings into local languages and to provide you with access to translations of other users' listings. Recording Calls. eBay may monitor or record telephone conversations with eBay or its agents for quality control and training purposes or for its own protection. Returns. We updated this section to clarify that if eBay hassle-free returns are applied to your listings, you authorize eBay to remove the refund amount from your PayPal account, place the amount on your invoice, and/or charge your payment method on file. By the 2015 holiday season, all eligible domestic returns on eBay will be eBay hassle-free returns and sellers may not remove hassle-free return settings from their listings. We updated this section also to reflect this future change. Global Shipping Program. We updated this section to underscore that for eligible listings for which you have not previously specified an international shipping option, buyers from select countries will be shown an International Priority Shipping option with end-to-end international tracking plus an estimate of associated import charges which will be confirmed for and paid by your buyer at checkout. If a buyer from one of the select countries purchases your eligible item, you simply ship the item to a US shipping center. Once accepted at the US shipping center, a global shipping provider handles the international shipping, customs clearance, and delivery of the item to your international buyer. Sellers are not responsible for any loss or damage during the international leg of the shipment; buyers take on compliance responsibility for the export and import shipment. Money Back Guarantee. We updated this section to reflect changes in the Money Back Guarantee, specifically that sellers are responsible for return shipping costs if an item is not as described and that, if an eBay-generated return shipping label is used for return shipping on items not as described, we place the return shipping label cost on the seller's invoice.
My understanding is you have to have the tracking uploaded and the package scanned by the PO in a certain timeframe to get the credit. Otherwise anyone can do what you said and sit on it for a while.
