I pointed out the mistake in this listing and this was the sellers response. I told him I thought he should take the listing down. He has a $59 bid on maybe a $30 coin. "Did you read the whole page I noted twice that its a 23 and not a 28 TWICE I HAVE NOTED THIS ..and you can clearly see its a 1923 CLEARLY and I will not take my auction down period !!! Thank you,picker157" http://www.ebay.com/itm/1928-peace-silver-dollar-/111615790601?ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123
Looks like he's getting a bit overwhelmed by fan mail. I hope he'll do the right thing and give the "winning" bidder the opportunity to back out, after re-verifying that it's a 1923, not a 1928.
Probably just a typo, but eBay doesn't let you edit the title once it's posted, which leads to horrible outcomes like this. What if he discovered the typo after there was an initial bid? Not such a simple thing to cancel and repost at that point. I agree though he should have cancelled the auction because now he's just going to get hit with a SNAD anyway.
I've never had a problem revising anything before, even in the title unless it's been bid on. So it must have been bid on beforehand. He should take it down and re-list it.
Yeah , and I have a bridge in Brooklyn I want to sell . What a crock , so he needs glasses but doesn't check out what he thinks is a key date , with a loupe .
$104.50 for a worn '23 Peace Dollar? Someone needs their head examined........or maybe the buyer plans on filing a SNAD and hopes to keep the piece?
Right thing to do is to message the buyer asap telling him it's a 1923, and offer the option to cancel transaction if desired. Mistakes like that happen.
Just curious, but when you decided to "point out the mistake", did you bother to read the description? The listing shows he first attempted to clarify on the 9th of March, and did so again on the 10th, so I am respectfully guessing not. However, the end price certainly suggests others didn't as well. While not meant to defend this fellow's decision to continue with the listing, I really cannot blame him for the less than pleasant response; after all, he was already aware and didn't ask for opinions. Unfortunately, there can be a very fine line between a sincere attempt to help and sticking one's nose into someone else's business, and I can only assume he viewed this as the latter. Once one has made their bed, sometimes it is best to just let them lie in it.
Oh, yes they do. What you cannot do is edit them in the last 12 hours(I believe it is 12) or after there is a bid.
He should have known by the way people were bidding on it they were being deceived. Unless of course he doesn't know the value of the coins he is posting.
Of course he knew... the question is why did he decide to continue with the improper title. Perhaps he didn't know he could edit, was just lazy, or thought that the mention in the description would suffice, or maybe he assumed people would actually look at the photo before bidding hard earned money... fooled him.
On the keyboard, yes... but how about on the coin itself? Trust me, with poor eyesight, confusing the two is possible; they're very similar.
The 3 and 8 on the Peace dollar are ridiculously similar. I can't blame anyone for making the mistake. But if I were this seller, I wouldn't ship until I got an explicit "yes, I know I'm getting a 1923 dollar and I still want to pay $100 for it" from the winning bidder.
