Would you gamble on this?

I saw this listing earlier and it got me wondering how people feel about situations like this.

The facts:

1. Super blurry pictures, impossible to determine grade, denomination or authenticity.

2. No information other than "1883 Hawaii coin" in description.

3. Seller has 0 feedback, is not and has not recently sold anything else.

4. Price is typical of modern replicas.

The screenies (Sorry if my black-out theme hurts your eyes):








Would you roll the dice?

 

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Not at all .

 

The question here has nothing to do with the coin and everything to do with the seller. Does this person actually have the coin, and are they actually going to send it to you? If I thought both were true, I would have instantly risked that small sum of money for the potential return of an original Hawaii Quarter or Half. Even one of the later restrikes would be "interesting" for that money.

 

@Numismat
I don't know why it should be a problem. We get stuff like this on CT all the time. If you listen to those "experts", you should go ahead and pull the trigger and pray you don't shoot yourself in the foot.

Chris

 

See this is exactly what has me wondering. This one is cheap enough, but this situation comes up at much riskier prices. Your replies are exactly the kind of insight I am curious about.
Would you still take the risk if the price was tenfold? What about if you didn't have the eBay buyer protection safety net? I'm always interested in "social experiments" and how people think.

 

Later re-strikes? First I hear of that. Are you talking about official or unofficial ones?

 

Not a chance! Leave the social experiments to the men in white coats with lab rats.

Chris

 

Leave it to Beaver. Seriously though i would not touch that coin. There are reasons why sellers take blurry shots.

 

Completely unofficial, counterfeit dies. An intellectual exercise only.

 

I can't count the red flags you stated as facts. Please, pass as the coin is not the question but the Seller.

 

The factual part is that they are red flags

 

I've been an "eBay gambler" for several years, and I've gotten some treasures, and some trash.

Given the prevalence of cheap knockoff coins on eBay today and the rarity of this actual issue, I wouldn't look twice at this one. Even with Buyer Protection and all that, the chances of getting a legitimate coin aren't high enough to justify the time clicking through "Buy It Now". And is this from someone who is more than usually inclined to say "Buy it now and let Buyer Protection sort it out".

 

Does it come with a bottle of Mad Dog and a bridge with Brooklyn provenance?

 

As someone who has driven over the Brooklyn bridge many hundreds of times, I can never understand that joke. That bridge is horrible. Maybe that IS the joke

 

I bet there's some truth to the joke. Maybe some thief in Tammany Hall sold the bridge to NJ.

 

For $10? Sure! People spend a lot more on lottery tickets, and almost ALWAYS get nothing in return. A lot better odds here.

 

Yeah, but it's a nice walk.

 

I would buy it for $10 and free shipping in a heartbeat. I formerly bought all kinds of fakes/copies listed on Ebay when they were allowed.

 

Not me. I don't especially want to support the fake manufacturers, and I definitely don't want to support the fake manufacturers AND some schmo who's trying to resell their stuff at a further profit.

 

New Yorkers have a bad attitude because the light at the end of the tunnel is New Jersey. No don't trust this seller but for thirteen bucks, buy it. Better odds than a lotto ticket.