Am I a "fake" human being for pointing out a fake coin to an eBay seller?

@C-B-D, here it is:
"Perhaps they were only trying to destroy the competition I was to them- that goes to them being liars- the other similar coins were trash. You too?"
Luckily, I was able to resurrect it from the trash bin (but that is where it really belongs.

Steve

 

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...and no sales in over a year. I suspect a hijacked account.

 

But nearly 400 buys in the past month!

 

Yeah, I was looking at that. Doesn't seem like shill work - the sellers don't need shills - but is he maybe an account being set up by a group of sellers to dump unrelated (to jewelry) counterfeits? Most of his buys are from Chinese sellers, and even though it's walking a fine line between realism and blanket bias, I am always strongly suspect of any "odd" activity involving Chinese accounts.

The Chinese counterfeit offerings on Ebay have always lacked organization - more like just individual "entrepreneurs" making small forays into the market. It would be a very, very bad thing indeed if a coordinated effort by people who understand (and can work successfully in) the Ebay system starts pushing them.

That seller is on my Watch list, obviously.

 

No it's not. The essence of good police or analysis work is profiling. If you don't have the guts to say "yes, of course I profile", stay away from law enforcement or policy in any way. Let that counter-riff for the professional apologists. I see Europe is starting to wise up a little.

 

All the same, the only way to effectively profile in forensic analysis is to question yourself as often as you question the subjects. Over-generalizing obfuscates the bigger picture and increases the workload unnecessarily because you end up chasing (undeserving) ghosts. Too often profilers drill down too deeply, and lose the larger picture that not_everyone is a criminal.

 

I had the same experience with a 1964 S P Kennedy. I paid $100.00 for the coin. I determined it was a fake but the seller did not do returns. E-Bay refunded my $100 and told me to keep the coin.

 

Soooo many octogenarian nuns in wheelchairs are bringing down planes, right? Yet they get the TSA once-over. I see the 9/11 nineteen. I see the pictures of the Charile Hebdo, Boston Marathon, San Bernardino, and Brussels perps, and still we remain willfully blind. Astonishing.

 

This has what to do with counterfeit coins? Perspective, man. Perspective.

 

If he was that bad just imagine how it must be dealing with him for any buyers that ever had an issue.