Does anybody here have any experiences dealing with Ebay seller "lonestarsa69" and his coin auctions ?
Seeing they have no profile picture is a little strange for being an "Experienced Store", but this is their profile. lonestarsa69 (8559) 100% positive feedback They have 100% positive with 8559 transactions. I'm not sure how many of those are selling, because those count towards his actions he has bought as well, but from viewing his profile, this is his feedback in the last 12 months: 2,534 Positive 3 Neutral 1 Negative I feel like that's pretty fair, but it only takes 1 to raise to conclusions, but it may have been a bad buyer.
I'm not so sure it's fair or reasonable for fault someone for simply not having a profile photo. After all we're talking eBay and not some hookup website.
I'm not saying that they're not reliable, I'm just saying a little odd, but it doesn't make them any less reputable.
I don't see anything in those neutral or negative feedbacks to make me nervous about the seller. Even a perfect seller is going to run up against unreasonable buyers eventually, or even make a mistake or two with reasonable buyers. I've never dealt with that seller, as far as I know. But all that means is that they haven't been listing things well below market value, or if they have, I haven't seen them in time.
I read the negative, it said that the seller changed the bid at the last second, and if you know anything about auctions, this is what the buyer bids, so he should get this negative feedback appealed, that's a very ignorant comment lol
That's exactly what I'm saying, this wasn't even on the seller, this is how a market works, the highest bidder wins, this negative feedback is practically invalid.
One of the seller's neutral feedbacks states that the seller cancelled a winning purchase because seller "lost" coin. I think we all know what that means, seller did not like the price of the winning bid. Many buyer's just put up with the seller "lost" coin excuse and just let it go. A few will leave a neutral or negative because they suspect the seller was playing games.
I got a neutral feedback a few months ago from something I sold and the comment was "Got what I expected." So why the heck did he give me neutral feedback? That's why you can't rely on things like that. Look for specific allegations of wrongdoing that seem credible. The big one I'd look out for is being accused of selling fakes. Other than that, eBay offers buyer protection so sellers can't really get away with much.
I understand where you're coming from, but the point was that we all would be wise not to judge based upon the meaningless, and this goes well beyond just with coins.
If you've ever juggled an inventory, particularly one offered for sale both online and in-person, you'd understand this isn't necessarily an excuse intended to screw the always-innocent buyer. This is especially true with more common or easily-confused material. That said, if it's a remotely regular occurrence you're right; it's probably suggestive of shenanigans, but if representing only a fraction of a percent it's not really something to worry about, especially on eBay.
Careful . . . I can recall an instance where I thought I'd lost a coin, and prepared the buyer for disappoinment. I'm not surprised that many would suspect the seller didn't want to sell at that price, but we should not assume we "know what that means". As it turned out in my case, I'd already sold the coin weeks before, and forgot to end the eBay listing. Fortunately, the buyer was more understanding in my case because mine was a fixed price listing, and not an auction, so there was no reason to suspect I was disappointed in the price realized.
Of course we all make mistakes but some sellers have a track record of "losing" coins when they don't like the outcome of an auction. Of course said sellers will find those "lost" coins and put them back up for auction at a later date.
Yes, but your comment made it sound like you were talking about all instances where this occurs,and not just those cases involving sellers with a history of claiming lost coins.
You see that a lot, especially with older accounts that were created before profile pictures were even a thing on ebay.
You have a problem with long time experienced people that don't use avatars? Oh my gosh I'm 362 posts away from 20,000.
I tried to make an offer on a commem - they wanted 65 money for a coin in an ANACS 63 holder. I offered between 64 and 65 money, but they didn't want to deal and were a bit rude about how they responded. A polite 'No' would have sufficed.
I've purchased bulk lots/rolls from this seller two or three times and have been happy with the coins. Did an email search- I messaged him once with an offer to buy several listings for a discounted price and he was nice enough to accept.