Bad Ebay experience

I did get the 32S. It was nicely circulated as he called it. And it was. When I finally got it. I'll have top look at his feedback I know I left it. No I didn't go for the refund after all the bs I had already been through with this guy. Lesson learned

 

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This is nonsense. I have bought many wonderful raw coins on eBay, and will continue to do so. There are good coins to be had amongst the swill.

 

“Found in safe of 200 year old store during demolition”; yeah, right, even 80 year old coins, seems like he left his brains in a safe somewhere and lost the key....

He needs to be terminated from ebay, definitely a low class scammer.

 

There’s a thread from a while back over on the PCGS forum about this seller. Somebody was able to match some of his high dollar coins with recent Heritage sales. Apparently he must have put the coins into the 200 year old safe after cracking them out of the details holders.

 

I just looked. My negative feedback has been removed

 

It looks like the same quarter but they're using lighting to wash out defects. Seems to be very common. I think it's nearly impossible to buy a coin based on an image. You also have to watch out for descriptions "one of the coins" -" similar to" - " image is a representation of " - "gem" , another example...
Original listing...
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/293382546661
Coin received...

 

I will buy raw on eBay — from two reliable dealers that I know. Otherwise, I de-risk myself.

 

Ugh. Open a case (Significantly Not As Described), and attach the auction photo and your photo. eBay should issue you a label to return the coin at the seller's expense. No, it's not really worth the trouble for three bucks -- but if the seller loses enough money, time, and reputation on enough auctions like this, maybe he'll cut it out.

 

If this guy is an ANA member then why can't he use common terminology to describe a coins condition? What in the h e double hockey sticks does lightly circulated, highly uncirculated, ... mean anyway? The name Doctor should be a clue to stay away.

 

It takes a lot of experience to buy raw coins on eBay successfully, but it is very doable.

 

Because if he described the coins accurately and understandably, he wouldn't find suckers, erm, buyers at the prices he wants.

 

There's another big seller doing this with his coins getting stupid prices. I bought a couple cheaper ones and could see

I removed two saved sellers off my list yesterday. I have one left that is real big with daily auctions that I'll trust. And I still watch for the random gems hiding but very cautious of what I'll pay. I plan to sit on them until I retire. So in 25ish years I'll get what I paid back.

 

I love "gemmy uncirculated" I really think he's over there with his blunt looking at his computer screen saying what should I try this week?

 

I would have but in two weeks it's back on Ebay being sold to someone else. Just glad I had no intentions of slabbing it.

 

There's a few doing this. Beefing their auctions up with headlines. Writing all over the holders. Using lighting tricks to command high premiums. You return it the next guy might not. These guys are making money. No way those auctions will go unsold ever. If nothing else most are worth 9.99 even scratched and dinged. As long as he's making Ebay that kind of money they WILL look the other way. Believe that. My feedback was removed

 

Wow with sales like these it's no wonder why he keeps it up

 

I do. 12% juice.

 

His office is that building. The safe is his. He buys the coins, cracks them out, puts them in the safe, and then finds them later in the safe. He isn't saying anything that would dispute the above, but people assume without asking.

 

Yep, this is why everybody loves lawyers.

(Don't tell anyone, but programmers work the same way. Explains a lot about how computers and apps behave, if you think about it...)