Warning Will Robinson! (Ebay Scam)

Howdy fellow coin peeps,

While the following isn't a coin, it's being sold as bullion, which qualifies for this forum since many of you buy bullion items:

http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...trt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=32&fsoo=2

These are now showing up all over Ebay (foreign Ebays) and being sold with misleading descriptions. So beware, these are HGE (heavy gold electroplate) and not bullion! They are worth about 5 cents each, if that!

Ribbit

 

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And people are buying them , one is up to $9.99 . Thanks for the heads up .
rzage

 

They do mention gold plated but it is rather misleading.

This is the kind of crap that people bring into the store and we tell them we're not interested.

 

And what the hell does scrap bullion mean? Pardon my French......

 

That just may be an effort to add some keywords for the eBay search feature. (i.e. "scrap gold" and "gold bullion".)

 

Wow, that really is bad. They are only asking $3 for them...just say they are gold plated ornaments in the title...people will still pay $3 for them to hang on their tree. This is a case where you would be just as successful by not burying the honest fact that they are plated deep within the wordy description and implying they aren't by using the word "bullion."

 

This is also a scam waiting to happen:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Eisenhower-Doll...ryZ39475QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Very misleading IMO.

 

I don't know if it really is...they do seem to talk about the slots for coins the album has an awful lot but there is no pictures of coins in the ad...so I think it's fine personally.

 

Here's another seller that's selling the same fake gold bars, and then some:

http://shop.ebay.de/merchant/travis.smiley

By what I can tell, that seller's store is full of gold plated garbage, being scammed out with misleading listings.

Run! :vanish:

Ribbit

 

The title is "Eisenhower Dollars 1971 - 1978 With Proofs Coin Album" and the coins are listed with SILVER in bold. Just rubbed me the wrong way.

 

Me too but it is borderline and I'll give the seller the benefit of doubt. Look at the last seller I posted and the garbage they are pawning off. (insert barfing smiley here)

Ribbit

 

Is that a play on words? :thumb:

 

They might be selling them as both scrap bullion and ornaments .
rzage

 

Toad there's 4 minutes left better buy some they reallyare a good deal
barf all over here .
rzage:smile

 

Here is an item sold by Mr. Smiley:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230305734791

The problem is it was listed as being a real South Africa coin, when it is not:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1978-KRUGERRAND...D-BU-usgr_W0QQitemZ220267800527QQcmdZViewItem

A real Krugerrand is solid gold (bullion) so it being described as real, is a flat out lie!

This seller is flooding German Ebay with worthless junk and I don't know how they can afford the listing fees? Nonetheless, he is scamming peeps with many of his listings.

Ribbit

 

Ps: Check out Mr. Smiley's profile page:

http://myworld.ebay.de/travis.smiley

Anyone know someone at the Department of the Treasury? I believe what he's done is violative of Federal Law (impersonating the U.S. Treasury Department)! :whistle:

Ribbit

 

HT:
I loved the description:
SIZE: 10 mm diameter

Weight: .5 Grams

Gold: Fine Brass
Dated: 1978



Hmm, gotta buy some of that Gold: Fine Brass.

 

Better then just regular ol' brass, I guess... gotta bid!

 

Here's one for ya'll:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=380080354261&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=025

It is clearly a counterfeit and a poor one to boot. I messaged the seller several times, as did others, and the only Q&A posted was one pathetic question.

The seller also used the private auction format, so that tells me they knew up front it was a counterfeit and were making sure no one could interfere.

Sellers like this are pathetic and no matter what goods they are peddling, I won't ever buy from them! Neither should you! :vanish:

Ribbit

 

And what an odd question to ask too... I guess the bidder didn't know that Lincoln's are made out of zinc now, because he didn't specify a date?