Really tired of bad sellers

https://www.etsy.com/listing/685464013/two-rarest-1793-liberty-cap-and-1804?ref=related-1&frs=1
I dont understand how this guy could possibly believe that it's a good idea to list these 2 coins like this, I mean seriously, You just have to trust him that these are what they're listed as and, with no dates, no details, bad pics... not happening. I feel sorry for whoever gets taken in by this in the end

 

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Rule Number 1 - Stay off of Etsy when looking for coins.

If you are stupid enough to spend that kind of money on something like that. Well....As P.T. Barnum said: “There's a sucker born every minute.”

 

I have a hard time believing that people buy anything on etsy.

 

Well said...

 

Etsy

Explains everything.

 

I bought some cloth facemasks back in March of last year. That's the only time

 

I definitely no longer buy coins on Etsy, got burned once, and that was enough, lesson learned

 

You might as well avoid Etsy like the plague for the most part. However, as with any platform, there's always the potential to find a diamond in the rough. For example, a frequent poster over in the Ancient Coins forum found an Otho denarius on Etsy for $20.00.

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-20-00-otho.375087/

 

Nothing wrong with buying on ebay...especially if you feel you know what you're looking at and read the entire listing. If anything goes wrong you are protected and ebay will in fact have your back. I've been using ebay for buying and selling since they were new in the 90's. As long as you can show the item was misrepresented you sometimes won't even have to return it to be refunded by either the seller or by ebay if the seller isn't cooperative. It hasn't happened to me a lot over the years but it has happened. Do your research, don't be shy and ask the seller questions if you need to...I have many tips.

 

You misread the link the same way I did the first time.

 

Can't tell what the draped bust is, but I believe the liberty cap is a 1796

 

If you are STUPID enough to purchase a coin (or anything) on ANY of these sites-you are just asking for a poke up the posterior!!!

 

Last month I got a poke up the posterior without purchasing a coin. Maybe the doctor should have given me a commemorative coin to celebrate the event.

 

We’re both hands on your shoulders?

 

I don't think she had an extra hand.

 

Your last point is well-taken, but you'll have to help me: "etsy"...??? Gonna guess another acronym for eBay, but not familiar with it. Thanks.

 

Easy doc, that glove is cold, cold I said not gold, duh...

 

No worse than the sellers who list what essentialy is an ordinary coin of maybe a $50 value for hundreds/thousands of dollars, but with no explanation or justification as to why, etc. Just waiting for a inexperienced sucker and/or maybe a foreign buyer who assumes that because he's asking so much, it must be worth it, a good deal, etc. Since eBay has involved themselves as TPG regulators, maybe they had better bone-up on and police/scrutinize these sort of scenarios enough to know what's up and what's down before approving the listing or allowing it to continue.

 

Etsy is a selling place like eBay, but AFAIK most items for sale are made by the sellers, not a large company. There's a lot of homemade items, in other words.