Hmmm.... someone selling my banknote?

Doing my usual cruise through ebay this morning, I ran across this note for sale. With the staple rust, it looked awfully familiar, so I checked my list and found that it's the same note as mine. Same serial number, if I can read their small text correctly, and looking at the edges of the scan it appears it was lifted from Ron Wise's gallery (face, back). Note the little black edges at top right and bottom left from my crop job are the same in the ebay pics and the scans at Ron's gallery.

Anyone think I'm wrong here? I suppose clicking ebays "report item" flag is the appropriate move here? I've never reported anything before, so I have no idea what would happen, and don't really want to screw anyone over by making a mistaken report.

Dave

On second look through the rest of this seller's items, two more of my banknotes are for sale: here and here.

 

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The numbers are not the same on the bill?

 

Sounds like you have legitimate compliment. I would be more then curious as to how that seller is posting the same picture unless his/her's is a counterfeit.

His/Her is more vibrant then yours and I find it quite odd that the little bends on the back of your note and the sellers look like they are in the identical spots.

I wonder if he found where you linked the pictures to and copied/paste them onto Ebay. From there sell another note or that counterfiet not (if it is indeed fake)

 

Hi Dave,

It doesnt seem to be the same note you had listed before? I could
Be wrong maybe i just didnt see it??

 

He's taken the images from Ron Wise's gallery, I had donated some images of banknotes a long time ago, and had not put my name across the corner as I do now. Yes, they are processed a bit to make them more vibrant than my scans (a common ebay trick to make the notes look bright), but other than that, the serial numbers are the same and all the details show they are the same notes...

Dave

 

Take a look at the serial numbers at his note here (you'll need to click on his "enlarge image") and the serial numbers of my note here. Same numbers!

Dave

 

If this is your note and you can prove it, Rather then report the note
See if you can contact the people at e-bay, See if the can help
Or you could use pay-pal, Buy the note and file a complaint and
Get your money back!:hail:

 

Did you try to contact the seller? Ask him what's up? I've noticed this happens a lot when the seller has no picture and other times when someone wants you to think they own an item.
What else would you expect from a first time sell.

 

I haven't done anything yet, I'm just trying to figure out what to do. I don't know if ebay actually polices such things when they're reported, or whether I just just send the guy a note and ask him what's up. Perhaps he has these notes, but doesn't own a scanner, so he just found some scans to use instead of making his own.

And no, I don't want to bid on these notes and then file a complaint when I get something else!

Dave

 

I would make sure that it is not your wife, gf, or significant other selling you collection without you knowing it!!! j/k just a joke. I would report the item and contact e-bay see what they can do to take the item down.

 

Seller from Thailand with zero feedback and .25 cents International Shipping. Why wouldn't you report it?

 

I dont know for sure but it is Thailand. With a feedback of zero.
Are the other notes they are selling yours too?

If so maybe call the local police and get their advice. Maybe purchase the ones that are yours as to get all of them you can back then dispute the charges after the fact as once the seller knows you probably will loose all contact with the collection again.

 

Just to clarify... the notes themselves are happily ensconced with me, it's only the scans of them that are being used by this seller. He's listed about 6 notes for sale, three of which belong to me. I'm guessing the other three aren't his either.

So I have no loss here, just being concerned for the folks bidding on the notes.

I just filed an ebay report, I'll see what happens next.

Thanks for the input, folks.
Dave

 

lol
Oh nm...
Didn't you have some notes stolen a while back.
I thought that you had found one of them.

Just the scans...yea just report them.

 

he may just think its ok to use others photo's.
i had someone here do that with a photo i posted of a "no trust"pres $

 

I would report him before the auctions end and he possibly scams someone.

 

Why not embarrass him by posting the actual note you have in a manner of contradiction to his Auction and call him out on it..talk about engaging his credibility??

RickieB

 

Well so much for reporting him to eBay. Nothing changed as far as the listings being pulled, not comments like "these are not the actual notes I'm selling", or other information that would let a buyer know something was up. All his sales concluded this morning, so I'll be curious to watch his feedback score (started at zero this morning).

Dave

 

What did the prices go for...where they reasonable? Just wondering as he's from Thialand and zero Feedback.

 

They all went pretty cheap, a couple *very* cheap. One of the six notes went quite high, not sure why that one other than there may have been a bidder on that one that didn't realize the potential issue with the seller.

Dave