I am sick of 's-vdb end of roll' auctions

I was browsing 'roll' on US coins, and there are hundreds of auctions of wheat cent rolls with an indian cent on the end, or a silver dime, or especially a VDB cent. The sellers are getting a hundred bucks for 5 bucks in wheats. It just makes me mad. How do people buy more than one of these crap rolls, why don't they learn or check feedback like "lots of 40s and 50s".
Man, it burns me up.
EXAMPLE- http://cgi.ebay.com/1909-VDB-ON-BOT...mQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item25597ef202
One buyer got 3 AU steel cents in his s-vdb roll, and was very happy, He paid $86 fot it!

 

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"A fool and his money are soon parted"......Thomas Tusser

 

I am trying to report them, but eBay cannot tell me how to report them. (they are reportable when they say that they "May" contain a rare coin.) If they tell me the procedure, I will pass it on.

 

If all those rolls were genuine, they would have been opened fifty years ago (at least).

 

It is frustrating for sure.

On the other hand perhaps I should just bury my morals and join the shysters.

Nope,

Can't do it.

 

You do see these a ton. I cant believe people pay that much for a role of cents. I guess it is the thrill of the gamble. Kind of like going to Vegas. Although you know the odds are against you on most games, you cant kepp yourself from trying anyway

 

I bet you 95% of the population think that a 1909 VDB is the rarest and most expensive coin ever made.

 

The problem in reporting them is the words they use. " may" is a qualifier.
the roll "may" contain. it is not a saying there is one.

i have seen this a lot. i would warn anyone to stay away from these types of auctions. they are legit because of the word "may", however very rarely do they contain anything worth value and most people end up eating it after they get it.

Of course they leave negative feedback and after a while people avoid that person. To bad there are tons of them out there.

 

i thought using the word "may" is like having a raffle or drawing whivh is against ebays policy. You have to know what you are getting and the seller can not incinuate anything or it is considered a gamble.
I just hate to see people loosing so much money on a gamble for coins worth $5 most of the time:desk:

 

Can't give you chapter and verse at the moment, but actually Ebay rules states that a seller can't say "may" anything. Items have to be described acurately and may not speculate upon what valuable coins "may" be in a roll.

 

Chapter and verse;

 

yea the ones with dimes on the ends are pretty ridiculous also, this will pass im sure.

 

Clembo,
Remember how much fun we had with those fun auctions? Maybe it's time to start again. At this point, I start to blame the buyers tho. Something I never did before, but stupid is as stupid does, yannow?

 

I wasn't sure i know they use to do it like that, or they change it and say i have 500 lots of rolls. there is a specific coin in one of the rolls but the lot that you get might not have it.

that is the other way they do it. the coins they advertise are there it is just you might not end up with it. so they have 90 lots of bad coins and 10 lots with decent stuff.

they make a killing. i tend to stay away from those types of AH. personal bad experience.

 

Menow too well and yes, stupid is as stupid does.

Still got any Jimmy Hoffa rolls? If not I've got some VDBs and we can "create" them. I'll guarantee there's a 1909 on the obverse!

Just kidding folks but this goes back here on CT a long while ago.

 

Some people have more cents than sense.

 

I only look at ebay items when I'm bored anyhow. It always seems to purk me up and get a chuckle here and there. As long as you are well imformed of the BS that goes on, then you shouldn't lose any sleep over it...

 

These rolls that "may contain" some rare coin violate eBay's 'chance listings' policy.

Specifically, they are a 'grab bag' where the seller indicates the contents MAY include a certain item.

The problem is, the REPORT link at the bottom only allows you to input the item number and NO text describing why it is being reported.

I have has some luck with the following:
Click the REPORT link within the listing.
Choose 'Listing Policy Violations....'
Then 'Inappropriate Seller Terms'
Then 'Bonuses...'

This is as close to the actual policy violation I can find.

 

Here is what eBay told me to do;

My problem with that is that after "Listing policy violations", the only option I have is "Keyword spamming". I have no other option.

 

This practice is a great way to get the uninformed and stupid to bid. There is no way on earth you can throw a handfull of 1909 VDBs in a bin of regular wheat cents, and somehow they all mysteriously end up tails out at the end of each roll by pure coincidence. Some fools don't seem to see the other listings by the same seller.