Tarnish (toning) forms when sulfur combines with silver on the surface of a coin. When you dip the coin, it removes both -- the sulfur, and the...
Yeah, I've got mixed emotions about this, too. I'd be sad to see "coin silver" go away, but it wouldn't be the first time it's happened, and .999...
Unless, of course, you're bidding on one of MY auctions. :devil:
I understand your point, but do you see that it doesn't matter whether you can get in with five seconds to spare or five milliseconds to spare?...
Yep, as long as it's a machine doing it, it counts. As opposed to last-minute bidding, where you place the bid without the aid of a computer. I'm...
[Expletive not appropriate for 1950's TV] that. Making threats against me based on my real-world contact info skips you right over the "first and...
Rats, I thought I knew the path, but I can't find it now, and I've got to head out in a couple of minutes. As I recall, it wasn't too hard to find...
Contact your local police IMMEDIATELY. After you've talked to them, contact eBay by phone, not by messaging. The chances that the guy will...
I'm looking at the 1909 VDB DDO FS-1101, as offered in this auction. Now, if someone showed me a coin with features like this, I'd dismiss it as...
Yep. eBay doesn't cut such sellers much slack at all. Here's my similar tale, although I didn't realize the coin was fake when I bid on it....
That's... not luster. I think you're mistaking "luster" for "shine". Yes, that coin is heavily polished -- it's shiny as can be, but not a trace...
I've shown examples of people using "sniping" to include manual activity from the very beginning -- from the first time, back in 1997, that people...
Hey, I think we're getting somewhere! :) We agree that this is the point -- placing a bid so late that nobody can react to it. You also agree,...
Oh, for heaven's sake. What do you think language is? It's a set of symbols or sounds, arranged according to a grammar, with meanings mutually...
I hit the "Place bid" button with maybe a minute to go. eBay pops up a dialog box where I type in my amount, and then hit the "Place bid" button....
If they could talk, there'd probably be a lot fewer of them. "OW! OW! OW!"
Yep, unless they're hollow. :) In practice, as I understand it, you've got to use the specific gravity test because just measuring a coin's...
Sorry, krispy, but you could hardly be more wrong on this. First of all, the only way ANY bid (manual or automated) wins on eBay is by being...
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