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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1186276, member: 27832&quot;]I sometimes wonder if I&#039;m accumulating a karmic burden by taking advantage of people who don&#039;t pay attention to what they&#039;re listing, or don&#039;t bother to describe lots clearly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibit 1:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;_trksid=p4340.l2557&amp;rt=nc&amp;nma=true&amp;item=180669347104&amp;si=T9iYIg2Zz9c%252B3W4PhvF7FYrNrbs%253D&amp;viewitem=&amp;sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT#ht_2108wt_734" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;_trksid=p4340.l2557&amp;rt=nc&amp;nma=true&amp;item=180669347104&amp;si=T9iYIg2Zz9c%252B3W4PhvF7FYrNrbs%253D&amp;viewitem=&amp;sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT#ht_2108wt_734" rel="nofollow">Lot of (2) Whitman Nickel Collection Books AS-IS</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t even know what made me click on this one; it looks like just a pair of used folders, and I don&#039;t especially collect Jeffersons anyhow. But I saw that the thumbnails appeared to show some coins, so I thought I&#039;d look for silver. As I went through the images in order, I saw enough war nickels -- maybe 10 or so -- to make the lot marginally profitable just on a silver basis. But apparently I got to the last page ahead of any other potential buyers -- the page that appears to contain TWENTY warnicks. So, thirty or so war nickels for $13 shipped. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibit 2:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;_trksid=p4340.l2557&amp;rt=nc&amp;nma=true&amp;item=260786112563&amp;si=T9iYIg2Zz9c%252B3W4PhvF7FYrNrbs%253D&amp;viewitem=&amp;sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT#ht_6355wt_1026" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;_trksid=p4340.l2557&amp;rt=nc&amp;nma=true&amp;item=260786112563&amp;si=T9iYIg2Zz9c%252B3W4PhvF7FYrNrbs%253D&amp;viewitem=&amp;sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT#ht_6355wt_1026" rel="nofollow">Nice Collection of Silver Proof Coins</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is from our friend <b>mel-ko</b>, purveyor of psychedelic purple crayoned, er, &quot;toned&quot; coins. There were quite a few bids on it already when I spotted it, which led me to believe it would be no bargain. But then I started studying the photo more carefully.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can clearly see eleven state quarters, five 90% halves, two 90% dimes, two 40% halves, and what looks like a 40% quarter. That would add up to a melt value of $150. But look more closely. The two boxes on the left do NOT correspond to any of the displayed cases -- so, unless the lot includes two empty boxes (which would be out of character based on feedback), there are ten more quarters here.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, finally, what&#039;s that tube at the bottom? It appears to contain... &lt;squint&gt;... 23 or 24 90% dimes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I calculated the silver value here at somewhere north of $260. So, I sniped with a bid a bit over $200, figuring that if I didn&#039;t win I wouldn&#039;t feel much regret. I ended up landing it for $121.48.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, what on Earth happened? Well, the same seller had several other lots ending within seconds of this one, including one with some older and more desirable coins that went considerably higher. I&#039;m thinking that the casual drive-by bidders just overlooked the rest of the items in the photo, and the &quot;study this seller&quot; bidders got pulled in by one or more of the other auctions. But I was still <i>really</i> surprised this one went so very low -- less than half melt.</p><p><br /></p><p>As long as I can get deals like these, yeah, I&#039;m still accumulating silver. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> But I really do need to start taking profits on some of the undesirable stuff -- even with the recent correction, I think I&#039;m getting to the point of being a little overweighted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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