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<p>[QUOTE="National dealer, post: 7811, member: 487"]Well I am not real familiar with Ebay. To me it seems like a giant flea market. I hear far more horror stories than good ones. The good ones always come from the experienced collector. Yet it seems to be standard practice for everyone on the internet to promote Ebay. That doesn't really make sense to me. If it is more common to find bad deals, why send others to there? </p><p><br /></p><p>I view a few auctions that get sent to me from my customers that just seem plain silly. I posted one about a month ago, where this seller was selling an ordinary 1999 Lincoln, with a portion of the proceeds going to charity. The coin brought over $30. Charity aside, this is just silly. </p><p>Now I hope that my comments don't offend others, but why would anyone want to be associated with this type of activity? </p><p><br /></p><p>Now I do know of a couple of good and honest dealers that use Ebay as a tool to reach customers, and that is fine. I just don't understand it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="National dealer, post: 7811, member: 487"]Well I am not real familiar with Ebay. To me it seems like a giant flea market. I hear far more horror stories than good ones. The good ones always come from the experienced collector. Yet it seems to be standard practice for everyone on the internet to promote Ebay. That doesn't really make sense to me. If it is more common to find bad deals, why send others to there? I view a few auctions that get sent to me from my customers that just seem plain silly. I posted one about a month ago, where this seller was selling an ordinary 1999 Lincoln, with a portion of the proceeds going to charity. The coin brought over $30. Charity aside, this is just silly. Now I hope that my comments don't offend others, but why would anyone want to be associated with this type of activity? Now I do know of a couple of good and honest dealers that use Ebay as a tool to reach customers, and that is fine. I just don't understand it.[/QUOTE]
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