Another Ebay Seller

How can this guy be allowed to post misleading information like this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EISENHOWER-IKE-SILVER-DOLLAR-COINS-MIXED-LOT-of-10-/231451835805

 

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OK, I'll bite. What is misleading about it?

 

everything he states is accurate. They are Ikes, they are dollars, and the color of those ike dollars is silver. His description clearly states they are clad dollars

 

yea, someone will think they are silver though ... i know caveat emptor but he's setting it up for problems to occur

 

Not a problem with everything he says except one line - STOCK PHOTOS. However, I have no idea if they are enforcing that any more.

 

He does not sell any other coins either. Setting himself up for FAIL.

 

I agree that it's rather deceptive.

 

at least he says it is a stock photo quite clearly. my last eBay return the guy kept swearing it was the same coin not stock photo yet the coin sent looked nothing like the picture. in fact, the picture was taken off coin facts as the highest graded photo coin. awesome so at least this guy is up front with the purchaser, unlike mine was.

 

Unless he's selling to three year olds or the color blind, the color of the coins should be obvious.

 

He just needs to take "SILVER" out of the title. I know, he later states they are not silver but there could be a buyer that comes along near the end of the auction and hits the BIN button because all he saw was 10 "SILVER" Ikes and a low price.

Tell me that hasn't happened before.

The Red Book has them listed under SILVER and RELATED DOLLARS.
These are "related" dollars not "silver".

 

agreed

 

I know I have an unpopular viewpoint, but if someone does this then "tough nougies". Bidiots who buy something without even bothering to do a smattering of thinking about it first irritate me worse than the sellers who put the bait out there.

 

Yes, it's tough nougies for the seller when the buyer opens an item not as described case and sticks the seller with the return postage fee.

 

Rule #1-The customer is always right. I have my ducks lined up, I am familiar with my offerings, I described them properly to the best of my ability. I do not pay return postage, only in a rare case where I might have missed something that the customer can prove to me was not in my listing. Rule #2- The customer needs to read the description in it's entirety, not just the header. Usually I am always in the right zone and have had very few problems over my 10 years on Ebay. So, sorry folks, I cannot subscribe to the tough nougies scenario. I NEVER let myself fall into a gray area.

 

Tough nougies to the BUYER, not the seller. I couldn't care less if he takes a bath buying coins without at LEAST putting forth the effort to read the entire listing.

Fish who leap at the chance to swallow a fancied up lure are going to be caught. Don't blame the fisherman for putting out the bait--blame the fish that doesn't learn the difference between a lure and a worm.

 

Are you saying it's ok to put "SILVER" in the title even though they are NOT silver?

 

Large dollars are generically called silver dollars regardless of metal content, just like cents are usually called copper by the general public. Do I think it could be mis-leading? Yes, and if he didn't plainly state otherwise in the description then I would have a problem with his listing. But, he does, and, therefore if he catches a trout who didn't properly examine the bait then "too bad, so sad" for the trout.

 

You'd make a great Ebay seller.

 

Since I have nice coins I probably would be a great Ebay seller if any of my coins were for sale. They aren't--and won't be until after I shuffle off, though.

 

I would have preferred and listed myself as "Dollar Coin".