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<p>[QUOTE="iamtiberius, post: 2165556, member: 37707"]I purchased this coin from Sam Sloat Coins, located in CT a few weeks ago. (awesome people)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]417378[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]417374[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Whilst taking part of my daily ebay perusing ritual, I noticed a coin that looked undeniably familiar. After looking at the rest of the pictures in the listing, it was apparent that this individual was fraudulently listing a coin that did not belong to them and was in fact, mine. It seems they simply copied the pictures of the coins listed on Vcoins.</p><p>Still active link: <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lucania-Heraclea-AR-Stater-NGC-Ch-VF-/181762364783?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a51e1956f" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lucania-Heraclea-AR-Stater-NGC-Ch-VF-/181762364783?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a51e1956f" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lucania-Heraclea-AR-Stater-NGC-Ch-VF-/181762364783?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a51e1956f</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I contacted the seller, telling them that I owned the coin and that it looked like they were attempting to sell several other coins that belong to Sloat. I told them that I may be reporting them based on their response. They only replied "you own none of my coins." to which I replied with the following photo:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]417375[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I contacted Sam Sloat coins advising them of the suspicious activity. Their employee said that they do not consign, own all of their coins out right, and only use 1 ebay account that is not Sandraphoto909. I provided her with some links over email. What's interesting is that the fraudulent account seems to be selling from Bridgeport, Ct; while Sam Sloat Coin is located in Westport, Ct, 13 miles away. Anyways, I have reported all of the fraudulent listings for both Fraudulent listings and padding their bids. (3 of the coins have several bids on them only within a few hours of posting by accounts with 0-2 transactions.) </p><p><br /></p><p>Pretty interesting. Anyone else ever have something similar happen?</p><p><br /></p><p>What a fun way to introduce a new coin. Post em if you got em. ha.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="iamtiberius, post: 2165556, member: 37707"]I purchased this coin from Sam Sloat Coins, located in CT a few weeks ago. (awesome people) [ATTACH=full]417378[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]417374[/ATTACH] Whilst taking part of my daily ebay perusing ritual, I noticed a coin that looked undeniably familiar. After looking at the rest of the pictures in the listing, it was apparent that this individual was fraudulently listing a coin that did not belong to them and was in fact, mine. It seems they simply copied the pictures of the coins listed on Vcoins. Still active link: [url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lucania-Heraclea-AR-Stater-NGC-Ch-VF-/181762364783?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a51e1956f[/url] I contacted the seller, telling them that I owned the coin and that it looked like they were attempting to sell several other coins that belong to Sloat. I told them that I may be reporting them based on their response. They only replied "you own none of my coins." to which I replied with the following photo: [ATTACH=full]417375[/ATTACH] I contacted Sam Sloat coins advising them of the suspicious activity. Their employee said that they do not consign, own all of their coins out right, and only use 1 ebay account that is not Sandraphoto909. I provided her with some links over email. What's interesting is that the fraudulent account seems to be selling from Bridgeport, Ct; while Sam Sloat Coin is located in Westport, Ct, 13 miles away. Anyways, I have reported all of the fraudulent listings for both Fraudulent listings and padding their bids. (3 of the coins have several bids on them only within a few hours of posting by accounts with 0-2 transactions.) Pretty interesting. Anyone else ever have something similar happen? What a fun way to introduce a new coin. Post em if you got em. ha.[/QUOTE]
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