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<p>[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 26218994, member: 104064"]It's interesting to contemplate the possibilities if they refuse to remove the listing. They have received multiple reports with ample evidence, including my escalation with case 6440401520. My reading of the Hobby Protection Act would be that they are knowingly facilitating the sale of counterfeit coins. To whit:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-304" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-304" rel="nofollow">https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-304</a></p><p>"It shall be a violation of the Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder for a person to provide substantial assistance or support to any manufacturer, importer, or seller of imitation numismatic items, or to any manufacturer or importer of imitation political items, if that person knows or should have known that the manufacturer, importer, or seller is engaged in any practice that violates the Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder."</p><p><br /></p><p>As a civil matter, can they be subjected to a class action suit for damaging an entire hobby? I wouldn't have any actual damages since I won't be buying the coin, and the previous buyers of the 5 1889-CC dollars likely have no clue that a counterfeit is sitting in their collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 26218994, member: 104064"]It's interesting to contemplate the possibilities if they refuse to remove the listing. They have received multiple reports with ample evidence, including my escalation with case 6440401520. My reading of the Hobby Protection Act would be that they are knowingly facilitating the sale of counterfeit coins. To whit: [URL]https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-304[/URL] "It shall be a violation of the Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder for a person to provide substantial assistance or support to any manufacturer, importer, or seller of imitation numismatic items, or to any manufacturer or importer of imitation political items, if that person knows or should have known that the manufacturer, importer, or seller is engaged in any practice that violates the Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder." As a civil matter, can they be subjected to a class action suit for damaging an entire hobby? I wouldn't have any actual damages since I won't be buying the coin, and the previous buyers of the 5 1889-CC dollars likely have no clue that a counterfeit is sitting in their collection.[/QUOTE]
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