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<p>[QUOTE="ToughCOINS, post: 26227300, member: 20480"]My latest report to eBay for <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/396701577261?itmmeta=01JX58XWMETDV53NYQFZ4Y1VGW&hash=item5c5d41b02d:g:MEgAAOSwtihoQmVa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/396701577261?itmmeta=01JX58XWMETDV53NYQFZ4Y1VGW&hash=item5c5d41b02d:g:MEgAAOSwtihoQmVa" rel="nofollow">Item 396701577261</a>, word for word:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>"Get your crap together, eBay. You're employing people who know next to nothing about authenticating coins, and pretending that they do. This seller and many others like him / her are victimizing unwary buyers on your platform. Sometimes the losses are much more serious than on coins like this one I'm reporting now, but that's not my point. You should be catching all of them before your buyers become victims, but you just look the other way and let them continue advertising this garbage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since you are so bad at authenticating, let alone detecting fakes on your own, I'll lead you by the nose to the easiest of the easy to confirm as a fake . . . This supposed 1846-O Half Dime cannot exist, as the New Orleans Mint did not make any half dimes.</p><p><br /></p><p>You need to smarten up, eBay. We want more than just lip service from you. We want bona fide protection for buyers on your platform. That doesn't mean removing only the most painfully obvious fakes. It means removing them all, proactively!"</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Obviously, I forgot to completely qualify my claim by saying the New Orleans Mint did not make any half dimes <i>that year. </i>Still, let's see how they respond.</p><p><br /></p><p>Images posted below for posterity after the eBay listing expires or gets removed.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1675041[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1675040[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ToughCOINS, post: 26227300, member: 20480"]My latest report to eBay for [URL='https://www.ebay.com/itm/396701577261?itmmeta=01JX58XWMETDV53NYQFZ4Y1VGW&hash=item5c5d41b02d:g:MEgAAOSwtihoQmVa']Item 396701577261[/URL], word for word: [INDENT]"Get your crap together, eBay. You're employing people who know next to nothing about authenticating coins, and pretending that they do. This seller and many others like him / her are victimizing unwary buyers on your platform. Sometimes the losses are much more serious than on coins like this one I'm reporting now, but that's not my point. You should be catching all of them before your buyers become victims, but you just look the other way and let them continue advertising this garbage. Since you are so bad at authenticating, let alone detecting fakes on your own, I'll lead you by the nose to the easiest of the easy to confirm as a fake . . . This supposed 1846-O Half Dime cannot exist, as the New Orleans Mint did not make any half dimes. You need to smarten up, eBay. We want more than just lip service from you. We want bona fide protection for buyers on your platform. That doesn't mean removing only the most painfully obvious fakes. It means removing them all, proactively!"[/INDENT] Obviously, I forgot to completely qualify my claim by saying the New Orleans Mint did not make any half dimes [I]that year. [/I]Still, let's see how they respond. Images posted below for posterity after the eBay listing expires or gets removed. [ATTACH=full]1675041[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1675040[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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