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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;omahaorange, post: 1568531, member: 28199&quot;]Keep in mind I don&#039;t deal through eBay, in fact only bought one coin from a eBay seller and was actually quite satisfied with the deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>With that said, before you can even think of posting a &quot;Bad Seller&quot; list, you really need to define the term &quot;Bad Seller&quot;.&nbsp; Aside from the obvious counterfeits and scams, &quot;bad seller&quot; gets used a lot around here to describe some unsatisfactory purchases, rather than bad deals.&nbsp; While it seems eBay has been overrun with &quot;professional sellers&quot; (I can&#039;t call them dealers), quite a few are regular people hoping to make a quick buck.&nbsp; For instance, poor photography doesn&#039;t necessarily make the seller bad.&nbsp; He may use poor sales techniques and&nbsp; spotty descriptions, but is this an effort to rip somebody off, inexperience, or simply, I&#039;m selling a few coins, don&#039;t really want to invest the time or money on equipment to take super-sharp pictures?&nbsp; What about those who buy, knowing the pictures are not the best, hoping to score a major deal, then find out the coin was as described (&quot;I took a gamble, not what I expected...&quot;) and then hide behind eBay&#039;s Buyer Protection?&nbsp; And my all-time favorite, &quot;I was sleepwalking and bid, and now the seller won&#039;t let me back out of the deal&quot; (that guy took a beating from a lot of posters).</p><p><br /></p><p>Detecto, while your intentions seem good, you&#039;re barking up the wrong tree.&nbsp; Most of us know what to look for on eBay, and the seller&#039;s identity really doesn&#039;t matter.&nbsp; Take the slabs you mentioned in the original post.&nbsp; Did you take a good look at the coins (I know you said the pictures were bad) and really discount the slab and grade given.&nbsp; High grade, basement slabs, and poor pictures should have been the red flags that detoured you from making that purchase.&nbsp; The audience you&#039;re trying to reach more than likely doesn&#039;t read this, or any other coin-related forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can also come up with a &quot;Bad Buyers&quot; list.&nbsp; Include the examples I cited above, along with the &quot;I got such a great deal on this, why won&#039;t anybody buy it for more than I paid so I can make some money&quot;, etc.&nbsp; Just saying, be careful with the labels.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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