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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cremebrule, post: 1341877, member: 35227&quot;]This happened to me once. There was some old people sitting out on their front lawn with a bunch of tables set up. I was passing by and happened to see a few old coins which were worth &quot;quite a lot&quot;. I asked how much they were and the guy said &quot;$20 apiece&quot;. I decided to buy two of them and thinking I had made a pretty good deal gaining what I thought was a $1000+ profit. Got home, did some research online...what do you know? THEY&#039;RE COUNTERFEIT. Went back to them they next day and tried to return them, and they basically stared me down and said with a smile &quot;Sorry, no refunds&quot;. Later I found out that they rented the house that they did their lawn sale on. So when their sale is done, they pack up and move out so you can&#039;t track them. They&#039;re a bunch of smooth customers alright.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, it was their fault for selling counterfeit coins and swindling me out of $40. Then again, it&#039;s MY FAULT even more for trying to swindle THEM out of what I thought to be really rare, old coins. I still have both coins today as a reminder of what mindless greed can do to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>And honestly, do you really think old people are that stupid (to be blunt)? I remember when I was a kid, my mother told me stories of how her father owned a supermarket. She would work there as a cashier, and would always pick out the Mercury dimes and old coins that were in the change that people gave her. Even today, she raves about how a lot of stuff will become &quot;collectors items&quot;. These people know what they&#039;re doing. Like others have said, people set up a section with real coins that cost a bundle, and another section of supposedly &quot;rare&quot; coins that cost $5 a pop.</p><p><br /></p><p>Moral of story: Do your research; chances are in that one hour you spend at home researching the coin(s) you want to buy, no one is going to buy it. Even if someone does, you&#039;re not out of any money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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