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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2375318, member: 36230"]What? That's unbelievable and wholly ridiculous. It's already bad enough as is; no honest buyer buying for their own collection needs anything remotely close to even 14 days to decide if he wants the coin or not, and is already to the point ebay is nothing more than the world's largest on-approval service. The lack of genuine protection, excessive buyer coddling, turning a blind eye towards abuse of buyer protection policies, zero personal responsibility, acceptable buyer's remorse, on and on etc etc.... the access to such a pool of buyers is very valuable, of course, but when does the cost simply become too high? This type of thing doesn't hurt the dreck peddlers but the straight and honest, particularly smaller sellers who often deal in quality and/or on slimmer margins. Just more nails going into the coffins of those who least deserve it.</p><p><br /></p><p>There's another collectibles area that I'm familiar with, and there are a few ebay sellers who have for years sold nothing but cobbled-together and/or straight out counterfeit pieces, yet ebay hasn't made the slightest effort to shut them down. One even claims to have been the past president of a collectors organization as a means to deceive buyers (something easily proven false) yet even with many, many complaints, nothing is done about it. As with coins, these schmoes aren't going to be the ones affected as their sales are almost entirely profit; it's the honest guys dealing with the games and BS, and is downright pitiful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is this happening later this month or next March?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2375318, member: 36230"]What? That's unbelievable and wholly ridiculous. It's already bad enough as is; no honest buyer buying for their own collection needs anything remotely close to even 14 days to decide if he wants the coin or not, and is already to the point ebay is nothing more than the world's largest on-approval service. The lack of genuine protection, excessive buyer coddling, turning a blind eye towards abuse of buyer protection policies, zero personal responsibility, acceptable buyer's remorse, on and on etc etc.... the access to such a pool of buyers is very valuable, of course, but when does the cost simply become too high? This type of thing doesn't hurt the dreck peddlers but the straight and honest, particularly smaller sellers who often deal in quality and/or on slimmer margins. Just more nails going into the coffins of those who least deserve it. There's another collectibles area that I'm familiar with, and there are a few ebay sellers who have for years sold nothing but cobbled-together and/or straight out counterfeit pieces, yet ebay hasn't made the slightest effort to shut them down. One even claims to have been the past president of a collectors organization as a means to deceive buyers (something easily proven false) yet even with many, many complaints, nothing is done about it. As with coins, these schmoes aren't going to be the ones affected as their sales are almost entirely profit; it's the honest guys dealing with the games and BS, and is downright pitiful. Is this happening later this month or next March?[/QUOTE]
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