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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 830000, member: 13650&quot;]It depends on what you&#039;re in the market for.&nbsp; Not all situations on there are equal.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; For example, if somebody has a NGC slabbed Battle creek Morgan, or a 2009 proof set, new with the packaging or they&#039;re selling PF69, slabbed, commemoratives, there is very little risk involved.&nbsp; Or, maybe you want a roll of the new Lincoln cents.&nbsp; At least check their feedback to see if the vast majority of their customers have been happy.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; If you&#039;re looking to buy anything old that is raw, now you need to know what you&#039;re doing and what you&#039;re looking for.&nbsp;&nbsp; IMO, on the average, you need to look long and hard, through pages of the same coins to find halfway decent, raw examples.&nbsp;&nbsp; Much of what&#039;s on there is low quality with high prices.&nbsp; Then if it&#039;s good quality, they really jack the price.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many times I have looked through several pages without finding an example that I thought was both good quality and a good price.&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Expect to go empty handed more often than not, once you know what you&#039;re doing.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; On the other hand, I&#039;d say most of the nicest ones I&#039;ve purchased came from ebay.&nbsp;&nbsp; Slabbed of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I think anybody buying raw gold on there at 4 digits plus and taking the seller&#039;s word is taking a high risk most of the time.&nbsp;&nbsp; Most of the time that&#039;s not going to work out in your favor.&nbsp;&nbsp; Know that probably more often than not, the guy bidding against you may know LESS than you do and just wants to win the auction.&nbsp;&nbsp; Never assume something must be worth it only because people are bidding it up.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen a lot of fools bidding up pathetically obvious, artificially toned Morgans and others.&nbsp;&nbsp; People are getting badly ripped off on there every day.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I&#039;ve heard many refer to ebay as the &quot;Wild West&quot;.&nbsp; You can live a decent, exciting life on there.&nbsp; Just don&#039;t get killed!&nbsp; lol[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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