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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SimonT, post: 85244, member: 4444&quot;]If you have coins to sell that are very common or seriously crap, and you want to get people to pay way more than they are worth, you have to sell hype. </p><p><br /></p><p>If your coins are desirable to collectors, you just have to sell the coins and don&#039;t need to go into a bunch of secret hidden safe garbage, or mysterious lost treasure chest nonsense.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take a look at the auction description.&nbsp; If the main thing the seller is talking about is not the coin itself but some backstory, or some wild tale of found treasure, you can be reasonably sure that the coin itself will not bring what the seller wants so he or she is going to try to enchant you with hopes of rare coins for a fraction of their value.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have heard it said that it is very hard to scam an honest man.&nbsp; Meaning that most con-artists will appeal to the, &quot;larceny in your soul,&quot; to get you to fall for their crap.&nbsp; One of the oldest and most effective scams is to take some junk, such as fake diamond or counterfiet coins, and go up to someone and tell them that you stole some real diamonds or rare coins from someone, and need to sell them fast for pennies on the dollar.&nbsp; If the person is honest he will tell you to pound sand and maybe report you to the authorities.&nbsp; The con-man is counting on you wanting to partake in some ill begotten gains and then sells you what you think is, say, a $10,000 dollar item for $500.&nbsp; You later find out that the item is worth approximately $2.00.&nbsp; If you were honest, you would have turned him down.&nbsp; Enough people will take him up on this offer to make this a universally profitable approach.</p><p><br /></p><p>The type of auctions discussed in the OP are very close to this type of deal, in that the seller wants you to believe that they don&#039;t know what they have, and so you can rip them off by buying it for their asking price and then maybe reselling it.&nbsp; Believe me, they know what they have, and will not let it go for less than full retail value, and usually alot more.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You are buying a song and dance, not a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just a thought. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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