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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 1823638, member: 16729&quot;]I was wondering what you all thought about communicating with online sellers about their merchandise and informing them of what they have...and maybe even <i>how</i> they should sell it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I saw this item at an ebay auction this morning with a starting bid of .99 cents, no reserve:</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Korea-Coin-Charm-Chatelaine-/331077976275?pt=US_World_Coins&amp;hash=item4d15c900d3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Korea-Coin-Charm-Chatelaine-/331077976275?pt=US_World_Coins&amp;hash=item4d15c900d3" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Korea-Coin-Charm-Chatelaine-/331077976275?pt=US_World_Coins&amp;hash=item4d15c900d3</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I contacted him and had this to tell him, just from my own limited knowledge of these Korean &quot;chatalaines&quot;:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i>I notice that your charm IS listed in my 2012 Korean DaeGwangSa catalog.</i></p><p><i>Korean catalog price:&nbsp; 50,000,000 to 80,000,000 (fifty million to eighty million) KRW (South Korean Won).&nbsp; At a general exchange rate of 1,000 KRW to 1 USD, that&#039;s about $50,000 to $80,000.&nbsp; &nbsp; Now, the actual realized price will probably be much less, but very probably in the thousands of dollars.&nbsp;&nbsp; Nice piece, and good luck selling it!</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Initially, I mistakenly told him it was a &quot;Mandel 107.10&quot;, but later I wrote him back that it&#039;s actually listed as &quot;Y-45&quot; in the Korean catalog, but at the exact same price range.</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller wrote back, saying he is &quot;new to ebay&quot;, and he says in the item description: &quot;International buyers ship at their own risk. I cannot be held responsible for items that disappear in a foreign post office.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel like telling him, &quot;ummm... yeah,&nbsp; actually, you CAN be held responsible (in a way)!&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; If a potential buyer receives the item without delivery confirmation, they can just say that they never got it, and ebay will tell him to provide a refund that the two parties &quot;can live with&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I think that ebay may not be the best place to sell this item.&nbsp; I think Heritage would be a much better venue, considering its potential value, if it&#039;s authentic.</p><p><br /></p><p>So my question is about <b>propriety</b>, I guess:&nbsp; Is it okay for me to tell him this stuff?&nbsp; Or should I assume he knows what he&#039;s doing?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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