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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 407505, member: 8959&quot;]<b>Sad EBAY Experience and Buyer Beware!!!!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, here is my Fake of the day/month/year:</p><p><br /></p><p>But first, the &quot;story&quot; behind it. </p><p><br /></p><p>At the end of May i saw and bid on an 1844 Dime (Known as the orphan Annie Dime) in EBAY graded ANACS fine 12.&nbsp; Not a rare coin, but one full of history behind it which i really wanted.&nbsp; </p><p>Driven by all of my recent positive experiences in EBAY i still went ahead with the deal, even when the &quot;seller&quot; sent my this note. </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;....yes I will ship to Germany. I will ship Registered. $15 sounds about right. When I ship registered to England it costs about $11. </p><p>This is very important: My paypal account was limited, so I can&#039;t accept payments to the paypal account that I have listed on the auction. </p><p>I will have to send you a money request on my other paypal account if you win. </p><p>Sorry about the confusion, but I have no other choices at this point, they limited my account and I can&#039;t touch the funds..... </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a very nice coin, nicer than the photos show. </p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck winning it!</p><p><br /></p><p>- seatedbustkeys&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, in spite of all of the above red flags, i good naturedly went ahead, bid and &quot;won&quot; the coin, and then Paypalled him the money. </p><p><br /></p><p>A month later i still had not received the coin. Strange i thought. In 10 years or more of buying coins in the U.S and shipped to Germany, NOTHING has ever gotten lost in the&nbsp; mail. So i suspected fraud, and filed a paypal complaint. Won the case, but no reimbursement (not surprising giving the sellers stand with paypal). Now, 8 weeks after the close of the auction i receive in the mail this coin.&nbsp; An 1857 -S half dollar.</p><p>At first i was happy that the seller (seatedandbustkeys) still went ahead and sent me something. A closer look at the coin told me otherwise. Apperance is all worn and rough, weight is off - should weigh 13.36 g, weighs 11.94..), the reeding is a joke. Definitely a fake (cast??) of a semi scarce coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So folks, what do you think. Anybody ever heard of this seller &quot;Seatedandbustkeys&quot; ???</p><p>I have nobody to blame but myself for being so unsuspecting that there are truly dishonest individuals out there. A lesson i will not forget.</p><p>Regards,</p><p>Eduard[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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