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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 8464739, member: 26302&quot;]I agree with Mat there are ways to navigate Ebay. I disagree most semi-knowledgable ancient collectors agree they wouldn&#039;t touch Ebay with a 10 foot pole. Good gosh, look at other coins the seller listed, where he/she is at, history, etc and fairly quickly you can get a list of pretty good sellers there. Couple this with coin knowledge and most of your purchases would be fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>My problem is this is my HOBBY. There are so many good auction firms out there, and I have to wade through so much dreck on Ebay, (fakes, garbage, insanely overpriced coins, etc), that I do not ever see much I would even wish to bid on, let alone win. I do have a friend who is one of the world experts on coins of Alexander and he gets unique coins on Ebay of him all of the time. However, he has very narrow search criteria and its one of his main things to do. I am not that limited, but wider searches simply bring back loads of garbage, and as a hobby its not very enjoyable to wade through.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a real danger at looking at Ebay. The danger is if you look at enough fakes, pretty soon your eye cannot pick them out as well. I haven&#039;t looked at Ebay in over a year, but looked at tons of good auctions. I bet I would simply see the fakes pretty clearly right now, since my eye is used to good coins. However, with enough looking at Ebay and not at good auctions, eventually I feel this would go away and you would get used to looking at fakes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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