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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrz1988, post: 761303, member: 21121&quot;]As far as typos and things, sometimes the best coin auctions are the ones where the seller doesn&#039;t even know what they have.&nbsp; I&#039;ve pulled a couple AU 1909 VDBs for $5 recently because they were listed as a part of another auction without the &#039;VDB&#039; tag.&nbsp; One of them was 1909, 1910-S, 1911, 1912, 1913, all with clear images, and I was amazed to see the V.D.B. clearly on the reverse of the 1909 image.&nbsp; Got the whole auction of the AU 1909, VF 1910-S, and the other two nobodies for around $12 after shipping, all looked genuine to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>What really grinds my gears is that sometimes to find a decent deal on ebay you really have to gamble.&nbsp; You bid on a fuzzy picture or a guy who sells only a handful of coins a year... I&#039;ve had it turn out good and bad.&nbsp; Worse yet are the shipping charges!&nbsp; I find all too often $2 shipping charges in a $0.50 envelope, or see a $5 shipping charge for one coin that usually ends up packed and shipped in a little bubble wrap for a cost of no more than $2 to the seller.&nbsp; I&#039;ve even seen some $15+ shipping on a $10 coin.&nbsp; Insanity.</p><p><br /></p><p>My #1 rule is never buy anything that you can&#039;t be sure its worth the gamble.&nbsp; That usually means never buying any real pricey coins on ebay in fear of counterfeits, or sticking with the high feedback.&nbsp; Always ask questions when possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>My #2 rule is never buy on an impulse.&nbsp; There is almost always going to be another auction in the same week for the same or similar coin (if its not super-rare) for a better price or for a lower risk.&nbsp; Some sellers are even dumb enough to flood the market with 4-5 of the same item at the same time, driving the price way down.&nbsp; Shop around!!</p><p><br /></p><p>My #3 rule is never cry over spilt pennies.&nbsp; If you weighed the risk and still bought and lost, thats just ebay.&nbsp; Same motto I have when I lose at poker <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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