***Ebay Coins***

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MESE:IT&viewitem=&item=150095501469&rd=1&rd=1


please let me know if this is a good deal. thank you

 

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The starting bid is pretty close to a good price. The "buy it now" price is a huge ripoff. He has provided very poor pictures, which is a sure clue that there may be a flaw somewhere on the coin(s) or something of that nature. His feedback rating is another dead giveaway.....95.3%...no, Id stay away from this. If you dont have alot of experience buying coins, then Ebay isnt a good place to start. It would be a good idea for you to go to a local coin shop or show and look around. Buy yourself a few books. "A guide book of United States coins" or "RED BOOK" as its more commonly called is a great book to start with. Get a Coin World magazine. Familiarize yourself with these coins that you're interested in before you buy. It'll save you lots of money when you know you're not getting ripped off.

 

Red book is a great idea. or PCGS.com will give you some prices. I would also research each individual coin on ebay. and see what others are bidding.

I agree about the buy it now price. I stay away from anyone who has an outrageous buy it now price. its like a red flag that somethins not right!

 

Feedback: 95.3% Positive Says it all!

 

BUYER BEWARE ! :mouth:

They only have a about 10 deals on e-bay and the bad feedback is on there buying. But I would be careful

 

PCGS has such inflated prices on their website. That was where I first researched coin prices online until I learned about redbooks and the folks here.

www.bestcoin.com has prices that are a lot more realistic than PCGS

 

I've seen worse feedback - his rating is so low because he has so few transactions - but it's the lousy photos and insane BIN price that turns me off.

As someone else said, $8.99 including S/H isn't a bad deal if the coins are problem-free, but we can't tell, can we?

Personally, I don't swim in shark-infested waters without lots and lots of protection.

 

bad deal, do not bid

 

I've checked his feedbacks... and the three negatives were issued by sellers and not by buyers...:kewl:

 

There were other things that threw up red flags for me along with the feedback. Although he does have a 95.3% rating its still low, and still means he's incompitent whether he's sending a payment or sending an item. He's also a pretty new seller with only 58 transactions. You cant even make out what some of the coins are due to reflections and camera angles, makes me think, whats he trying to hide? Im sorry but I still strongly believe this is a bogus deal.

 

Most people who put stupid prices on coins

A) Don't really know what they are worth
B) Are speculating on the coins value
C) Are possibly a bit crooked

Notice that the least desireable coins have the longest "This is rare, valuable, an asset to your collection" descriptions, unlike the good stuff.

 

Thats true... I'm not interested in these coins.. But let me ask something.. will asking for better scans help?

 

So far no bids
The relatives and friends are not up yet :mouth:

 

:mouth: :bow:

 

You're absolutely right, asking for better scans probably would not help. IMO if he wanted anyone to have a better look at these coins he would have posted better pictures to begin with. If I were posting these pictures on an auction site and saw the one that shows nothing but reflection, my thoughts would be "if I cant see that coin how can a customer see it?"
Asking for better pics would probably turn out 0 results.

 

GREAT DEAL @ 99CENTS.
BUY IT NOW $1500 stinks.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/COLLECTION-OF-O...784QQihZ015QQcategoryZ527QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

What about this one?

 

Deceptive photos are deceptive photos are deceptive photos, and honest sellers don't practice deception.

The auction you linked, and all of the others from that seller displayed at that site, involve pictures of large numbers of coins for offers of small lots. Every one of the faults found with the first one inquired about apply to these as well.

• If you like to gamble, and you aren't near any casinos, buy that kind of "unsearched" lots on EBay.
• If you don't like to gamble, don't bid on those auctions.
• If you like to gamble, and you are near a casino - Vegas, Atlantic City, Mississippi river boat, Native American reservation, or whatever - go there. You'll get a lot more fun and excitement in exchange for your thrown-away money than you will from winning one of those auctions.

 

I like to gamble, but I don't like to lose. That's why I posted the link for critique.

Plus they have a money back guarantee. Couldn't I just buy one, and if there aren't any good coins, I could just send it back? (Or if I want to be really deceiving, I could buy it, remove all the valuable coins, and send it back. Hopefully they don't have an advanced enough scale to notice.)

 

423 negative and neutral feedback

Yeah, and just be out your two-way S/H/postage.

I don't think anyone on this forum would recommend committing a crime as an appropriate procedure.

Don't bet on it - removing even one coin would reduce the weight by at least a couple of grams, and that doesn't take a very sophisticated scale to detect.