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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cooperway4, post: 71230, member: 4189&quot;]<b>RE:Ebay finally got me! (But not too bad)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Here goes. First post.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been buying and selling on eBay for quite sometime. I&#039;ve got some exceptionally good coins without great pictures on certified coins. My advice is only buy coins that are pictured (i.e. no stock photo). If you don&#039;t know how to grade then you&#039;re not ready to buy. Bad pictured certified coins are okay if you are familiar with the certification company and their grading standards for the various issues (NGC does Franklins better and PCGS does Mercs better). And by all means, make sure the dealer has a return policy. Badly scratched holders or the occasional coin pictured not the one sent do arrise. I&#039;ve only returned one coin because it was not the one pictured and the seller refunded shipping as well and his policy was to not. However he stated that the coin pictured was the one I would receive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other venues like Yahoo!, Overstock, bidVille, ect., ect., are the same as eBay it this respect.</p><p><br /></p><p>My best advice when buying online is to keep in mind that SGS and FSG are fake certification companies that only certify their own coins and generally in the unrealistic grade of 70. PCI is usually downgraded by Heritage. All have their problems but I wouldn&#039;t hold a grading companies faults against a seller. I&#039;ve received PCGS buffalos graded MS66 with corrosion. Was it the sellers fault. No, they probably didn&#039;t notice it if dealing in a large volume. PCGS made the goof and now I shy away from PCGS buffaloes and silver eagles.</p><p><br /></p><p>If buying a raw coin then look for good scans. About the only thing you can&#039;t see is the edge of the coin. Keep in mind that it might be cleaned and recolored. Learn to grade and most importantly make sure the seller has a return policy (online, mail order, walk-in-shop, whatever). If your seller had had a return policy you could have sent the commem back to get a refund because it did not have a box.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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