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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 664061, member: 19423&quot;]Hi everyone, saw a similar thread about whether there were good deals possible on eBay. Well made me think of this experience (as well as a few others) where I decided to &quot;gamble&quot; on eBay.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ever run across an auction for a coin that you think would be great based on the description or a coin that you would love to own in the grade but unfortunately the pictures were horrible???</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That&#039;s what happened to me in my hunt for a Classic Head Large Cent when I came across an eBay seller with an NGC AU55 1814 &quot;Plain 4&quot; Classic Head Large Cent with only the following photo:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/1814au551cobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Well, given grade on the slab, the Buy it Now price was not bad. I decided to take a &quot;gamble&quot; so I sent a lowball offer to the seller based on the pictures, and after a few back and forth counteroffers, the coin was mine. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here&#039;s what the coin looked like when I got it and photographed it myself:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/1814obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/1814rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think my eBay gamble paid off in this case <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I ended up later selling the coin for almost $1000 profit :thumb:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Let&#039;s see some examples of your &quot;eBay gambles&quot; whether they were winners or whether they were losers... I have an example where I was a loser in my gambling on eBay that I&#039;ll post to the thread later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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