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<p>[QUOTE="buddy16cat, post: 26703272, member: 37356"]I found this. I actually bought a counterfeit Indian head and got a refund.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://community.ebay.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/930500iCAA60B83F959FCCB/image-dimensions/40x40/image-coordinates/0%2C0%2C3023%2C3023/constrain-image/false?v=v2" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://community.ebay.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/31216938" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://community.ebay.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/31216938" rel="nofollow">jonathanbrightlight</a></p><p>Rockstar</p><p>(<a href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=jonathanbrightlight&ssPageName=STRK:ME:UFS" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=jonathanbrightlight&ssPageName=STRK:ME:UFS" rel="nofollow"><b>0</b> <i>feedbacks</i></a>) <a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/jonathanbrightlight/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/jonathanbrightlight/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg" rel="nofollow">View listings</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>05-30-2025 06:33 PM</p><p><br /></p><p>eBay does not allow the sale of any counterfeit, including coins. But none of those sellers of counterfeit coins are advertising them as counterfeit. They’re listing them as legitimate coins, but actually shipping counterfeits. If and when customers report that and get refunds, the counterfeit sellers end up getting shut down at some point, but it’s a game of whack-a-mole. Another one is always popping up. In fact, there are probably multiple sellers that register and begin selling what ends up being identified as counterfeit coins for every one that gets caught, at least in recent years. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Could eBay do something about it? To a point. Sure, they could ban Chinese sellers from offering US coins at all, but it’s not like plenty of US money hasn’t traveled abroad, including to China, and there are many legitimate collectors located in China. I’m sure the situation could improve, and I won’t be surprised if eBay makes some type of change at some point to address this type of problem, but I’m also confident many sellers will come here complaining, some of who will be legitimately caught in the crossfire without actually doing anything wrong themselves. It’s just the nature of trying to fight fraud and scams. Every time you make progress, there’s another setback. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>People have been scamming people since the beginning of time, and people have been falling for scams since the beginning of time. There’s only so much you can do about it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="buddy16cat, post: 26703272, member: 37356"]I found this. I actually bought a counterfeit Indian head and got a refund. [IMG]https://community.ebay.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/930500iCAA60B83F959FCCB/image-dimensions/40x40/image-coordinates/0%2C0%2C3023%2C3023/constrain-image/false?v=v2[/IMG] [URL='https://community.ebay.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/31216938']jonathanbrightlight[/URL] Rockstar ([URL='http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=jonathanbrightlight&ssPageName=STRK:ME:UFS'][B]0[/B] [I]feedbacks[/I][/URL]) [URL='http://www.ebay.com/sch/jonathanbrightlight/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg']View listings[/URL] 05-30-2025 06:33 PM eBay does not allow the sale of any counterfeit, including coins. But none of those sellers of counterfeit coins are advertising them as counterfeit. They’re listing them as legitimate coins, but actually shipping counterfeits. If and when customers report that and get refunds, the counterfeit sellers end up getting shut down at some point, but it’s a game of whack-a-mole. Another one is always popping up. In fact, there are probably multiple sellers that register and begin selling what ends up being identified as counterfeit coins for every one that gets caught, at least in recent years. Could eBay do something about it? To a point. Sure, they could ban Chinese sellers from offering US coins at all, but it’s not like plenty of US money hasn’t traveled abroad, including to China, and there are many legitimate collectors located in China. I’m sure the situation could improve, and I won’t be surprised if eBay makes some type of change at some point to address this type of problem, but I’m also confident many sellers will come here complaining, some of who will be legitimately caught in the crossfire without actually doing anything wrong themselves. It’s just the nature of trying to fight fraud and scams. Every time you make progress, there’s another setback. People have been scamming people since the beginning of time, and people have been falling for scams since the beginning of time. There’s only so much you can do about it.[/QUOTE]
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