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<p>[QUOTE="jloring, post: 1262403, member: 15518"]I hear what you're saying gbroke... and there was a time awhile back that you could do just that. But eBay considered that interferring with an auction, and chose to hide the bidder's ID's. The seller isn't doing anything wrong, and getting 56X face for silver is quite profitable, both for eBay and the seller. So protecting bidders from their own stupidity is now "out of our hands so to speak." A few years ago (when you could still contact bidders), the cfE group (the self-appointed watchdog group that specializes in finding and shutting down auctions selling unmarked replica coins as genuine) got itself into hot water by contacting bidders, who in turn complained to eBay. Apparently, any attempt to protect a prospective buyer from himself is taboo. So, despite the urge to smack some sense into bidders, eBay remains the place to sell your silver coins for well over melt.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jloring, post: 1262403, member: 15518"]I hear what you're saying gbroke... and there was a time awhile back that you could do just that. But eBay considered that interferring with an auction, and chose to hide the bidder's ID's. The seller isn't doing anything wrong, and getting 56X face for silver is quite profitable, both for eBay and the seller. So protecting bidders from their own stupidity is now "out of our hands so to speak." A few years ago (when you could still contact bidders), the cfE group (the self-appointed watchdog group that specializes in finding and shutting down auctions selling unmarked replica coins as genuine) got itself into hot water by contacting bidders, who in turn complained to eBay. Apparently, any attempt to protect a prospective buyer from himself is taboo. So, despite the urge to smack some sense into bidders, eBay remains the place to sell your silver coins for well over melt.[/QUOTE]
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