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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 584901, member: 8033&quot;]I&#039;m breaking my &quot;clembo silence&quot; for this one folks. Really - WHAT does that tell ANYONE about ebay?</p><p><br /></p><p>I once belonged to the ANA and let my membership lapse because it really did not do much for me other than a claim and a name. Anyone can get in by paying the fees.</p><p>HOWEVER, and this is a big HOWEVER, the ANA is a well established organization that DOES have the interests of the hobby in mind. Sure there are politics involved but the King of Hobbies, Coin Collecting, is at heart. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ebay is increasingly becoming the king of greed and they&#039;ve been working real hard at it. Sure, as some may point out, for the fees the exposure it great but it is getting so stacked against the legit sellers it makes me sick.</p><p><br /></p><p>It used to be that a good seller could sell to a knowledgeable buyer with very few hassles. If there was a sticking point it was easily taken care of. A personal case in point. Years ago I bid on, and won, a nice unc 1866 Two Cent Piece.</p><p>Well, I got an 1865 in the mail. Granted it was nice but not what I bid on. I contacted the seller in a civil matter. Seems he had already sold the coin indadvertently.</p><p>Well, I liked the one I got even though it was the wrong date and asked if he could just send me $20 and I&#039;d keep it. He did and we were both satisfied.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can anyone do that now? You know, work it out yourselves without ebay or paypal stepping in? I think not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Key words in my experiece being &quot;good seller&quot; and &quot;knowlegeable buyer&quot;. Ebay is more geared toward garbage seller and sucker these days. Countefeits, it would seem, get better fees so let them go without any &quot;real&quot; monitoring.</p><p><br /></p><p>Darn shame. Ebay was a great concept but things change over the years. Honestly, I&#039;d love to see them go belly up anymore.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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