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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2493622, member: 71510&quot;]So the back story is that there&#039;s a guy in town that is always advertising on Craig&#039;s List that he &quot;pays the most money for coins&quot; and is always trying to hustle people.&nbsp; He has no business license, he generally lies to people about the worth of their coins, and then attempts to flip them.</p><p><br /></p><p>He&#039;s admitted to me he&#039;s been kicked off Ebay twice.</p><p><br /></p><p>I met him when I had some graded coins for sale and he attempted to offer me melt on some MS grade Mercury dimes - and lied saying they weren&#039;t worth anything except bulk silver.&nbsp; Needless to say, I politely said &quot;bye&quot; and decided never to deal with him.&nbsp; He kept calling me and trying to pressure me to sell, then asked if I wanted to buy (the greatest coins ever, premium, all worth millions, etc...)</p><p><br /></p><p>He contacted me again last year when I had some Morgans up and I recognized the e-mail - which I ignored.&nbsp; I knew what to expect.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it turns out that a friend of one of my relatives &quot;found&quot; him on CL - and I heard through the family grapevine that he basically ripped her off.</p><p><br /></p><p>She ended up selling a complete Morgan collection from her late husband for $15 a coin to the guy back in June.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if it was 100% complete -but I know there were CC dollars in it - which is enough to know that she got taken - big-time.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I have found him, I can contact him - I haven&#039;t.&nbsp; I&#039;m not looking to go vigilante on him (at least not until I have tried all legal means!).</p><p><br /></p><p>He doesn&#039;t have a business license, he&#039;s probably also taking stolen goods.&nbsp; He&#039;s definitely ripping people off and outright lying to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know that the cops will do anything.&nbsp; I&#039;d doubt the family friend wants to do anything - even though she got ripped off.</p><p><br /></p><p>How do I do the right thing and help shut this guy down?&nbsp; (Legally!)</p><p><br /></p><p>No &quot;peanut gallery&quot; comments.&nbsp; I have enough of those in my head.&nbsp; What is protocol here?&nbsp; What would PNG members do?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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