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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Arizona Jack, post: 333810, member: 9308&quot;]Ben, I&#039;m trying my best not to sound paranoid here, and hope I need not be...but here goes</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sellers who specialize in an area like coins, usually are able to spot those who are on the shady side or downright shysters. They are also able to spot those who, to quote Tony Montana, &quot; fly straight &quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I use 2 ebay Id&#039;s, and both are well known here, never ever has been a secret, and I&#039;ll explain why. Simple. I do not want to post my wholosale buy price list on the front door to the business. Thats reason #1. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Reason #2. A seller may ( most do ) have 2 Ebay id&#039;s, with the second a buy account. Feedback is much more important to a seller. If ripped off or screwed, a seller is at the mercy of the OLD fedback system, and may not be willing to neg due to fear of a retailatory neg damaging our reputation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As Clembo said above, I made it a mission a while back to go after a certain fraud artist, twice in fact. Seated Kingo did not even sell Lincolns, which would be in my catagory of expertise and majority of my listings are Lincolns. He was not my competition in any way , shape or form.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He was targeted because he ripped off with a known fake 21-S Walker, a friend of mine. This put him on my radar map and I watched him. Eventually figuring out the &quot;buy&quot; of the replica and getting buyer a refund thru threatening emails and &quot;other&quot; reporting to law enforcement. Kingo left Ebay if you remember, only to pop up a month later with a new ID, Seated.......</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Other forums do exist, and thru these, he was outed again, but just made fun of. Only this time, he had stepped it up a notch and turned &quot; pro shyster&quot; using tactics we are all familiar with, the netgrade crackout. Again, only to be hounded and reported into quitting by many more than just me. It was the right thing to do, rid the bay of that dirtbag.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Reporting crooked sellers and fraudulent methods and items is the right thing to do. As a coin seller, I can usually spot a fraud pretty quickly. If you take note, I have also made it a point here to point out the goodguys as well, and have brought several of them to this forum.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>More good sellers will only improve the situation, more competition is the American way, and ALWAYS serves to make things better....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I hope I read this the wrong way, and was not a principle in your thoughts when making this thread post.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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