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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed23, post: 2047303, member: 32117&quot;]I&#039;m not sure</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, eBay could do more to dump the number of sellers who are taking advantage of others, but buyers also need to be aware of ways to avoid being the victim of a scam.</p><p><br /></p><p>The number one way a buyer can avoid problems is to always check the seller&#039;s feedback. If they have a dozen or more negative and neutral feedbacks in the past 6 months look at what the buyer said and what the seller said. If all of the negative feedback is all from one buyer, and that buyer has less than 100 feedbacks then my rule is to dismiss the negatives as due to a novice buyer not getting exactly what he expected; an exception to my rule is: if the negative feedback is due to their selling fakes. </p><p><br /></p><p>If the seller has dozens of negative/neutral feedbacks on a regular basis then look somewhere else to buy. If buyers will report buying fakes (sold as genuine) then eBay will deal with them accordingly. For example, I bought some gold nuggets from one dealer who had 100% positive feedback. The nuggets looked great, but when I tested them they turned out to be gold plated copper. My negative was the first for that seller. Within a week multiple buyers who had left positive feedback earlier had their nuggets tested, a few contacted me to tell me they had their nuggets tested and they were also fakes. If you don&#039;t know how to test gold most pawn shops will do it for you, but don&#039;t just sit there. Crooks benefit from you being too trusting.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point is the buyer is often his own worst enemy on eBay, but if the buyer does his part to protect himself a lot of &quot;problems&quot; on eBay will take care of themselves. Even though some people will never be pleased, if we as a coin community avoid doing business with those who have a lot of negative feedback then those questionable dealers will either go out of business, or, clean up their act significantly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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