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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1182835, member: 27832&quot;]As detailed at great length in <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t172193/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t172193/">this thread</a>, last month I bought a 1920-S Walker from eBay that turned out to be fake. In fact, it turned out that the seller had been moving quite a few counterfeits on eBay, and he got banhammered for it. I got my money back, eBay didn&#039;t require me to return the coin, and everything seemed settled.</p><p><br /></p><p>This evening, I got an email from the seller:</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>HI:</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>Have not received my coin back yet. Send tracking number</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>Rich</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>(Big, bold text is just as it appeared in the email.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, at this point, I figure I have several options.&nbsp; I can:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote>1) Return the counterfeit to him. I got my money back, he should get his merchandise back.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>1a) Deface the coin, then return it to him.</p></blockquote> 2) Ignore him.</p><p><br /></p><p>3) Tell him to go pound sand.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>3a) Explain to him that there&#039;s no way I&#039;m going to supply him with a counterfeit coin that he&#039;s just going to turn around and pass off on someone else.</p><p><br /></p><p>3b) In the spirit of his last eBay message to me -- &quot;Do what you want, I have all your emails on how you loved the coin and will buy all I have plus positive feedback&quot; -- tell him to &quot;Do what you want, I have my money back and you&#039;ve been kicked off eBay.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>3c) Just tell him to take it up with eBay. (Since he&#039;s been kicked off, I assume that will be equivalent to talking to a brick wall.)</p></blockquote> 4) Since he tried to get me to settle for a partial refund, offer him a partial return. &quot;I&#039;ll send you a plastic dime.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>5) Send him a counterfeit tracking number.</p><p><br /></p><p>6) Send him a clad Kennedy, and when he complains, point out that he&#039;s fifty cents ahead. If pressed, ask him whether he wants to go to court to reclaim his illegal merchandise.</blockquote><p></p><p>It <i>is</i> tempting to mess with this guy, but I find that I really don&#039;t want to antagonize him -- I just want to ignore him. I do think I&#039;ll contact eBay customer support for advice, but I&#039;m pretty sure they&#039;ll confirm that I&#039;m under no obligation to return the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still wrestling with the ethical issue -- am I holding on to the coin to keep him from passing it off on someone else, or do I just want to have an impressive counterfeit for show and tell? It&#039;s not black and white. But returning the coin really feels like the wrong thing to do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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