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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;treylxapi47, post: 1772967, member: 41863&quot;]I have a nice story for you SCFY and it pertains to skirting eBay as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>About 2-3 months ago I seen a coin pop up on my radar that I had some interest in. It wasn&#039;t a specific coin that I was looking for but once I seen it I knew I had to include it in my Type Set. Now my type set is a little difficult to assemble since I&#039;m geared towards an obsolete slab and I am somewhat limited sometimes on certain coins especially since these slabs were heavily cracked and resubmitted later for upgrading potential. The point being that sometimes I don&#039;t have very many chances to get the coin I need/want in this particular slab. </p><p><br /></p><p>So basically I seen a scarce coin in this slab and felt compelled to make a move on it. Well I weighed my options and thought about purchasing it through eBay but I didn&#039;t have the money at the time. A few days pass and I just keep watching the coin (it was in an eBay store), well one day I come to CoinTalk and see a for sale ad with the eBay user ID of the coin i want. It was a new member and they were trying to sell some things and I backtracked the coin I was interested in to make sure I had everything correct. </p><p><br /></p><p>So I sent the member here a message explaining that I was interested in the coin and wanted to know if we could do a lay-a-way type plan. We worked out the details and made an agreement. Up to this point I have fulfilled my obligation and am waiting to receive the coin as we speak. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I went through eBay I may have been banned for trying to skirt them or what have you, and its not like eBay has a lay-a-way department. So I accomplished a deal without eBay, and I and the seller are both better of for it. Sure eBay lost out, but the coin wasn&#039;t selling anyway, and its the sellers duty to sell inventory for HIMSELF, not necessarily for eBay. Did we participate in any wrong doing, I don&#039;t think so, not would I say this seller does, but according to folks up here we should be thrown in jail for not giving eBay their slice of the pie. So I use eBay to make deals, sometimes it&#039;s through their platform, others its through some other means, but my collection and my money are what&#039;s important to me and I will do what I feel is right to meet my end goal. I mean its not like I won&#039;t make other purchases on eBay in the future so really how bad is it? </p><p><br /></p><p>Just an altering scenario that still amounts to eBay &#039;losing money&#039; although I see it as no wrong done.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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