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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herodotus, post: 4964004, member: 111387&quot;]The primary advice that I would offer considering eBay is to focus on auctions only.&nbsp; Most of the &#039;Buy it Now&#039; offerings are at retail or overpriced IMHO.&nbsp; Often, one can find similar coins from other online venues at better (retail) prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, there are a lot of fakes on eBay.&nbsp; I would advise to avoid sellers that do not regularly offer ancient coins(at least until one is more experienced in being able to better recognize fakes).&nbsp; When being unfamiliar with a seller, I find it necessary to start out with the presumption that all of their coins are fakes, and then rule them out as being genuine based on a set of criteria that I employ. </p><p><br /></p><p>One, however, cannot eliminate all risk.&nbsp; What is often stated here on this board, rings as truth:&nbsp; &quot;Know the coin or know the seller&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I generally only look at sellers that openly offer returns, but one nice thing about eBay is theirs(and PayPal&#039;s) seller protection program.&nbsp; When first starting out, I had to return a couple of coins that were offered as genuine that I realized were fakes upon receiving them.&nbsp; It didn&#039;t matter whether the seller offered returns or not.&nbsp; After opening a case, eBay/PayPal took my side and gave me full refunds for the seller misrepresenting their items.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reality is that there <b>are</b> a lot of genuine &#039;budget&#039; coins for offer @ auction on eBay.&nbsp; Many start @99 cents, and bidders set the final price.&nbsp; There are some decent and honest regular sellers on eBay auctioning coins for budget-minded types that are looking for coins in the Good to Very Fine range.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve personally acquired quite a few cool coins off of eBay, and some for what I consider to be &#039;good deals&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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