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Message:: [QUOTE="satootoko, post: 212466, member: 669"]That kind of false advertising is not limited to EBay, or even to on-line sellers in general.  In the Business section of today's Los Angeles Times an outfit called First Federal Coin Corp. is advertising a "half troy pound" (6 troy ounces = 60 wheat cents) at the fantastically low price of $19.95 plus an unspecified S/H ammount! There is one brief, small-type, mention of troy weight, but "half-pound" is in large letters twice, and there is even a mention of a "Giant 2-Pound 'Collector'" bag. The ad is obviously calculated to make people think they would get an 8 av. ounce half pound (~66 wheaties) or multiple.  But six troy ounces contain only 60 wheaties - maybe 61-62 if there are some steelies included. Cents: I'll bet that thousands of gullible folks will jump at this chance to buy wheaties for only 33.25¢ each (plus S/H) before they disappear from the face of the earth.  <img src="http://forums.collectors.com/i/expressions/nervous%20breakdown.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> BTW - to find out the S/H charge you have to either register on their website, or go through the whole telephone order process - so I don't know how much it is, but at only $4.95 it would add another 8-1/4¢ for a total of 41-1/2¢ each![/QUOTE]