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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3128633, member: 10461"]Oh, I don't disagree with you there. <i>I</i> wouldn't buy one of these lots, and the marketing <i>is</i> a bit tacky, but what you see <i>is</i> what you get. Only you <i>can't</i> see much of it, which is the main problem. (Only 4% of the coins are visible in this listing). </p><p><br /></p><p>In this wonderful Internet age, there is really no need to buy coins sight-unseen anymore, like we so often did in the Bad Old Days of pre-Internet mail order.</p><p><br /></p><p>These sellers don't have any shame, but their business model works. They're all about <i>volume</i> of sales. This one has 41 negs in the last year, 'tis true, but they also have 232,157 feedback points in total. </p><p><br /></p><p>Only on eBay is 99.4% positive considered "bad", I guess (unless you're talking something like airline safety records).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3128633, member: 10461"]Oh, I don't disagree with you there. [I]I[/I] wouldn't buy one of these lots, and the marketing [I]is[/I] a bit tacky, but what you see [I]is[/I] what you get. Only you [I]can't[/I] see much of it, which is the main problem. (Only 4% of the coins are visible in this listing). In this wonderful Internet age, there is really no need to buy coins sight-unseen anymore, like we so often did in the Bad Old Days of pre-Internet mail order. These sellers don't have any shame, but their business model works. They're all about [I]volume[/I] of sales. This one has 41 negs in the last year, 'tis true, but they also have 232,157 feedback points in total. Only on eBay is 99.4% positive considered "bad", I guess (unless you're talking something like airline safety records).[/QUOTE]
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