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Message:: [QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 367151, member: 12965"]Earlier I ranted about dishonest/questionable sellers, so now I'm going to speak about an honest one since we hardly do that and I think it is appropriate considering how we all view these types of situations and plus, I'd like Ozark to understand I email over 25 sellers per day asking for either better photos or the weight of the coin and only a few reply and out of those, it's rare I get total honesty from the seller but this seller qualifies. I was looking at some silver dollars a seller had for sale and since he is in Germany, the listing was in German. I copy-pasted the listing into an internet translator but I didn't see anything about the coins being "copies" so I asked for better photos. Here is his reply: "Please find attached photos of the entire set, front and back. I understand you are located in the US, so before bidding, please be aware of the high overseas shipping costs. Even if I should keep the case and send only the coins, we'd end up with about 10 Euros (~ 15 $). Shipping the case as well, the costs are a lot higher. For all I know, these are fake coins (which is explained by the German word "Nachprägung" in the text), so probably it's not worth the highg costs. If, however, you should still be interested, I shall be glad to make business with you. Kind regards Markus"  Here is my reply to him: "Hey Markus, The word "Nachprägung" was the only word the internet translator couldn't translate. Go figure? I was concerned about the coins being copies and that is why I emailed you. Usually when silver dollars are listed on Ebay Europe, the price soars but on yours the price was staying low and that made me worry I didn't catch something the other people did catch, which is what did occur. Thanks,George" While it is common knowledge we (me included) will take time to complain about dishonest/questionable sellers, we should sometimes take time to praise the outright honest ones too. Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Ps: In case someone wants to see the coins we were discussing, they're <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26rd%3D1%26item%3D220228943070%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWA%3AIT%26ih%3D012" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26rd%3D1%26item%3D220228943070%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWA%3AIT%26ih%3D012" rel="nofollow">here</a> and they are the common counterfeits seen all over Ebay.[/QUOTE]

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