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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Boboe, post: 993052, member: 27227&quot;]<b>May be too late for me</b></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Tahoma">As a frequent buyer of coins on ebay, I am slowly finding out that I have learned some very expensive lessons.&nbsp; </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Tahoma">1.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </font><font face="Tahoma">I caught an ebayer selling a fake die 2 1922 no D in the final minutes of the auction.&nbsp; I noticed the seller bought it as a fake just a week prior.&nbsp; He put a fake slab on it and put it up for sale.&nbsp; Not sure what happened to the poor sole that won it for $1100.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Tahoma">2.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </font><font face="Tahoma">Ebay informed me, after I won an 1877 IH that it might be fake and sure enough it was.&nbsp; Hoping my refund clears on that one.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Tahoma">3.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </font><font face="Tahoma">And now after reading this thread, I&#039;m pretty sure my 1909 S VDB has issues. </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Tahoma">What really amazes me is that ripping people off is a normal course of action for this hobby and breaking the law seems to be widely acceptable.&nbsp; A simple, &quot;Well I thought it was real&quot; seems to be an acceptable excuse for stealing.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Tahoma">As advocates for this hobby, what are we doing to keep this type of activity from diluting and ruining what I used to think was a very rewarding hobby.&nbsp; </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Tahoma">Shouldn’t sellers of bad coins be prosecuted by the law?&nbsp; Are there enforcable penalties other than ebay taking away their existing account?</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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