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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zaneman, post: 159325, member: 3970&quot;]There are a lot of ebay threads, and a lot of questions about ebay, so I am going to offer some sound advice about buying coins on ebay. If you follow these guidelines, you probably won&#039;t get burned.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Make sure the coins aren&#039;t slabbed by any companies except PCGS, NGC, ICG, or Anacs, unless you unequivocally are confident in your grading skills. I can&#039;t guarantee they will always be accurately graded, but by buying these slabs, you can feel more secure.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. If someone says a coin is ms-68, and it&#039;s valued at 23 grand in ms-68, but they have a buy it now of 100 dollars, the coin isn&#039;t the grade they claim. You will not get a steal on a coin like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Don&#039;t buy any raw trade dollars, draped bust dollars, or key date coins that are not in slabs, unless you fully trust the seller and their numismatic knowledge. There are a lot of counterfeit trade and bust dollars on ebay. Also, if a key date valuable coin isn&#039;t already in a holder, there&#039;s a good chance there is a reason why, such as cleaning, altering, counterfeits, damage etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Try to avoid sellers with private auctions. They typically are scam artists who make their auctions private so that people who have been previously ripped off don&#039;t contact the high bidder and give them a heads up.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Try to avoid overseas sellers, unless they have really excellent feedback. A lot of times too, an overseas seller might not accept paypal, and you might go and send them a money order, only to have no recourse in recovering your lost money.</p><p><br /></p><p>6. Always check a sellers feedback. Even if it 99% positive, it may be riddled with negative comments, which may be a good indication that you don&#039;t want to buy from them. </p><p><br /></p><p>7. Ebay doesn&#039;t seem interested to me in protecting consumers against fraud. They are more concerned in my opinion, about whether or not they get their money, so don&#039;t feel safe buying coins, as there are right now 1000&#039;s of coins that are counterfeit, damaged, altered etc.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone here can think of add anything to this list, please add.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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