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<p>[QUOTE="Dollar1948, post: 775617, member: 17239"]Theres a number of things I look at for in those shady listings. If the listing visually appears to be as amateurish as what I saw there, and the scenerio behind the listing can only happen in the movies, then the ALARM BELLS START TO RING.</p><p>I'll tell ya...with a fancy-schmacey handle like International Numismatic Bureau, then</p><p>by god you better have a web site so I can check ya out.I googled it...nada..no web site. The SIRENS HAVE NOW JUST BEGUN TO WHAIL.</p><p>I will then look at your feedback rating, and with a less than steller rating like what I just saw there, then FORGET IT. I HIT THE RETURN TO SEARCH RESULTS BUTTON!!</p><p>If I was still stupid enough to move forward, Id look at the previous listings and see what kind of things you have sold in the past. If you have a majority of listings in which you were unable to view the items because they are listed as a 'Private Listing', then you got too much to hide, so IM OUTTA HERE.</p><p>If I find all of the above so dishonest in nature I usually send the seller a short little note asking him why he can be such an underhanded ignoramus, in which I get a response back that usually contains extensive profanity and a threat to report me to ebay. THERES YOUR INDICATOR WHAT TYPE OF A SELLER HE REALLY IS.</p><p>BTW, theres a feedback comment with this seller, that states he received $1.83 in common coins, and all the remainder copy coins. Buyer won it for 40 bucks.</p><p>You have to wonder what pocesses these buyers to think that they actually scored something with value. I remember seeing some listings a couple years back of large canvas bags from Brazil, that contain raw emeralds with some 'exceptional beautites', that you can have for X amount of dollars each. The shipping origin was from the U.S however. Go figure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dollar1948, post: 775617, member: 17239"]Theres a number of things I look at for in those shady listings. If the listing visually appears to be as amateurish as what I saw there, and the scenerio behind the listing can only happen in the movies, then the ALARM BELLS START TO RING. I'll tell ya...with a fancy-schmacey handle like International Numismatic Bureau, then by god you better have a web site so I can check ya out.I googled it...nada..no web site. The SIRENS HAVE NOW JUST BEGUN TO WHAIL. I will then look at your feedback rating, and with a less than steller rating like what I just saw there, then FORGET IT. I HIT THE RETURN TO SEARCH RESULTS BUTTON!! If I was still stupid enough to move forward, Id look at the previous listings and see what kind of things you have sold in the past. If you have a majority of listings in which you were unable to view the items because they are listed as a 'Private Listing', then you got too much to hide, so IM OUTTA HERE. If I find all of the above so dishonest in nature I usually send the seller a short little note asking him why he can be such an underhanded ignoramus, in which I get a response back that usually contains extensive profanity and a threat to report me to ebay. THERES YOUR INDICATOR WHAT TYPE OF A SELLER HE REALLY IS. BTW, theres a feedback comment with this seller, that states he received $1.83 in common coins, and all the remainder copy coins. Buyer won it for 40 bucks. You have to wonder what pocesses these buyers to think that they actually scored something with value. I remember seeing some listings a couple years back of large canvas bags from Brazil, that contain raw emeralds with some 'exceptional beautites', that you can have for X amount of dollars each. The shipping origin was from the U.S however. Go figure.[/QUOTE]
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