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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 3018907, member: 20480&quot;]Interesting . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>I won a conditionally rare coin on eBay (yes, I actually buy coins too) from a long-standing seller (a prominent dealer, who I will not out publicly), paid with PayPal, and awaited delivery.&nbsp; A couple of days after it should have arrived and hadn&#039;t, I looked for the tracking number, and it hadn&#039;t been uploaded to eBay, but eBay did indicate that it had been shipped on time, so I contacted the seller asking for a tracking number.</p><p><br /></p><p>After another couple of days, and no reply, I contacted the seller again, asking if my inquiry had been received.&nbsp; I also dug into their feedback, and discovered that they habitually cancel transactions which, according to their disgruntled buyers, they cancel because of low prices realized, and then make up excuses like items were sold off-line, or lost or the inventory levels were wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>After my second message I got a reply indicating that a former employee had stolen a bunch of coins, and that they were working with the police to determine if mine was among them.&nbsp; They said they needed a day or two to get back to me, either with a tracking number, or a refund.&nbsp; Things were beginning to smell a little off to me . . . I wasn&#039;t sure at that point that they didn&#039;t intend to cancel the sale and find another owner at a higher price . . . how should I respond, I wondered?&nbsp; They deserved the benefit if the doubt, right?</p><p><br /></p><p>I waited a day and then messaged back that, since I was an involved party, if it was indeed a theft, I required a copy of the police report.&nbsp; I was quite confident they wouldn&#039;t file a false report if the coin hadn&#039;t been stolen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure enough, this morning I got a message indicating they&#039;d found the coin had never been shipped, and uploaded a tracking number to eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>. . . I&#039;m holding my breath.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS:&nbsp; As an aside, I found an on-line thread complaining about bad coin dealers, and was VERY surprised to find this widely recognized dealer has a lot of very dissatisfied customers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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