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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LA_Geezer, post: 2892306, member: 89393&quot;]This is so frustrating, and at this sort of price level, it&#039;s obvious that there may be some shill bidding going on. I&#039;ve been a buyer — and formerly a seller, too — on eBay since 1998, bidding on collectables in several of my hobbies. In the old days, the presence of bidding histories helped me to recognize whether I was up against persistent bidders and, indeed, even shill bidders who were jacking up the prices. All of that is gone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just today I had to deal with a coin seller who re-listed what turned out to be a different coin while using the very same &quot;stock photo&quot; of a particularly nice 1919S WLH. When I contacted him to ask if I would be receiving the coin in the photo since this coin was precisely what I was looking for, he became indignant, cancelled my order and refunded my payment.&nbsp; His response was something to the effect that I must be one of those picayune coin collectors who cannot be satisfied with anything. </p><p><br /></p><p>Since I am not one to burden myself with returns on small-cost purchases, I would have made a comment as I often do saying, &quot;Seller&#039;s photo extremely flattering to the coin received&quot; and left it at that. Spending a few hundred on a coin would be something different.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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