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<p>[QUOTE="Midas, post: 132498, member: 2761"]I guess us "little" guys can't fight against the powersellers like Star Grading Service (SGS) and their eBay powerseller Aboncom.</p><p> </p><p>eBay sent me this:</p><p> </p><p><i>"Recently we became aware that your eBay registered account was involved in the following activity:</i></p><p> </p><p><i>* Public Board Abuse*</i></p><p> </p><p>I post under the handle of "zakgold" (its a long story) on the eBay coin forums and everytime a "newbie" ask questions about Star Grading Service, commonly called SGS, I give them the <u>hard</u> <u>facts</u> which is:</p><p> </p><p>1.) SGS is owned and operated by the eBay powerseller Aboncom out of Ohio</p><p> </p><p>2.) SGS is NOT a grading service, they are just a <u>packaging</u> and <u>marketing</u> service for this seller's coin inventory. You will find their coins in plastic, gold foil tape, and 99% of them will have labels with either <b>MS70</b> or <b>PR70</b>.</p><p> </p><p>Recently, a seller out on the west coast in California (<b>S</b>teves<b>G</b>ift<b>S</b>hoppe) started actively defending SGS and how great these coins are! Upon further review, over 75% of this seller's listing were SGS coins! Of course, many in the forum laid down the facts and all he did was report our posts to eBay!</p><p> </p><p>"Boo hoo", he cried to eBay as every newbie we saved from buying a SGS 70 coin must of hurt his business. Matter of fact, his name got so trashed that he recently changed his eBay I.D. it to "mentone-mercantile" on May 18th to distance himself from the <b>S.G.S</b>. label.</p><p> </p><p>Here's the kicker...one of the owners of this "gift shop" who had the eBay I.D. as "warrengacsi" changed his I.D. on May 20th to "zackg0ld" and then started posting as <u>yours</u> <u>truly</u>...saying how great SGS is!</p><p> </p><p>So, I made the forum aware about these updates and stated they were, <i>"sneaky, sneaky"</i> and what happens to me?? I get charged with "public board abuse" and now am booted for 30 days (second offense).</p><p> </p><p>Look...every numismatic that doesn't buy SGS 70 coins thinking they are truly independent is a victory for this hobby. Say hello to the eBay coin forum and let them know I was booted...again!</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://forums.ebay.com/db1/forum.jspa?forumID=8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forums.ebay.com/db1/forum.jspa?forumID=8" rel="nofollow">http://forums.ebay.com/db1/forum.jspa?forumID=8</a></p><p> </p><p><b>Pass the word...</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Midas, post: 132498, member: 2761"]I guess us "little" guys can't fight against the powersellers like Star Grading Service (SGS) and their eBay powerseller Aboncom. eBay sent me this: [I]"Recently we became aware that your eBay registered account was involved in the following activity:[/I] [I]* Public Board Abuse*[/I] I post under the handle of "zakgold" (its a long story) on the eBay coin forums and everytime a "newbie" ask questions about Star Grading Service, commonly called SGS, I give them the [U]hard[/U] [U]facts[/U] which is: 1.) SGS is owned and operated by the eBay powerseller Aboncom out of Ohio 2.) SGS is NOT a grading service, they are just a [U]packaging[/U] and [U]marketing[/U] service for this seller's coin inventory. You will find their coins in plastic, gold foil tape, and 99% of them will have labels with either [B]MS70[/B] or [B]PR70[/B]. Recently, a seller out on the west coast in California ([B]S[/B]teves[B]G[/B]ift[B]S[/B]hoppe) started actively defending SGS and how great these coins are! Upon further review, over 75% of this seller's listing were SGS coins! Of course, many in the forum laid down the facts and all he did was report our posts to eBay! "Boo hoo", he cried to eBay as every newbie we saved from buying a SGS 70 coin must of hurt his business. Matter of fact, his name got so trashed that he recently changed his eBay I.D. it to "mentone-mercantile" on May 18th to distance himself from the [B]S.G.S[/B]. label. Here's the kicker...one of the owners of this "gift shop" who had the eBay I.D. as "warrengacsi" changed his I.D. on May 20th to "zackg0ld" and then started posting as [U]yours[/U] [U]truly[/U]...saying how great SGS is! So, I made the forum aware about these updates and stated they were, [I]"sneaky, sneaky"[/I] and what happens to me?? I get charged with "public board abuse" and now am booted for 30 days (second offense). Look...every numismatic that doesn't buy SGS 70 coins thinking they are truly independent is a victory for this hobby. Say hello to the eBay coin forum and let them know I was booted...again! [URL="http://forums.ebay.com/db1/forum.jspa?forumID=8"]http://forums.ebay.com/db1/forum.jspa?forumID=8[/URL] [B]Pass the word...[/B][/QUOTE]
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