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Message:: [QUOTE="clembo, post: 281373, member: 8033"]I started in 98 as well and it was MUCH smaller. Sure you had the scams just like today. Wheats by the pound were rampant then. Big ripoff of the day and you also had a lot more auctions WITHOUT pictures. It will ALWAYS be true - CAVEAT EMPTOR. I know I sometimes will "argue" that point but only to possibly prevent more people from getting ripped off. I don't feel that is a bad thing. What we didn't see in 1998 was a ton of self slabbers that REALLY targeted the newbies. They are worse than "wheats by the pound" as the stakes, and possibly claims, are even higher. My point about "good" sellers leaving is based upon some of the "legit" sellers I have dealt with since then. They may occasionally list on ebay but the bulk of their business is now via their own sites and certainly not an ebay store. They also tend to charge higher dollar so you are right on there. NOT a deal of a lifetime but a bona fide coin as described. Perhaps, in some aspects, ebay has NOT changed that much. What HAS changed is a much wider audience to be ripped off (and by no means just coins). The audience will only continue to grow as the internet grows even further. Can anyone stop it? Doubtful as "one is born every minute". Maybe I'm a dreamer but trying to prevent it as much as possible is not such a bad thing. For every person that DOESN'T fall for garbage the garbage seller takes a hit. They deserve to be hit.[/QUOTE]