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<p>[QUOTE="Hiddendragon, post: 1461004, member: 25270"]1. Sellers who claim they don't know anything about coin collecting and then claim in the title that it is "RARE," "Super Rare," etc., then often use a ridiculously high starting price. </p><p>2. And as someone else said, "LQQK!!!" Seriously, why would that make you look? </p><p>3. People who write in all caps. </p><p>4. For some reason, it really annoys me when people describe British coins like this: "Georgivs Rex Dei Gratia" instead of saying "British 1 penny." </p><p>5. People saying coins are silver when they are not. </p><p>6. And when there is only one listing on eBay for the coin I need to finish my set and the price is totally ridiculous, not because it's worth that but because the seller either doesn't know any better or is trying to rip people off. That coin will sit there for years without a bid, but the person will just keep listing it at that high price. </p><p>7. When I send someone from No. 6 a very reasonable offer for that ridiculously overpriced coin and they respond that they only negotiate on coins over $100.</p><p>8. When someone buys my coin, then doesn't pay or communicate for a week, and I look at their feedback and every single one is "lighting fast payment!!!! OMG this person is the best ever!!!!" So why the heck aren't they paying me?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hiddendragon, post: 1461004, member: 25270"]1. Sellers who claim they don't know anything about coin collecting and then claim in the title that it is "RARE," "Super Rare," etc., then often use a ridiculously high starting price. 2. And as someone else said, "LQQK!!!" Seriously, why would that make you look? 3. People who write in all caps. 4. For some reason, it really annoys me when people describe British coins like this: "Georgivs Rex Dei Gratia" instead of saying "British 1 penny." 5. People saying coins are silver when they are not. 6. And when there is only one listing on eBay for the coin I need to finish my set and the price is totally ridiculous, not because it's worth that but because the seller either doesn't know any better or is trying to rip people off. That coin will sit there for years without a bid, but the person will just keep listing it at that high price. 7. When I send someone from No. 6 a very reasonable offer for that ridiculously overpriced coin and they respond that they only negotiate on coins over $100. 8. When someone buys my coin, then doesn't pay or communicate for a week, and I look at their feedback and every single one is "lighting fast payment!!!! OMG this person is the best ever!!!!" So why the heck aren't they paying me? Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.[/QUOTE]
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