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<p>[QUOTE="TheMont, post: 2464220, member: 80121"]Just a quick note, no more Bill the Cat Avatar, my grandson drew a picture of me and I thought I'd use that instead.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to the Hobby Protection Act, the coin has to have "Copy" stamped into the coin (incuse) in a certain type style and a particular size. If it is advertised it has to have Copy clearly shown in it's description. This is Federal Law and it considered a Felony to not follow the Act. See my post above if you want to see the actual Act.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only time eBay gets involved is if you trip a preset set of words or feedback that is less than four stars. I recently bought a Redfield Coin (in the Redfield Red Holder on eBay. I got it for a good price and when it arrived I found out why. There was a small crack/chip in the holder. I wanted the coin, so I kept it, but sent the seller a message than he/she should have listed that defect in their listing. They did not respond, so in the feedback, I still gave them a positive, but only 3 stars for description. I immediately got a message from eBay (form letter) that if something was not right with the transaction, they would be glad to get involved. I declined their help, but there's an example, give an honest feedback of three or less stars and it sets off an automatic response from eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Seller never did contact me, and they never gave me feedback even though I paid the day I won the auction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheMont, post: 2464220, member: 80121"]Just a quick note, no more Bill the Cat Avatar, my grandson drew a picture of me and I thought I'd use that instead. According to the Hobby Protection Act, the coin has to have "Copy" stamped into the coin (incuse) in a certain type style and a particular size. If it is advertised it has to have Copy clearly shown in it's description. This is Federal Law and it considered a Felony to not follow the Act. See my post above if you want to see the actual Act. The only time eBay gets involved is if you trip a preset set of words or feedback that is less than four stars. I recently bought a Redfield Coin (in the Redfield Red Holder on eBay. I got it for a good price and when it arrived I found out why. There was a small crack/chip in the holder. I wanted the coin, so I kept it, but sent the seller a message than he/she should have listed that defect in their listing. They did not respond, so in the feedback, I still gave them a positive, but only 3 stars for description. I immediately got a message from eBay (form letter) that if something was not right with the transaction, they would be glad to get involved. I declined their help, but there's an example, give an honest feedback of three or less stars and it sets off an automatic response from eBay. The Seller never did contact me, and they never gave me feedback even though I paid the day I won the auction.[/QUOTE]
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