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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gregg, post: 3127727, member: 90419&quot;]I have &#039;scam bias&#039; on eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I mean is that if ads contain the following elements they get ignored because I consider them to be scams.&nbsp; <i>Please note: These may not be scams but in my tiny world they are scams and they get a hard pass.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>#1 Black Background: Often these morons display the coin at an angle with what must be a military grade spotlight on it.&nbsp; These guys probably wear a welder&#039;s helmet when taking the pictures.&nbsp; I don&#039;t take these ads seriously.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]797352[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>#2 Ridiculous Descriptions: I cannot decide if this coin is Brilliant Uncirculated, Gem Uncirculated, or MS66.&nbsp; I know the seller is excited about this coin but it is a common date in a very common grade.&nbsp; I get tired just reading the description - <i>so tired that I have no energy to push the &#039;Buy It Now&#039; button.</i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]797354[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>#3: Rare: If you use the word &#039;Rare&#039; to describe any Peace Dollar then I&#039;m not going to read the rest of your ad.&nbsp; There are no &#039;Rare&#039; Peace Dollars. (There are over 1,100 1928 Peace Dollars for sale on eBay right now.&nbsp; There is no definition of &#039;Rare&#039; that covers that).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]797355[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>#4: Estate Coins</p><p>The mythology behind these ads is that some guy was rooting through a chest of garbage at an estate sale and found some old coins that no dealer has had a chance to evaluate.&nbsp; These are the same guys who post ads for &#039;Original Rolls&#039; (original mixed date, no less) or &#039;Unsearched Rolls&#039;.&nbsp; If you use the word &#039;Estate&#039; in your ad I scroll right past it as you&#039;ve demonstrated that you&#039;re dishonest and like to fill your ads with totally irrelevant information.&nbsp; The idea that &#039;estate&#039; establishes some kind of is provenance terminally stupid.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]797359[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>To me all of these ads read like your newspaper ad.</p><p>It is all nonsense.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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