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<p>[QUOTE="MMiller750, post: 2525198, member: 77856"]Hello everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently ended up getting scammed out of around $1,000 by sending payment via PayPal gift on Collectors Universe. I thought about posting on that site but I already know I made a mistake and don't want to be criticized for it many times over. I have had plenty of good transactions that way, but this one went bad and now I am out of luck and wondering what I can do to recoup my money.</p><p>So I bought a lot of coins off BST on CU and the "seller" was extremely nice with quick responses so I wasn't too worried. He said he was searching through old jars of coins from his family and finding these coins and they were mostly junk silver and common date wheat cents, so I did believe it. I messaged him a few times and he responded back that he would get them out Monday and so I messaged them Monday and he said he shipped them out, but left the tracking number in his car and would send it to me later. Since then I haven't heard anything at all! It has been almost three weeks since I paid for them and 11 days since he said he shipped them out.</p><p>Is there anything I can do?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MMiller750, post: 2525198, member: 77856"]Hello everyone, I recently ended up getting scammed out of around $1,000 by sending payment via PayPal gift on Collectors Universe. I thought about posting on that site but I already know I made a mistake and don't want to be criticized for it many times over. I have had plenty of good transactions that way, but this one went bad and now I am out of luck and wondering what I can do to recoup my money. So I bought a lot of coins off BST on CU and the "seller" was extremely nice with quick responses so I wasn't too worried. He said he was searching through old jars of coins from his family and finding these coins and they were mostly junk silver and common date wheat cents, so I did believe it. I messaged him a few times and he responded back that he would get them out Monday and so I messaged them Monday and he said he shipped them out, but left the tracking number in his car and would send it to me later. Since then I haven't heard anything at all! It has been almost three weeks since I paid for them and 11 days since he said he shipped them out. Is there anything I can do?[/QUOTE]
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