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<p>[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 1230277, member: 13307"]I appreciate the vote of confidence! On eBay once I was accused of lying about the item I was selling. However, in the ad (for a box of newer Lincoln Cents that had a few older coins mixed in) I had:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Shown a photo of each roll laid out - these were the clear plastic rolls that you could see what the coins looked like</p><p>2) Listed the item as a mostly newer cents but not 100%</p><p>3) Counted each cent that even looked remotely like it wasn't a newer cent and listed the count in the description</p><p>4) Described the lot as mixed in the description</p><p><br /></p><p>Even after this, I was verbally abused in emails and given a negative feedback after I'd given him a positive (he'd bought it within 3 minutes of my listing it, BIN, and paid right away per their rules.) Of course, eBay decided that they couldn't do anything to help me, even though I had eight thousand pieces of proof that I had done everything right except give him the item and refund his money, along with sending him all the money in my bank account. His negative stood. Ever since then I try to be extremely careful - because no amount of money is worth people looking at me like they can't trust me, and no coin is worth stealing. I dunno...but I read all these posts on here about buyers pulling scams and taking advantage of the system...and I think, "When is the system going to be weighted in favor of the honest?"[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 1230277, member: 13307"]I appreciate the vote of confidence! On eBay once I was accused of lying about the item I was selling. However, in the ad (for a box of newer Lincoln Cents that had a few older coins mixed in) I had: 1) Shown a photo of each roll laid out - these were the clear plastic rolls that you could see what the coins looked like 2) Listed the item as a mostly newer cents but not 100% 3) Counted each cent that even looked remotely like it wasn't a newer cent and listed the count in the description 4) Described the lot as mixed in the description Even after this, I was verbally abused in emails and given a negative feedback after I'd given him a positive (he'd bought it within 3 minutes of my listing it, BIN, and paid right away per their rules.) Of course, eBay decided that they couldn't do anything to help me, even though I had eight thousand pieces of proof that I had done everything right except give him the item and refund his money, along with sending him all the money in my bank account. His negative stood. Ever since then I try to be extremely careful - because no amount of money is worth people looking at me like they can't trust me, and no coin is worth stealing. I dunno...but I read all these posts on here about buyers pulling scams and taking advantage of the system...and I think, "When is the system going to be weighted in favor of the honest?"[/QUOTE]
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