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Message:: [QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1061864, member: 27832"]Buyer Protection. Remember, eBay policy is heavily slanted in favor of the buyer anyhow -- and I think a report of "coin was counterfeit" would get quick and decisive results in any case. I think you're all probably right that missing out was my good luck. He's sold some CC dollars with good feedback -- but that in itself makes "I'm letting this 1798 go with a bunch of Morgans because I don't know any better" pretty hard to swallow. The bit about "my camera batteries died" is laughable. But what's he trying to do? He's going to get at least a negative feedback out of this, unless his buyer is too gullible to get the coin authenticated -- it's quite possible he'll get his account suspended. I don't see him posting a flood of "I'm poor, I'm dumb, I'm selling ill-promoted treasures in random batches of coins for a fraction of their true value" auctions, trying to scam lots of people before the feedback hits the fan. Maybe he had doubts about the coin, and figured selling it as part of a batch without calling attention to it was a way of "laundering" it. Not going to work out very well, though, I imagine. It's a puzzle. Thanks for the feedback -- harsh is fine; I generally don't take forum discussions too personally... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]