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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 542129, member: 15199&quot;]Yep, Ebay can be all of those things. I think of it as going into the Columbian hills to buy gem stones from the native miners. If you escape safe and sound with a real bargain, you got a blessing.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Know your goods. If you don&#039;t know or can&#039;t tell if what is there is real, untreated, or overpriced, then backoff.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Know how to grade. Gem rough buyers don&#039;t go by bad photos, neither should you. At least most ebay sellers have a return process, use them.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Know how much you can lose. With the miners, maybe your life, with ebay just money and maybe ego.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. If you go wrong, suck it up, and ask for help. Many have done so here and that is good, others let ego or greed control them.If you win 90% of the time , you are doing very well.If only true with all things in Life.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. If you are on ebay looking for a specific coin, and know its attributes, pricing, how to grade it, prior selling history, you can be patient and win on your terms. If you think you will never see another one in your life time, then EBAY is the wrong place for you. Patience and Knowledge!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Ebay is a jungle. Take your weapons and backup with you. </p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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