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<p>[QUOTE="dannic113, post: 1648578, member: 35203"]Misrepresenting a coin is not right from a fraud standpoint and from a moral one however it goes on each and everyday in the business. Even off ebay. Official line is Ebay prefers PCGS NGC and Anacs coins and will shake their collective heads and tolerate ICG. I personally have noticed over the years that they play favorites to powersellers (after all they are making them lots of money on the fees collected) on what they accept and with what "terms" and descriptions they use and it's not just coins and collectables. </p><p>As for why the same coin sold one time and the other it didn't the condition description I'm sure had a lot to do with it in this case but also it's about marketing an item even a properly described one. Saying it's Bu instead of MS could cost you a sale over a small detail like that. The final aspect is simply finding the right buyer at the right time. Off ebay I sold a coin described as cleaned to a guy who understood it and still wanted the coin all be it at a fair, properly discounted, price he just wanted the date and mint mark to fill an album hole on a budget.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dannic113, post: 1648578, member: 35203"]Misrepresenting a coin is not right from a fraud standpoint and from a moral one however it goes on each and everyday in the business. Even off ebay. Official line is Ebay prefers PCGS NGC and Anacs coins and will shake their collective heads and tolerate ICG. I personally have noticed over the years that they play favorites to powersellers (after all they are making them lots of money on the fees collected) on what they accept and with what "terms" and descriptions they use and it's not just coins and collectables. As for why the same coin sold one time and the other it didn't the condition description I'm sure had a lot to do with it in this case but also it's about marketing an item even a properly described one. Saying it's Bu instead of MS could cost you a sale over a small detail like that. The final aspect is simply finding the right buyer at the right time. Off ebay I sold a coin described as cleaned to a guy who understood it and still wanted the coin all be it at a fair, properly discounted, price he just wanted the date and mint mark to fill an album hole on a budget.[/QUOTE]
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