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<p>[QUOTE="smullen, post: 188458, member: 5165"]While copies of actual coins (unless an oversized Generic Trade Round) disgust me and I do wish E-bay and other sites would do more to discurage these when used in effort to scam people... </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not dumping on e-bay for this, I think its Buyer beware everwhere... It'd be nice if it was in the title too, but it clearly said <b>""COPY""</b> in the description and it also showed it stamped across the coin...</p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, I think ebay should make a section just for Copys and the like... </p><p><br /></p><p>You know here you pick, </p><p>Cents, </p><p>Nickels, </p><p>Dimes, </p><p>Halfs, </p><p>Dollars, </p><p>Bullion,</p><p>Proof Sets,</p><p>Mint Sets,</p><p>Lots,</p><p>Etc... Add one called Copys, replicas or whatever the correct term would be.... I wonder if there is a way to suggest this to E-bay?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, Where ever you buys something you can get ripped off...</p><p><br /></p><p>Example: </p><p><br /></p><p> I'm into Home Theaters... Several years ago, I was a lot less educated on what worked with what and what I was buying... </p><p><br /></p><p>I went to the local HIFI store and bought a Sony STR-D1015 Stereo Reciever... </p><p><br /></p><p>Before purchasing it, I asked the sales guy if it had Pre-Outs on the back so I could later upgrade and add external amps for Subwoofers, and amps for addional power for the Surrounds and other channels... He assured me that it had pre-outs for all channels.... </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fast forward a year and a half later... I finally saved up enough cash to buy a nice amp and a nice Sub, I got all the stuff, built a nice enclosure was wiring everythng up and HOLY CRAP, this receiver, does not in fact have the PRE outs that I was led to think it had when I purchased it...</p><p><br /></p><p>So, now I'm stuck...</p><p><br /></p><p>I did not think to pull the Demo unit off the Shelf to amke note of what inputs and outputs it had on the back rear...</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I make it a point to know more about the item I'm buying than the guy selling it to me...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="smullen, post: 188458, member: 5165"]While copies of actual coins (unless an oversized Generic Trade Round) disgust me and I do wish E-bay and other sites would do more to discurage these when used in effort to scam people... I'm not dumping on e-bay for this, I think its Buyer beware everwhere... It'd be nice if it was in the title too, but it clearly said [b]""COPY""[/b] in the description and it also showed it stamped across the coin... Actually, I think ebay should make a section just for Copys and the like... You know here you pick, Cents, Nickels, Dimes, Halfs, Dollars, Bullion, Proof Sets, Mint Sets, Lots, Etc... Add one called Copys, replicas or whatever the correct term would be.... I wonder if there is a way to suggest this to E-bay? Anyway, Where ever you buys something you can get ripped off... Example: I'm into Home Theaters... Several years ago, I was a lot less educated on what worked with what and what I was buying... I went to the local HIFI store and bought a Sony STR-D1015 Stereo Reciever... Before purchasing it, I asked the sales guy if it had Pre-Outs on the back so I could later upgrade and add external amps for Subwoofers, and amps for addional power for the Surrounds and other channels... He assured me that it had pre-outs for all channels.... Fast forward a year and a half later... I finally saved up enough cash to buy a nice amp and a nice Sub, I got all the stuff, built a nice enclosure was wiring everythng up and HOLY CRAP, this receiver, does not in fact have the PRE outs that I was led to think it had when I purchased it... So, now I'm stuck... I did not think to pull the Demo unit off the Shelf to amke note of what inputs and outputs it had on the back rear... Now I make it a point to know more about the item I'm buying than the guy selling it to me...[/QUOTE]
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