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<p>[QUOTE="Razor, post: 599545, member: 18742"]When MS70 values are more than twice the price of MS69 it's not insignificant. If I see a PGCS MS70 coin for sale then either the picture had better be the actual coin, or the seller should state that fact in the listing. Otherwise he's trying to lure me into a transaction by misrepresenting material information. Inaccurate description and deceptive photography, at minimum. Not to mention he claims to have 100% positive feedback, which is flat out not true, and hasn't been true for over 6 months. There's also no stated return policy. That's another red flag.</p><p><br /></p><p>It may not be outright fraud, but coin fraud is rampant on ebay, and with all the red flags here it should be immediately suspected. I'm floored by the number of people here willing to be apologists for this guy and say this is OK. Astonished. All of a sudden PCGS grades don't matter for these "widgets"? All of a sudden selling the same coin with the same serial number 3 times in 3 weeks seems perfectly normal to you? All of a sudden "this coin" doesn't mean <i>this</i> coin? I suppose it all depends on what the meaning of "is" is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anybody have a copy of the ebay rules regarding coin auctions? Ebay pulled theirs. I will bet 10 quatloos that these listings violate at least 2 of the rules.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Razor, post: 599545, member: 18742"]When MS70 values are more than twice the price of MS69 it's not insignificant. If I see a PGCS MS70 coin for sale then either the picture had better be the actual coin, or the seller should state that fact in the listing. Otherwise he's trying to lure me into a transaction by misrepresenting material information. Inaccurate description and deceptive photography, at minimum. Not to mention he claims to have 100% positive feedback, which is flat out not true, and hasn't been true for over 6 months. There's also no stated return policy. That's another red flag. It may not be outright fraud, but coin fraud is rampant on ebay, and with all the red flags here it should be immediately suspected. I'm floored by the number of people here willing to be apologists for this guy and say this is OK. Astonished. All of a sudden PCGS grades don't matter for these "widgets"? All of a sudden selling the same coin with the same serial number 3 times in 3 weeks seems perfectly normal to you? All of a sudden "this coin" doesn't mean [I]this[/I] coin? I suppose it all depends on what the meaning of "is" is. Anybody have a copy of the ebay rules regarding coin auctions? Ebay pulled theirs. I will bet 10 quatloos that these listings violate at least 2 of the rules.[/QUOTE]
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