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Silver Eagles at 18 Dollars ? Must be a scam.......

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  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Probably designed to get more customers.

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  • PhillyJoePhillyJoe Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭✭

    A business with a New Jersey address probably doesn’t have a Birmingham Alabama area code.

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  • Jzyskowski1Jzyskowski1 Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @gumby1234 said:
    Probably designed to get more customers.

    It sure seems legit 😂

    🎶 shout shout, let it all out 🎶

  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Its probably a loss leader. A marketing strategy that is widely used.

    Successful BST with ad4400, Kccoin, lablover, pointfivezero, koynekwest, jwitten, coin22lover, HalfDimeDude, erwindoc, jyzskowsi, COINS MAKE CENTS, AlanSki, BryceM

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 35,292 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PhillyJoe said:
    A business with a New Jersey address probably doesn’t have a Birmingham Alabama area code.

    This is very common these days as no one uses land lines any more. My colleagues have been in NY for a decade or more and all still have the area codes of either their birth place or graduate school.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 35,292 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What's the S&H?

  • ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,902 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 26, 2021 7:34AM

    "the most sought-after items we discover across the social media spectrum."

    "We assembled a network of worldwide distributors and manufacturers to make sure we can always deliver on our promises!"

    Looks like the same junk you find on Facebook. :/
    Except on Facebook they are $9.99

  • GemstrikeGemstrike Posts: 87 ✭✭✭

    No way would I order these! Get your womens cloths or Silver Eagles? Really? SCAM!

  • tincuptincup Posts: 5,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Free shipping over $50.

    ----- kj
  • tincuptincup Posts: 5,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Only 17 left.... better hurry.

    ----- kj
  • tincuptincup Posts: 5,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Other than a few tools, they really do not have any other products. So not sure how it can be a loss leader, if it has no other things to offer....

    ----- kj
  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,131 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Caveat emptor......If it's to good to be true...etc, etc.

    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 6,885 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They never tell you the size of the coin.
    On Facebook, they are small, miniature "coins".
    They also sell complete Morgan sets at the $9.99 each.
    I have reported these fraud listings for years and sometime this year they took the ads down but now they are back.
    For you that have missed this offering they are selling Genuine Postal Stamps in rolls of 100.
    Again, a facsimile.
    Wayne

    Kennedys are my quest...

  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,131 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Their shipping info:

    "Free Shipping on order above 50 $ Standard 1_4 business weeks handling time 2-5 days $ Overnight delivery is only available for orders with delivery addresses within the continental United States. "

    What a joke :#

    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,424 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's a "lost leader" sale to get your name and contact information to bombard you with advertising. This information will many times be sold to other dealers so they can also bombard you with advertising. For the little you save, it's just not worth the future aggravation.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @WAYNEAS they have the size and weight listed.

    Successful BST with ad4400, Kccoin, lablover, pointfivezero, koynekwest, jwitten, coin22lover, HalfDimeDude, erwindoc, jyzskowsi, COINS MAKE CENTS, AlanSki, BryceM

  • ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Scam! Not in the US! ;)

    Go ahead and buy Silver Eagles from Morocco and make sure to post an update when you get your shiny metal discs. :D

    From terms of service
    These Terms of Service and any separate agreements whereby we provide you Services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Morocco.

  • Jzyskowski1Jzyskowski1 Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 26, 2021 8:37AM

    Ya da ya da blah blah. Fantastic job folks. They have no idea who they mess with 🙀. So easy to love this forum and be grateful 👍🏼

    🎶 shout shout, let it all out 🎶

  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 6,885 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @gumby1234 said:

    @WAYNEAS they have the size and weight listed.

    Order up a coin and then you can let us know what you got. >:)
    When you can order up an 1895 P Morgan at $19.99 for one, why not buy 2 at $8.99 each?
    Read this article before you buy:
    https://coinsweekly.com/anatomy-of-fraudulent-facebook-pop-up-ads/
    Wayne

    Kennedys are my quest...

  • ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Declare the package as “Return Goods”, which will help you avoid customs fee."

    "we also will be responsible for the return shipping cost and shipping cost (from China to customer's country)."

    Hurry and buy 100 of them!

  • ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Product exchanges can be accepted on cobeads.com. The same product exchange will be priced at the same discount as the original order, and all other items will be priced as a new order. Order over-payments will be refunded to you."

    Information on cobeads website.

    Company Name: Nova Silk Road Sarl
    Company Address: C/o Regus 81 Rue de France 06000 Nice (The address doesn't accept returns)

    Affiliate: Ecworld International Limited
    Rooms 05-15, 13A/F., South Tower, World Finance Centre, Harbour City,
    17 Canton Road,
    Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.(The address doesn't accept returns)

  • ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My only question is where my shipment will be coming from... Morocco, France or Hong Kong. :p

  • charlesf20charlesf20 Posts: 383 ✭✭✭

    Uh-oh

  • YQQYQQ Posts: 3,316 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 26, 2021 10:14AM

    not sure WHY you guys pay so much attention to garbage like that..
    to me it is obvious that these are Fakes from some foreign place like big tree from PRoC.

    Today is the first day of the rest of my life
  • ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Gemstrike said:
    How about this one. 1916-D Mercury PCGS AU58 CAC

    But it says it's in Ohio and they offer 100% money back guarantee. It has to be real!

  • Batman23Batman23 Posts: 4,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ifthevamzarockin said:

    @Gemstrike said:
    How about this one. 1916-D Mercury PCGS AU58 CAC

    But it says it's in Ohio and they offer 100% money back guarantee. It has to be real!

    Very nice, I can order 20 and get 10 free! What a deal! Only 33 left in stock, I better jump on it.

  • tincuptincup Posts: 5,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here is some more of the fine print on the OPS referenced web site:

    "We do not warrant that the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you will meet your expectations, or that any errors in the Service will be corrected."

    "The material on this site is provided for general information only and should not be relied upon or used as the sole basis for making decisions without consulting primary, more accurate, more complete or more timely sources of information."

    "Prices for our products are subject to change without notice.
    We reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue the Service (or any part or content thereof) without notice at any time.
    We shall not be liable to you or to any third-party for any modification, price change, suspension or discontinuance of the Service."

    I suspect they may be data mining. You send in your order with credit card numbers, expiration dates, secret number, etc. They then have that info regardless of whether they fill your order or not. As well as other info on you; addresses, perhaps other financial info, etc. Not a place I would be comfortable giving any info to.

    ----- kj
  • ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is a sad situation! I have seen these scammers use this same ad for a while now. They have hijacked the basic web page, logo's and such from a real US coin dealer. The real dealer has had to take some heat over this. If I were that dealer I would have to think about changing my name, logo and web page. I may lose some of may customer base in the process. If I do change everything what is to stop them from hijacking my new design?

  • tincuptincup Posts: 5,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow... these scams are getting more and more outrageous... yet people keep falling for them.

    ----- kj
  • tincuptincup Posts: 5,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Guess everyone has too much money to spend....

    ----- kj
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,674 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @gumby1234 said:
    Probably designed to get more customers.

    New customers only type deal

  • mavs2583mavs2583 Posts: 200 ✭✭✭✭

    Silver $5 below spot, in a business with low profit margins? Sounds legit..... lol

  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,131 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @tincup said:
    Wow... these scams are getting more and more outrageous... yet people keep falling for them.

    It's called: acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, avidness, covetousness, cupidity, graspingness
    aka: greed

    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow... Run Forrest run..... :D If it seems too good to be true.... guess what? Cheers, RickO

  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 6,885 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hurry guys only 88 left!
    On Facebook now.

    Wayne

    Kennedys are my quest...

  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 6,885 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ...and for those with deeper pockets

    Wayne

    Kennedys are my quest...

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