It is an honor to be Ebay background noise.
DocBenjamin
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Once a vibrant marketing platform for properly graded US coins, the site is now a stagnant spot to show off overpriced coins, praying that the interested party morphs to your 800 number or website for a non fee, more equitable deal.
The firm is happy, as they can clutter your listing page with competitive offers from the giants that are offered the discounted fees.
Free to list.
Really...everyone wins!
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jmlanzaf will be here before I can finish typing his name.
It used to be collectors would be ashamed of dishonest and unethical acts. Certainly, if not ashamed, would still not brag or post on a public forum of such activity, either in support or performing it.
I guess in the age of TikTok and chasing after clout on Instagram and here, those days are fading and becoming only a distant memory.
Rebirth. Renewal. Transformation.
I remember when it was fun to track familiar people bidding against me, and also the shillers.
@sanddollar
No no, never an advocate of disingenuous, illegal or immoral activity. All is in the Ebay rules and regs.
Shylocks selling fakes...that is another matter.
All I know is that there is a lot less stuff getting posted over there.
Disagreeing with Home Depot's policies shouldn't provoke you to then load up a shopping cart and exit the store without paying.
If you don't agree with eBay's policies simply stop using eBay instead of circumventing their rules to mold them into your own making.
Don't sell out your ethics just because someone else has lowered theirs.
Please don't substitute your judgment of right from wrong and conform to others with less than good intentions.
Make your father proud.
/end of rant. /moving on.
Rebirth. Renewal. Transformation.
I list there and spam here.
You should tag me if you want me.
How about sellers that tone coins intentionally to make a buck and sell on eBay?
How about dealers that tone coins intentionally and sell them in their shops or at coin shows?
I look at eBay like any other coin selling venue. "We" the buyers better be educated before entering.
WS
Agree. I was at a coin show yesterday. I skipped right by about 1/3 of the tables because the amount of overpriced garbage just want work my time to sift through.
There was also one guy there who notoriously has a large number of fake ancients. He has some marked fake but numerous times I've pointed out others to have him say "oh, I must have forgotten to mark it". He forgets a LOT. Lol
It remains true that there is nothing better than a trustworthy dealer.
Ebay has changed dramatically since I started there 20 years ago. For the worse IMO.