CENTSLES - Any feedback on this eBay seller?

Pushkin

Does anybody have an opinion on an eBay seller known as Centsles ?

Thanks

Russ

He sells ACG slabbed coins and has almost 100 negatives.

Russ, NCNE

MadMarty

Also way overgraded and recolored Lincolns!!!

tompkins

I bought a raw Shield nickel from him over a year ago. It is pretty seriously overgraded, but the price was such that I kept it (don't recall his return policy, but that may have also had something to do with my keeping it).

Pete

IrishMike

sells crap

JeffinMich

Bought some PCGS slabs from him a while back with no problems. He seems to sell a lot of ACG and PCI junk now.

mdwoods

I guess you get an idea of his standing here on this forum.

Pushkin

Thanks everyone for your help. Much appreciated.

Tonekiller

<< <i>He sells ACG slabbed coins and has almost 100 negatives.

Russ, NCNE >>




Come on guys!

They also sell PCGS, NGC, ICG, PCI, and raw coins. Thousands per month. Total feedback rating of19020 with 47 neutrals and 94 negatives. The 94 negatives came from 30 folks posting multiple negs so really only 30 pissed off folks.

Math: 19020 feedbacks with a positive rating of 6043 from unique buyers. That means 12977 repeat buyers! Not bad......

I also did not see that many retaliatory feedback post from this seller. Little abrasive on their replies, but that seems to be emotional charged.

Just another opinion! And way to look at things.

shylock

I bought two Indian Heads from him back when he mostly offered SEGS slabs. An 1867 65RD I paid 64 money for and eventually wound up in a PCGS 64RD slab. It's much brighter than that terrible image and I think will wind up in a 65 NGC or PCGS slab one day. The other was a 1909-S 64RD that PCGS wouldn't grade and wound up in an ANACS MS63RD slab.

What he offers now I don't even browse through anymore. Robert Johnson out of Tampa FL.

gemtone65

He seems to occasionally offer toned Morgans. I must say they rank among the ugliest offered on E-bay.

Clankeye

I recently purchased a PCGS graded coin from him. The picture looked good and it had the grading service behind it. The coin was as described, looked like the picture. He shipped fast, and e-mailed when it was coming.
If you are interested in things he has graded by reputable third party services, if you know what you're looking at, why not?
If you've got a problem dealing with someone who moves so much inventory per week, that's another thing.

gmarguli

Math: 19020 feedbacks with a positive rating of 6043 from unique buyers. That means 12977 repeat buyers! Not bad......

The fact that there are repeat buyers only means that some people didn't learn fast enough that ACG sucks. I'm sure you can relate to this.

From what I was told, he basically sells consigned coins. The slabbed ones get sold like that and the raw ones get sent to ACG.

shylock

I should also mention he shipped promptly, the coins were as imaged and the transactions were very smooth like Clankeye's experience. The only reason I don't look at his inventory anymore is I see nothing but ACG IHs these days. Even when he was a bigtime SEGS dealer you had to be very selective and then pay the coin's actual value. His reserves were usually accurate back then, often at the next lowest grade level.

Tonekiller

ACG does not rate very high in my book Greg, but I have bought some nice gems (undergraded) in ACG slabs. They are all in NGC or PCGS now!

ANACONDA

Just the facts: This took place before these guys started hoarding negatives. He's the seller who I referred to in another posting and from whom I "bought" a Liberty Cap Large Cent in PCGS AU58 from. I returned it (he had a well articulated return policy) because it had some problems that didn't show up on the scan. I waited quite a while for a refund check. I contacted them, they eventually sent one. It bounced. They sent another. It bounced. I insisted on a certified check and put forth a scenario over the phone to them which included my presence at their post office where they get their mail and which has me following whomever checks their box, out into the parking lot where I tearfully enlist their aid in helping me look for my lost puppy, and somehow I see the puppy heading behind the post office, where it is quiet and unwatched....and I ask them to go the other way around the building to meet me at the back of the building, to make sure the puppy doesn't leave the back of the post office and ...and...... and where the big dumpster with the trash compacter is located and. .....and....and the third check didn't bounce.

Tonekiller

LOL! Glad to see those lawyer skills at work!


U going to have a table at the Plano show?

Bryan

braddick

My story isn't as glamorous, but I did have an auction close on July 28th and then one yesterday (August 11th). I paid the required $5. postage for each item (even though each was under $15.00!).
I received notification this morning that BOTH items would ship today.
So- that's ten dollars in postage on about $25.00 worth of auctions and almost two weeks to send the first coin (paid with Paypal the same day the auction closed).

They're oportunists.

ANACONDA

If I go, I will be heavily armed and I will have drank at least an entire pot of coffee before I leave the house. But yes, I'm sure I will go if my wife lets me. I have been very good lately and deserve to be let out. i'VE bEeN ofF my mEDiKatioN and a LItTle pARaNoId buT i sHouLd Be tHeRE

dorkkarl

i know centsles very well, it is actually several loosely associated people. they buy a lot at auctions, etc, and yes you must watch what you get form them. the main fellow (can;'t recallhis name) has had deteriorating eyesight and wears coke-bottles now, and i honestly don't think he sees many of the problems with his coins. at least 2 of them live in florida.

one hint: wash your hands after you handle their coins. he spits when he talks, and i've seen him sneeze all over his 2x2 boxes before. yuk

K S

Bikingnut

I just won a 54-s Washington graded by PCGS as MS64. It looks nice in the picture. The shipping was a little expensive, but total was 14.99 with shipping so I really don't think it was too bad overall. I posted a thread on Sunday night about it. I sent payment via PayPal yesterday and got a reply this morning that my coin was shipped today. They also left me positive feedback. I'll let you know how everything turns out when I get the coin.

Dennis

DDR

I've purchased one or two raw coins from them, without any problem.

Whitewashqtr

He has a ton of PCGS Washingtons now and something like 1000 items total. Some of the scans looks good

Bikingnut

Whitewash,

What do you think of the 54PDS he has graded PCGS 65? They look good in the photo...

Bikingnut

Just wanted to update eveyone on centsles. My 54-s Washington graded PCGS 64 arrived in the mail today. The auction closed on the 12th, Coin was as advertised. I would say the transaction was about as smooth as they come.

gemseeker

I have heard good and bad things about this seller. He seems to have a large inventory of ACG slabbed coins. I could never win any because others are pushing up the price of his auctions beyond my "lower threshold" price that I would buy them at since they are in ACG slabs. I did win an Austrian coin from him. It was nothing special.

WWBillman

The only thing I know of this seller is they do not properly identify their coins in the auction title. Every time I look at an auction for a high grade MS cent it always turns out to be a proof. This is probably a little petty but it really pisses me off. I hate wasting my time looking at auctions I have no interest in. I emailed them about it and they said mistakes happen, they post ### auctions a day and if that is all I have to complain about I need to get a life. They did correct the one I was refering to but not all the other ### Lincoln auctions they had misidentified.

All in all its not a big deal I guess but just one of my pet peaves.

Maybe I do need to get a life.

relayer

After returning to coins from many years absense, I found coins on eBay. I bought about $500 in coins from him. One was a 1921-S Morgan MS65 I got for $250 and when it arrived I was going to take it down to my local coin shop and make a killing.

I took them to 2 coin shops and got offered $80 and $85 for the entire lot.

Both dealers gave me the same advice. "Don't buy Accugrade"

On the plus side, I was able to return them all for a full refund.

Dave99B

No problems with him. I've had maybe 15 transactions spanning 2 years. I like his auctions because many start at zero, with no reserve. He actually understands that eBay is an auction site, not a fixed price list site. I've picked up a lot of PCGS/NGC Franklins at great prices.

My only gripe is now he carries a ton of ACG and PCI stuff. Kind of annoyong having to page through all that junk.

But overall, a very good eBay Seller in my opinion.

Dave

tsacch

I bought a cool money clip from him just recently, well packed, insured and delivered fast. a neat 1936 walkingl lib half clip.

Bear

Bill - I have owned a pet bird and a pet hamster, but I have never owned a pet peave. What do you feed it? Does it have a pleasant disposition? Bear

WWBillman

Bear,

No, it has an ugly head and I cannot seem to keep it down. I feed it humble pie as often as I can.

Bill

IrishMike

I don't and will not knowlingly do business with dealers who trade in ACG slabbed coins. If you want to support him with your purchases that's ok by me.

monsterman

>>>>>>>I don't and will not knowlingly do business with dealers who trade in ACG slabbed coins. If you want to support him with your purchases that's ok by me.>>>>>>>>>>


irish........

my sentiments exactly ...........acg is a license to steal.....thats right...i said it........now if there were price sheets showing bids like the 84-s in ms 64 with a pcgs bid of 90,000......where a acg 84-s in ms64 was offered to me by a acg dealer for 6,000....the ok

until then imhp acg and their dealers have larceny in their blood ....and they know it.....PERIOD!!!

Pushkin

Actually, I'd rather chew barbed wire while walking barefoot on ground glass than support an ACG dealer.