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To those who badmouth TeleTrade.

hrlaserhrlaser Posts: 1,133 ✭✭
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First, look at this::

Link to Teletrade's August Saint Giveaway..

Scroll down and look at who won coin #5..

Then look at this::

What a FEDEX driver handed me on Tuesday..

I bid on one coin in their Sunday Gold Auction (a Quarter Eagle) and didn't win it. The next day I got email from their V.P. congratulating me on winning one of the Saints.. one of the three GEM Saints of the 12 they're giving away this month.. at first I thought it was spam, until I called him and he confirmed it. To receive it, all I had to do was agree to the use of my initials and State on their Web Site..

The next day, I had the coin.. for free. 100% free. Didn't cost me one stinkin' cent. Nothing..

This is a $1000.00+ coin. What has eBay given me for four and a half years of paying them monthly fees for being a seller there? Absofreakinlutely nothing..

You'll never hear me say anything bad about TeleTrade image

Your mileage may vary. Park and lock it. Not responsible..

Harv
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on.. I don't do these things to other people.. I require the same of them.."
- John Wayne, "The Shootist" (1976.. his final film)..

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  • PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
    Luck you image
    I have been placing low bids like crazy hoping to win one.

    I will admit I was somewhat sceptical about the true random picking of the winners but your winning makes me belvive is genuine.
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Huge congratulations!image BTW, you suck.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • hrlaserhrlaser Posts: 1,133 ✭✭


    << <i>Luck you image
    I have been placing low bids like crazy hoping to win one.

    I will admit I was somewhat sceptical about the true random picking of the winners but your winning makes me belvive is genuine. >>



    I don't think it matters how many bids you place in each auction.. just that you place _a_ bid.. their rules don't spell it out, but you could ask them, if curious.. I think they just put the name of each auction bidder in a "hat" and then draw one, regardless of how many times you bid in that auction, your name only goes into the "hat" once..

    Harv
    "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on.. I don't do these things to other people.. I require the same of them.."
    - John Wayne, "The Shootist" (1976.. his final film)..
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Hey cool!! Really cool.
    I don't know about that white spot by the date but it looks pretty solid for the grade.
    As soon as the send me one I'll quit poormouthing them too. image
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • hrlaserhrlaser Posts: 1,133 ✭✭
    There's no white spot by the date.. it's a reflection on the slab.. my photo does not flatter the coin.. it's very gemmy with brilliant cartwheel luster.. I just suck at my abilities to shoot photographs of coins in slabs.. because I don't have a good setup with proper lighting to do it..

    Harv
    "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on.. I don't do these things to other people.. I require the same of them.."
    - John Wayne, "The Shootist" (1976.. his final film)..
  • steventheynsteventheyn Posts: 104 ✭
    I noticed some coins in Teletrade were selling for more than they usually do. I wonder if this has something to do with the $20 St. Gaudens, more people throwing in bids.
  • gmarguligmarguli Posts: 2,225 ✭✭
    1) It sounds like an illegal lottery. They might as well be asking you to buy lottery tickets. Just my opinion.

    2) TeleTrash still sucks. They suckj for the crap they sell, the lack of pictures, the "fanciful" descriptions, their poor customer service, and a ton of other things that I'm not going to post in an open forum.
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Sure it does. Teletrade can give away a free $1,000 coin and it brings in $5,000 more in bids on their auctions. It's marketing & advertising. Makes for happy customers too if they win.

    edited to say I'm agreeing with steventheyn 2 posts up. It looks like I'm agreeing with gmarguli since I posted right after him.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • hrlaserhrlaser Posts: 1,133 ✭✭


    << <i>1) It sounds like an illegal lottery. They might as well be asking you to buy lottery tickets. Just my opinion.


    2) TeleTrash still sucks. They suckj for the crap they sell, the lack of pictures, the "fanciful" descriptions, their poor customer service, and a ton of other things that I'm not going to post in an open forum. >>



    Ooh.. bitter

    They're not asking you to buy anything.. there's no registration fee, you don't enter a credit card number unless you win, and even then, you can pay by check.. it's a promotion to attract business. If you don't like it, don't go there, don't bid. I just came here to say that this giveaway is real and I have a $1000.00 coin for free to prove it.. and I have NO relationship with TeleTrade of any kind at all, except being a registered member and have won two incredibly rare and expensive coins in the past two years.. one for $27.00 and one for $25.00.. :: twirling finger in the air ::

    In my experience, I'd say their customer service is top notch. Two auctions ago I bid on two identical lots when I meant to bid on one.. my mistake. (PCGS MS67 FB Mercury Dimes, if it matters).. I had a $50.00 off any win emailed coupon from them.. that's why I bid.. I won both. I phoned them and told them I'd made a mistake, and could I get out of paying for one of them. They said yes, mistakes happen, let me pay for only the one coin, and that was that. No "restocking" fee.. nothing. The woman on the phone couldn't have been nicer..

    I paid for it, got the coin, mailed the packing list back with a printout of the coupon, and they credited $50.00 back to my plastic. Yeah, what a bunch of jerks, eh?

    I find their customer service fast and responsive.. unlike eBay where you can't even get a human being on the phone, and they take days to answer email, and now force you go to through a Web form, if you can even find it, to send it..

    image
    "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on.. I don't do these things to other people.. I require the same of them.."
    - John Wayne, "The Shootist" (1976.. his final film)..
  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    Congrats! I've never had any good luck with TeleTrade, but I'm glad somebody did.
    image
    Obscurum per obscurius
  • medicain19medicain19 Posts: 79
    It couldn't happen to a nicer person, Congratulations are in order. That sure was a nice suprise.
    For me-collecting coins for fun.For my children-their future.
  • gmarguligmarguli Posts: 2,225 ✭✭
    hrlaser, why would I be bitter? Because I didn't win? I didn't even enter. I haven't purchased anything off TeleTrash in years. If I want ugly coins I'll by from the ACG dealers on eBay.

    TeleTrash is a dumping ground. You might think they are great, but if I told the stories I've heard about them I'm sure your opinion would change. I wouldn't do business with them for anything.
  • psxchellypsxchelly Posts: 568 ✭✭
    AWESOME! Great coin... Sure EBAY gives us nothing after paying all there "fees", but I have spent thousands and thousands of dollars on Teletrade and I am sure a bunch of other people here have also. I have won nothing from Teletrade so far.

    SO, I guess my point being, by you not winning anything in an auction but you winning a coin is GREAT advertising. what better way for teletrade to get new customers....
  • braddickbraddick Posts: 23,963 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>hrlaser, why would I be bitter? Because I didn't win? I didn't even enter. I haven't purchased anything off TeleTrash in years. If I want ugly coins I'll by from the ACG dealers on eBay. TeleTrash is a dumping ground. You might think they are great, but if I told the stories I've heard about them I'm sure your opinion would change. I wouldn't do business with them for anything. >>



    Abbreviated to add, "Teletrade is a minefield of a dumping ground..."

    They are hit and miss, and agreeing with Greg, emphesis on "miss", but you can find the occassional 'jewel'. I've had good luck but only after studying how they write their lot descriptions and knowing what to look for (Teletrade has some nice coins in some series, maybe not so "nice" in others-).

    peacockcoins

  • RLinnRLinn Posts: 596 ✭
    Congratulations! I hate you for winning ahead of me. Now get out of the way 'cause, like Placid, I got some serious low bidding to do. image
    Buy the coin...but be sure to pay for it.
  • hrlaserhrlaser Posts: 1,133 ✭✭


    << <i>hrlaser, why would I be bitter? Because I didn't win? I didn't even enter. I haven't purchased anything off TeleTrash in years. If I want ugly coins I'll by from the ACG dealers on eBay.

    TeleTrash is a dumping ground. You might think they are great, but if I told the stories I've heard about them I'm sure your opinion would change. I wouldn't do business with them for anything. >>



    "TeleTrash is a dumping ground" is your opinion, and you're stating opinion as fact.

    "Stories I've heard about them" implies the basis of your criticsm is anecdotal evidence from someone else.. Equating them with ACG dealers on eBay is not even worthy of comment, IMO.

    My experiences with TeleTrade is nothing but positive. And they don't ever list ACG crap in their auctions. And I don't now, never have, and never will buy or own an ACG slab.

    I'm not crazy about their bidding mechanisms. I'd like every coin they list to have a photograph. The buyer's fees are high, but other than those, I have no complaints.

    I simply reported their giving me a gift of a nice $1000.00 coin. If you want to shred them, fine.. I want to shake the hand of their VP and thank him, and that's what I intend to do at the next Long Beach Show..

    Harv


    "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on.. I don't do these things to other people.. I require the same of them.."
    - John Wayne, "The Shootist" (1976.. his final film)..

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