Need your help in deciding what to do with ebay seller

mnmcoin

Okay, here is the sitch...I bought a slabbed coin from an ebay seller back on July 21st, received the coin around the middle to later portion of August, I sent a check but that was a little long so I wrote him to see if he had sent the coin, and I didn't get any response, so I wrote him again and still no response. After the second time I wrote him, maybe three days later the coin shows up. Okay, strike one and even maybe strike two for lackluster communication. Next the coin does not even look like the one in the auction, picture of the coin looks enhanced, but the serial # of slab matches. I write him to notify him of the return, first about two weeks ago, when I first got it, then a second after no response a week later.

Here is the thing, the guy is one of my "competitors" another thing is I don't really like him, but he sometimes gets good coins, another thing is I just checked his auctions and he hasn't listed anything for a month, nor has he bid on anything for a month...this is a suprise because he is normally very active on the buying and selling front on ebay. I still have the coin, I didn't send it back because I always like to hear confirmation back before I send a return back. It is a 66 sms 50c in 66cam, that I paid $80 for because it looked very close to dcam and looked like a nice 66+ from the scan. The coin is very mediocre, okay, but nothing like the $80 price I paid for it, I guess you could call it typical for the grade.

Anyway, what should I do...leave a neg, eat the coin and just move on, or should I try and pursue it? OR anything else you can think of?

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MartyF

I would request his contact info and call him on the phone....if I got an answering machine, I would leave a detailed message explaing the situation....I would also send e-mails on a daily basis until a response is received.....If after 10 days or so I received no response, I would leave a neg and file a complaint with eBay....

hookooekoo

Determine the difference in what you can sell the coin for and the $80 price you paid. Subtrack the cost to ship the coin back to the seller. IF you manage to get in contact with the seller and acctually get a refund, that's how much you'll recover. Is the dollar amount worth the hassle? If not, NEG him and move on.

DCAMFranklin

I will agree with part of what Marty said. I think it is always wise, in such an instance, to use the MemberSearch to obtain the seller's telephone number and give the seller a call. Usually these things can be worked out with a corgial phone call. Personally, I think it was very unwise to sit on the coin. If you notify him of your intent to return the coin, then that is exactly what you should do. You definitely want to use delivery confirmation! However, to sit on the coin while the return privilege clock is ticking is probably exactly what the seller wants. Just wondering, was the seller Pepperdoodles? I know he is a competitor or yours and has nothing listed at auction. I disagree with Marty about reporting the seller to Ebay. They positively don't require a return privilege. It used to be that a PowerSeller was required to offer a return privilege to gain "membership". However, they weren't getting the enrollment numbers they wanted, so now they strongly encourage the use of a return privilege. Frankly, I can't see how the seller deserves a Negative. He delivered the exact coin pictured in his auction. A Neutral with a strong emphasis on the return issue would be appropriate.

Rotts

Why did you want the coin in the beginning???You liked it..Now its not up to your standards so you wanna neg the guy ,bad mouth him .I would say grow up.Not everything in life is as we want it.Sometimes we need to take the good with the bad.I notice on this board that is all people do is run other people down and i don't get it.I bet if you looked for the good you would find it.This is not a flame just tired of reading negative stuff about other dealers and sellers and buyers.Rotts p.s.How about a letter to him .You have his address.Maybe he is having some bad luck and needs a friend...

Fairlaneman

............Another thing is I really don't like him.... Then why did you buy from him ? Saw a chance to make a Buck and it did not work out?... Win Some...Lose Some... Just move on.

Not a Flame job...Just the Truth...

Bear

Rotts - I tend to agree with your comment. In any event, I try never to go counter to a person whos icon is a long barreled automatic. We bears are very sensitive to gunshot wounds. Bear

hookooekoo

I would aggree with Rotts that it wouldn't be appropriate to NEG the guy just because you didn't quite get what you expected.

But from what I've heard so far, I think he might still deserve a neg because you feel like you've had a problem with the item, but the seller seems to be ignoring you.

I guess I'll change my opinion and say I think you should follow DCAMFranklin's advice...

A Neutral with a strong emphasis on the return issue would be appropriate.

lathmach

Ok, here's the way I see it.
You saw a coin on Ebay that was slabbed as a 66Cam. You thought from the scan it may go DCam. You got the coin and now you see that the coin is as described on the slab, and advertised in the auction, a 66Cam.
My opinion is you don't have a return coming to you unless the seller specifically stated that it should have been slabbed DCam instead of Cam or that he felt the coin was undergraded, or that he'd take a return on it if you weren't happy with it.
Did he?
Nothing that you've written indicates that he misrepresented the coin in the auction or did anything at all wrong.
The coin was slabbed. You got what was being sold.
Sounds like buyers remorse on your part to me.


Ray

keets

it seems as though you made the proper effort to contact the seller expressing your wish to return the coin and he failed to respond----failed to accept a return. post a negative feedback to that extent and don't have any other dealings with the seller.

al h.

mdwoods

Maybe a nuetral would be more appropriate in this case. It sounds like something is going on with him, but he could more communicative about it. I know, he probably deserves it, but I, and I certainly do not speak for others, have cast enough stones. Mark

relayer

By all means, NEG him.

After all, he sent what he advertised, not what you wanted it to be.

DHeath

Morris,

See if this looks like the same kind of thing. Below is a PR63 Cam AH Kennedy that I paid $81 for because the coin looks like a lock PR66 Dcam. Too good to be true, certainly. I had larceny in mind when I bid.

1964 PR63Cam AH Kennedy

Below is a link to the coin once it was cracked out.

Coin Raw.

What was my feedback to seller......positive. He sold me exactly what he agreed to sell me, a PR63Cam AH.

Bustman

Don't neg. him. First, when you buy coins on ebay.......your taking somewhat of a chance. Second, you never said whether or not the seller offered a refund if not happy. Third, you said the coin was average........... save the negative feedback for the real ebay low-lifes ( believe me, there are plenty). At best, leave him an average feedback and move on.

fcloud

It is unfortunate that he has not responded to you; however, he described the coin accurately. It is not his fault you thought the coin was better by the picture. It is hard to tell from a picture, you could have sent an e-mail to him before you bid to ask questions. Send him a positive or don't send him any feedback at all, but don't risk sending a neg, he can do the same to you, too.

Whitewashqtr

I agree with Bustman. You say its typical for the grade. So thats what you bought in hopes of getting something nicer. Its really not fair to judge a scan and say the coin should be a "shot" coin. In my opinion, you got what you paid for and save yourself the hassle.

Why are you bidding on coins from a competitor you dont like, anyway?