May have been flim-flammed

coinrookie

Bought a 58"unopened proof set" from vernon coin on Sept. 6. Payed by paypal. Started sending 2 or 3 e-mails for the last 3 days as I have had no response from the seller at all. No response still. Glad it was only 33.00 bucks. Guess a coinrookie needs to learn these lessons.

SarasotaFrank

as a buyer, it is so frustrating to not get a response from the seller. I am in the midst of two now. I bought a proof set on August 6 and still have not received the merchandise. I took a full month to get a total cost, which included e-mailing daily, as well as at least 10 phone calls, only to get "he's not in right now".

I bought a few coins from a dealer and it took ten days to get a total plus combined shipping - and I had to call to do so, as all emails were ignored.

I just sent out a $400.00 Money Order and am sweating the receipt of the coins.

Placid

You have 30 day's to put in a claim thru paypal.

MrLee

Who was the seller, coinrookie?

wingedliberty

thats why I always try to pay with paypal.

Brian.

LucyBop

CoinRookie, its only been a week. I won 2 auctions from R&I Coins on Sep. 6th as well, paid em over the phone with a credit card and I too have not received the coins, but I am patient and trust them. I bought a MS65 Franklin from them (not an ebay auction) and got da goods in 2 days. Maybe they are slower with the auction stuff?






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Russ

coinrookie,

How's his feedback, and how long has he been on eBay? It might be a little early to start getting worried. Could be on vacation, could be tied up getting the kids re-oriented to school, or could just be one of those sellers that's slower then we buyers like.

Russ, NCNE

coinrookie

Mr Lee. That is the sellers name vernon.coin
Russ, he has been around since 98 and only has 12 negs Out of 5000+ comments. I know no prize coins from a dealer that size,probably resealed the envelope aft but I figured maybe some that are okay, thought it was worth a shot at that price.

Bear

Gee, What a coincidence, Russ has also been around since 98....... 1898.

gemseeker

It's been only a week. Some sellers are slow to ship. One of my ebay auction items didn't show up until over a month after it ended. Some sellers lose track of all of their items. I have had only one seller not ship me the item. The coin was incorrectly sent to another bidder of a similar item. The seller said a refund or a replacement would be sent and apologized. I said that I preferred a refund and never heard from the seller again. According to the ebay listings, the seller was raising money for a memorial for her son who commited suicide and she had been laid off from Enron. It was a small amount ($10) for a common proof set, so I was not too upset about it.

zenny

wow, is that our Russ counseling patience?

how zennish...


;-)

SarasotaFrank

I recently bought an 86 Prestige set on e-bay. Readily available and low priced, and I have been filling out my collection of Prestige sets a few at a time. Very good seller, really prompt and the package came well packed and protected. When I opened the set, I found the Commemorative half had been replaced with a second 86 Kennedy proof. Considering how low priced many of these sets are (I think I paid $24.00), I probably had more value with the extra Kennedy than I did with the Commemorative.

In any event, I contacted the buyer via email and he responded immediately, offered to take the set back and I did not even need to bring up the cost of the return shipping. The seller was OEF Coins, and I commend him for his professionalism.

Petescorner

wow, is that our Russ counseling patience?

how zennish...

Good one, Zenny!

pontiacinf

Lucy-bop Rick tomaska doesnt play around...im sure your coins will show anyday.

IrishMike

Sometimes R&I isn't the fastest out the door. I just purchased an NGC washington *, it was a cameo obverse and almost cameo on the back a 1966 SMS. Since it was my first * purchase I was eager to get a glance at it. What a shock when I opened the package and it was the wrong coin. A phone call and a nice apology from a very nice young lady who coincendently was leaving that day for maternity leave, and the coin showed up two days later. They even offered to send me a check or credit for the postage to return it. Second coin I have purchased from them, both nice washingtons.

LanLord

It seems like the slowest respone is always the one I'm waiting for right now. Kind of a weird universal constant, the worse you want it, the slower time marches on.

I too would encorage a little more patience. Things will work out for the best.