A 2.5 K e-bay scavenger hunt? Worth it? You decide

ChodeLee

Toe Jam?

Did E-bay user j.a.m get the toe jam on this auction?

airplanenut

Unsearched, but known to be from SF... hmmm...

At least the woman in the picture is an upgrade from the last humungo lots!

dimeadzn

Well, if they are unsearched, how does he know one bag contains nothing but s-mints?

dimeadzn

You beat me to it.

airplanenut

<< <i>You beat me to it. >>

ChodeLee

As Richard Pryor once said in one of his movies..."Dare to be rich"....

airplanenut

<< <i>As Richard Pryor once said in one of his movies..."Dare to be rich".... >>

I've heard of a song called "Dare to be Stupid"

Coppernicus

A couple of years ago, I bought a couple of pounds of "unsearched wheats" from about five different sellers (total of about 10 lbs or roughly 1,500 cents) for my daughter and I to search through. Of course, there was nothing there but common dates/mint marks but at least it got her interested and filled a few holes in her Whitman.

I was disappointed because I really thought there was a small (microscopic?) chance of finding a key or semi-key in the lots. NOT!!! But, if you buy some of these dutch wheats and want to pi$$ off the seller, when you post feedback, say something like,

"Thanks! A 14-D in XF and a 55 DDO in MS6? RB"

They'll go nuts thinking they missed something when they looked through them!

Gosh, I'm BAD!!!

ksteelheader

Its normally wise to steer clear of these guys that throw in all of those "freebies". They are meant to appease you...........Ken

jonesy

Yes, He won't admit it. I'd say he overpaid by at least $1500.00.
Glenn ( I too have told ebay "unsearched" sellers of goodies that would make them wonder how they missed the jewel )

rd5425

coppernicus, thats a good idea but you might be misleading future buyers into thinking that there could be some good stuff when actually its just a pile of circulated crap.

nocheese

the old saying if it looks like toe and smells like toe it must be toe jam

satootoko

<< <i>Well, if they are unsearched, how does he know one bag contains nothing but s-mints? >>


Very perceptive - that's what I asked in another thread about this same auction a couple of days ago.

Coinosaurus

I think "unsearched" really means "unsearched by us". Probably this crap trades in bulk between dealers and has been checked to death. If they were really "fresh" coins, do you think they would be on ebay????

pontiacinf

couple things of note

Ive been thru literally 75k wheats in the past 4 months...unsearched is
others coins tossed into a bag of unwanted...when it gets heavey enough,
they bag and call it unsearched. I took a bold step, and bought 20 rolls
of wheat cents, wrapped by bank (coinstar my guess) but suprisingly,
I pulled about one of every early date from these rolls. I have 35 pounds
of pre 30's lincolns with multiples on 11-d / 10 10-d / 6 1909's / 5 1914's (no D)
only date I didnt find any at all was the 1922.


anyhow, I have a bag of creme, but I had to search thru the searched
to get it.