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....regarding grading coins on eBay:
(it's almost a month old; I thought it was intersting.My apologies if it has already been mentioned )
"I agree with all the comments so far posted on this topic. Recently, we were "taken" for almost £20,000 by one seller who you all know well on eBay because he is always selling big, flashy, expensive coins (that he doesn't actually have, incidentally, but merely borrows them). The coin was allegedly FDC with no faults or blemishes and had been off the market for many years. The photograph on eBay was too small to see if it really was FDC, so we e-mailed for reassurances about the grade and got positive replies each time. It took a month after our cheque cleared to get the coin. It was badly marked and scratched and with two large edge knocks. Furthermore, it turned out it was the same coin that had been sold in a Spink auction only 3 months earlier (described correctly as only EF, scratches etc) and we had been the underbidders but dropped out at £12,500. We contacted the eBay seller, who told us that he did not give refunds. It took another month or more for us to "persuade" him to return our money.
Moral..... be extremely careful who you buy from on eBay. Furthermore, if it is hammered gold, be even more careful. In our experience, around 80% of ALL hammered gold coins we see or get offered, turn out to be either removed from a mount, pierced and plugged, or gilded, or re-engraved. Be very, very careful. If in doubt, we would be happy to advise."
I wonder how he "persuaded" him
(it's almost a month old; I thought it was intersting.My apologies if it has already been mentioned )
"I agree with all the comments so far posted on this topic. Recently, we were "taken" for almost £20,000 by one seller who you all know well on eBay because he is always selling big, flashy, expensive coins (that he doesn't actually have, incidentally, but merely borrows them). The coin was allegedly FDC with no faults or blemishes and had been off the market for many years. The photograph on eBay was too small to see if it really was FDC, so we e-mailed for reassurances about the grade and got positive replies each time. It took a month after our cheque cleared to get the coin. It was badly marked and scratched and with two large edge knocks. Furthermore, it turned out it was the same coin that had been sold in a Spink auction only 3 months earlier (described correctly as only EF, scratches etc) and we had been the underbidders but dropped out at £12,500. We contacted the eBay seller, who told us that he did not give refunds. It took another month or more for us to "persuade" him to return our money.
Moral..... be extremely careful who you buy from on eBay. Furthermore, if it is hammered gold, be even more careful. In our experience, around 80% of ALL hammered gold coins we see or get offered, turn out to be either removed from a mount, pierced and plugged, or gilded, or re-engraved. Be very, very careful. If in doubt, we would be happy to advise."
I wonder how he "persuaded" him
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I agree that ebay provides a secure avenue for millions of cheats to take advantage of unsuspecting people. Caveat Emptor.
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Are you a persuader too Brother J?
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