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USMC_6115

So I order two 1972 Type II IKEs from a small dealer in Paradise, CA. They come in the mail today, and I do my routine check of the earth on the back. Guess what I find? He sent me two Type 1 IKEs!!! I figure it must be an oversight, so I call him. He basically gets BS and tells me I don't know what I'm talking about. I try and try to explain to him what a Type II is SUPPOSED to look like, and he won't listen. He said he "doesn't care what books I have, they're wrong!" Finally, he says that if I don't like the coins, I can return them. He still has the wrong impression of what a Type II is so if anyone orders Type II IKEs from him, they're getting Type I IKEs. How do you get the point across to a dealer like this?

itsnotjustme

I would supply the link to Supercoins sight, reference the Ike book (forget the author) and ask what reference he is using.

FC57Coins

It sounds to me that he was trying to pass you some type I's as type II's. Send the coins back and chalk it up to experience.

1957joe

Just let him go. Somebody that stupid hopefully won't be in busuness long! You can't teach idiots!!!!

Trooper

Mass
The link to Supercoins might solve the problem, but then again he just just might be trying to pull a fast one. You never know.
Good thing about the return policy. I hope he doesn't give you the these aren't the coins I sent you bit.
Tom

USMC_6115

Okay, I printed out a copy of the coins from Tad's Website and I'm enclosing it with the coins with detailed descriptions of each. This had to have been a scam, no dealer would be this ignorant not to know the difference. Maybe I should buy some Type I IKEs from him for two dollars a piece, and he'll send me Type II IKEs

If he attempts to pull "these are not the coins I sent you" I'll just do a charge back on him. The coins are still in the same cardboard flips with his writing on them. Good thing this wasn't an Ebay deal, there would be negatives flying all over the place

Even the 2004 Redbook says the Type II has NO islands! What's wrong with this bonehead?

nwcs

Hopefully you'll get your money back. He may decide to keep the coins and the money.

Neptune

can anyone give me URL or link to the site you are speaking of --- appreciation.

Boom

Send them back Registered-Insured mail or Insured with delivery confirmation-ANY WAY you can PROVE he received them and if he tries to pull a fast one take all your proof to your local DA who will in turn contact that county's DA (theoretically-as it's not a high profile case) and ascertain that your DA DOES by requesting a copy of his investigation!(Stay on the DA's butt by continually following up until YOU become a pain in the neck to HIM) Then there is the FTC, The FBI IFCC and the US Mail-for mail fraud! This is the sort of stuff that sometimes makes a person hate this hobby! If we're not talking about a lot of money, all this may be more trouble than it's worth and THAT is what this slimeball is counting on! Good Luck!

Russ

<< <i>This had to have been a scam, no dealer would be this ignorant not to know the difference. >>



Not necessarily a scam. There are plenty of dealers who can't correctly identify various varieties. Sometimes they're just stubborn and don't want to admit it.

Russ, NCNE

USMC_6115

Russ,

That could be very true, but this jerk wouldn't even listen to me. Also, he has to be getting other complaints from people...

USMC_6115

Russ,

That could be very true, but this jerk wouldn't even listen to me. Also, he has to be getting other complaints from people...

supercoin

Okay, I printed out a copy of the coins from Tad's Website and I'm enclosing it with the coins...

Damn, my e-mail isn't on there, is it?

Neptune, here:

1972 Ike Types - History and Attribution