Ebay Advice

skingspan

I won this auction on 6/29

ebay

Got the coin on 7/6 and the coin has obviously been plated gold and the gold is has started to wear off. The auction states that the coin has started to turn a little gold. I figued it was toning from the pic. In hindsight I guess I shoiuld have known. I emailed the guy on 7/6 that the coin was not toned, that it had been plated and I would like to return the coin for a refund. I did not hear back from him. I gave him the benefit of the doubt that he may be on vacation and waited a week. I noticed early this week that he has posted some items up on ebay so now I know that he is not on vacation, he is just ignoring me. I emailed him again and still have not heard from him.

I got the coin for $6.39 including shipping so I am inclined to just chalk it up to a learning experience and forget about it. But I am a little irritated that the guy is ignoring me. I want to just give him neg feedback and forget about it but then he may neg me right back and ruin my feedback. Any advice????

Louis

Looks like maybe it was one of the old "racketeer nickels". I think it's kinda cool.

ziggy29

<< <i>I got the coin for $6.39 including shipping so I am inclined to just chalk it up to a learning experience and forget about it. But I am a little irritated that the guy is ignoring me. I want to just give him neg feedback and forget about it but then he may neg me right back and ruin my feedback. Any advice???? >>

I don't know how much he knows about coins, so I don't know if this was a dishonest description or just not knowing coins all that well. Maybe it's an old racketeer nickel?

In any event, I don't think we can conclude that it was a scam, and it's certainly not worth risking a negative over $6.39. It's a learning experience. I don't think too many people that are willing to sell an item for a price that low are going to intentionally risk their reputation and their feedback rating over an amount that puny.

Louis

Look here

UncleWiggly

Well, he said he wasn't a coin dealer or collector, so he was either trying to bait, or was telling the truth. I'd keep it so you can use it as a comparison peace if you come across something that has a similiar listing.

Jerry

291fifth

You should have known better. Not worth the hassle of bothering with. Write it off as a learning experience.

skingspan

Thanks for the advice....I am tempted to put it back up on ebay as a racketeer nickel but I will probably just keep it.

JrGMan2004

Cool novelty item if it's a rackateer nickel... If it is, I believe well worth your $4 bid...

ldhair

The seller may be using Ebay's Turbo Lister.

You schedule the start date and time for your listings.

Just a thought.

Barry

Not worth the hassle with the seller. It is a racketeer nickel, and I bet if you list it as such on Ebay, with a little history of what it's all about, you'll get more than you paid for it.

nwcs

BTW, I believe that most of those are not genuine racketeers. Probably plated at a much later point.

DominusDeus

Looks rather nice. Better shape than my two V nickels. One has almost no reverse.

relayer

I would keep emailing him daily. And get his contact info from eBay and call him a few times a day.
And of course you should neg him.

You got well over $6 into this coin. Don't let the guy get away with a rip off of this massive scale.

lathmach

Looks like a genuine racketeer nickle. As such, it's worth more than what you paid.
Either keep it or list it on Ebay as a possible racketeer nickle.

Ray