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Questionable Proof Set auctions on eBay...

GoYankeesGoYankees Posts: 1,025
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I've been looking at proof sets for a week on eBay and just looking for good stuff can be fustrating...

This is and inventory photo, this is only a stock photo, photos of blue cardboard boxes (closed) with the set inside, you will receive a set of "similar" quality, yada, yada, yada...


And now this...

eBAY Proof Set Auction

It's obvious these are mutiple pics of the same proof sets as the dates are illegible.

eBay should crack down on these shady items and give sellers a choice to either show a pic of the actual item or no pic at all.

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Ex-modern Collector.

Photos of the 2006 Boston Massacre

Comments

  • ss350camaross350camaro Posts: 4,529
    Looks to me like the coins themselves are the same pic repeated. image

    I looked at some of their other auctions and almost all of them do the same thing. Repeat the coin pics over and over.

  • BikingnutBikingnut Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭
    I agree, but as long as ebay is making money, they won't do anything.
    US Navy CWO3 retired. 12/81-09/04

    Looking for PCGS AU58 Washington's, 32-63.
  • Coinhusker1Coinhusker1 Posts: 3,560 ✭
    Yeah, this guy is so lazy he will not even use the correct date proof set as a stock photo. The really stupid listings show a stock photo of the blue box.

    If the seller does not state for sure whether you receive the set pictured or if it is a stock photo, you have to ask.

    I think Ebay should require disclosure in the listing as to whether or not it is a stock photo. I would like to see Ebay ban stock photos, but that is probably asking too much (Ebay would lose money on lazy sellers).
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Welcome to my world. image

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • Coinhusker1Coinhusker1 Posts: 3,560 ✭
    Also, in the advanced search, you may want to exclude sellers who litter ebay with mutliple proof set listings with stock photos (or sell proof set envelopes like vernon coin), it will may make your browsing a little more pleasurable.
  • JrGMan2004JrGMan2004 Posts: 7,557 ✭


    << <i>Welcome to my world. image

    Russ, NCNE >>

    Agreed! And really... who the hell cares?! It's a stock photo anyways... you can't guarantee ANYTHING on quality from a stock photo, so why even buy? I don't even take a second look at auction titles that I know are from dealers that sell sets with stock photos...
    -George
    42/92
  • Max2Max2 Posts: 108
    His other auctions are for underware. I am trying to get the connections between coins and shorts.
  • HeywoodHeywood Posts: 1,246 ✭✭✭
    I can't find the link now, but there are some 52-54 sets in Flat packs!

    (Photoshop or self seal job, even has the Silver Philly emblem.
    51-54 proofs in Flat Packs


    A witty saying proves nothing- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)



    An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor

    does the truth become error because nobody will see it. -Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948)
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭


    << <i>I am trying to get the connections between coins and shorts. >>


    If you buy his coins, you're gonna get it in the shorts.
  • GoYankeesGoYankees Posts: 1,025


    << <i>Also, in the advanced search, you may want to exclude sellers who litter ebay with mutliple proof set listings with stock photos (or sell proof set envelopes like vernon coin), it will may make your browsing a little more pleasurable. >>



    Good advice that I will heed. Thanks!
    Ex-modern Collector.

    Photos of the 2006 Boston Massacre
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Actually I know that seller. He deals in wholesale logoed clothes, and he likes proof sets. He is a volume seller who uses stock photos. But he is a very nice person and he brings plenty of extra proof sets to the local shows. Saves me a lot of traveling from dealer to dealer. He does not cherrypick so once a month of help him sort through his proof sets!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • 100proof1957100proof1957 Posts: 6,231 ✭
    Marty is so nice !

    Helping that dealer "SORT" his proof sets !
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  • pharmerpharmer Posts: 8,355 ✭
    And what you don't take, he sells where?
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."

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  • GoYankeesGoYankees Posts: 1,025
    Marty, thanks for your post. You and Russ obviously buy plenty of proof sets from your submission "you suck" threads image . It's just so fustrating to know who to trust on eBay. When I see stock photos or repetitive photos of the same coins, my first reaction is "he's trying to screw me." Thanks for clarifying this issue.
    Ex-modern Collector.

    Photos of the 2006 Boston Massacre
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Marty is so nice !

    Helping that dealer "SORT" his proof sets ! >>



    Yep, Marty has a big heart. image

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Not to sound too scarcastic. But they have this feature on E-Bay called

    << <i>Ask the seller a question... >>

    I have a marco set up that prints, This the picture in the auction the set I will receive or are you using stock photos... Works for me. Most sellers that

    << <i>what you see is what you get >>

    will usually E-Mail you back and let you know, the stock photos will tell you that they are or not E-Mail back at all. There are some (Russ and I have both been burned) sellers that will say they ship what the picture is and you get a POS set in the mail...
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭
    max2 said: His other auctions are for underware. I am trying to get the connections between coins and shorts.

    Well....maybe they're both "toned"?image
    I'm the Proud recipient of a genuine "you suck" award dated 1/24/05. I was accepted into the "Circle of Trust" on 3/9/09.
  • relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570 ✭

    I take the time to scan the exact set I'm selling.

    That's why mine sell for $1.25

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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I take the time to scan the exact set I'm selling.

    That's why mine sell for $1.25 >>



    Me too! image

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I can't find the link now, but there are some 52-54 sets in Flat packs!

    (Photoshop or self seal job, even has the Silver Philly emblem.
    51-54 proofs in Flat Packs >>



    Those are aftermarket creations, certainly not original.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC

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