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This guy is selling PCGS empty slabs

KoinDawgKoinDawg Posts: 890
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Buy a roll of BU Mercury Dimes, he supplies an empty PCGS graded slab for you to make your own. How can this be allowed? His title leaves you wondering what exactly he's selling and what is free.

575 SILVER BU MERCURY DIMES FREE PCGS MS66-FB SLAB image

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  • ss350camaross350camaro Posts: 4,529
    you get a graded dime with purchase, not an empty slab
  • KipKip Posts: 852
    He only has 23 negatives on ebay....
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    I don't read it as an "empty" slab, but rather a coin that's graded by PCGS.

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  • KoinDawgKoinDawg Posts: 890
    Has 26 negatives just this month. Here's one of the negative quotes:

    The plastic case has been breached, coin inside after inspection is bu not MS70
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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Who in their right mind would buy anything off this guy after looking at his feedback? Most of his positives look to be from shills.
  • JadeRareCoinJadeRareCoin Posts: 2,768 ✭


    << <i>Who in their right mind would buy anything off this guy after looking at his feedback? Most of his positives look to be from shills. >>



    I agree with you. I can't feel sorry for any disgruntled high bidders.

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  • RBinTexRBinTex Posts: 4,328 ✭
    1 PCGS slabbed dime with every 75 raw ones bought.

    Check his feedback HERE image
  • bhartman35bhartman35 Posts: 1,398
    I saw this and started a thread about it a few days ago.

    The auction states quite clearly that you will receive a "FREE PCGS 1943-D MS66-FB MERCURY DIME SLAB" with every 75 dimes. That's 75 dimes at 6 bucks a piece = $450.00 and you get a slab. It says absolutely zero about getting a coin.

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  • CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,308 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think it is a scummy way to keyword spam.

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  • nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭
    But...but...but...he's a "powerseller". Doesn't that mean he's honest/trustworthy???image
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  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    Is there an ulterior motive here?imageimage
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  • bhartman35bhartman35 Posts: 1,398
    He goes to great lengths to tell you how much MS-65 PCGS dimes sell for in various dates, completely ignoring the fact that you're not getting a PCGS slabbed dime. The message seems pretty clear to me: "Take one of the dimes I sell you and put it in the PCGS MS-66 holder, and you'll make a bundle." For any of the dates in the 40's (which I can almost guarantee you is mostly what you'll get for $6 a pop) an MS-66 won't come close to covering your cost of purchase.
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  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You only get the slabed coin worth $40.00 if you buy $450.00 worth of RAW coins.image
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  • bhartman35bhartman35 Posts: 1,398


    << <i>You only get the slabed coin worth $40.00 if you buy $450.00 worth of RAW coins.image >>



    It's worse than that. You only get the slab if you buy the $450.00 worth of coins. Nowhere do I see any specific statement that there will be a coin in the slab. And if you check the seller's other auctions, you can see that quite a few people have complained about not getting what they thought the auction said they'd get, so I wouldn't trust the guy to deliver anything the auction doesn't specifically state.
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  • 21Walker21Walker Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭
    What Russ said.........Rick
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The auction states quite clearly that you will receive a "FREE PCGS 1943-D MS66-FB MERCURY DIME SLAB" with every 75 dimes. That's 75 dimes at 6 bucks a piece = $450.00 and you get a slab. It says absolutely zero about getting a coin. >>



    These days in the minds of many PCGS slab is the same thing as PCGS coin. Not that I'd trust this seller with even a cent, but he is not offering empty slabs.

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  • bhartman35bhartman35 Posts: 1,398


    << <i>These days in the minds of many PCGS slab is the same thing as PCGS coin. Not that I'd trust this seller with even a cent, but he is not offering empty slabs.

    Russ, NCNE >>



    That might be true, but I'd bet strong money that what the seller is actually doing is counting on that perception in people's minds. He clearly has a history of wording his auctions in such a way as to be able to give the buyer much less than what they were expecting. It would be interesting to follow the feedback from this auction.
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  • moparsRULEmoparsRULE Posts: 101
    he`s doing more than that.
    sold to biggboss feb.11-06 1999-P new jersey ms-70 item# 8379901481 hcgs cert#40199905000001
    sold to brokac feb 27-06 1999-P new jersey ms-70 item#8386798202 hcgs cert#40199905000001
    ON SALE NOW: 1999-P new jersey ms-70 item# 8398074838 hcgs cert# 40199905000001 ends march 27-06 Text Text Text
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It does say you get a 1943-D in PCGS66FB for every 75 you buy at 6 bucks each, but it is still a terrible deal. I'm sure a lot of them are AU sliders.

    JMHO

    Jon
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭


    << <i>It does say you get a 1943-D in PCGS66FB for every 75 you buy at 6 bucks each, >>


    Actually it doesn't. It says "FREE PCGS 1943-D MS66-FB MERCURY DIME SLAB WITH THE PURCHASE OF 75 DIMES". Now while h probably meant that you would get a PCGS slabbed 1943-D dime in MS-66FB, if he just sent you the cracked out slab you wouldn't have any grounds to complain. The auction literally just says that he will send you the slab.
  • morgannut2morgannut2 Posts: 4,293 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>The auction states quite clearly that you will receive a "FREE PCGS 1943-D MS66-FB MERCURY DIME SLAB" with every 75 dimes. That's 75 dimes at 6 bucks a piece = $450.00 and you get a slab. It says absolutely zero about getting a coin. >>



    These days in the minds of many PCGS slab is the same thing as PCGS coin. Not that I'd trust this seller with even a cent, but he is not offering empty slabs.

    Russ, NCNE >>



    --Yes, cant be an empty slab to put the coin in--the empty slabs are worth a lot more than $1000 each.image
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