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Check out this auction. I think someone is kicking themselves

GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭
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10 2001 Proof Sets for $0.99?

Wish I would have seen this buy it now. LOL
GMan

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  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,190 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That high bidder will never receive those coins.
  • GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭
    Probably not, but I thought it was funny.
    GMan
  • cartwheelcartwheel Posts: 845 ✭
    Well, the seller did get $15 for shipping.
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  • RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,547 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's still less than face value of the sets, even with the shipping!

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  • ILikeMercsILikeMercs Posts: 1,392 ✭
    image
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  • DJCDJC Posts: 787 ✭
    Why can't I ever find anything like this? image
  • KonaheadKonahead Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭
    ouch!
    PEACE! This is the first day of the rest of your life.

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  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭
    Mechanical error.
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    BINed in under five minutes.

    Russ, NCNE
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  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,512 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I expected to see Superior as the seller! image
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  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's the sellers error, right? If I won the auction I would expect the 10 sets, not my fault.

    morgans
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  • Musky1011Musky1011 Posts: 3,904 ✭✭✭✭
    Take them to court if you don't get your coins. That will teach the how to type.
    If you did a BIN where you bought at a higher price than they were worth would you be liable for payment?????

    Neg em if you don't get your coins

    Jim
    Pilgrim Clock and Gift Shop.. Expert clock repair since 1844

    Menomonee Falls Wisconsin USA

    http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistr...dset.aspx?s=68269&ac=1">Musky 1861 Mint Set
  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,512 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It's the sellers error, right? If I won the auction I would expect the 10 sets, not my fault.

    morgans >>



    you're living in the land of make-believe. Neg the seller all day, no coins coming.
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  • GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭


    << <i>It's the sellers error, right? If I won the auction I would expect the 10 sets, not my fault.

    morgans >>



    That's what I was thinking. It's clear they meant to start it at 99 cents, but who's fault is it they put it in the BIN spot?
    GMan
  • 777777 Posts: 1,056
    The seller made a mistake, and the winner should not expect the seller to honor the BIN, at least I wouldn't ..image
  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,512 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>It's the sellers error, right? If I won the auction I would expect the 10 sets, not my fault.

    morgans >>



    That's what I was thinking. It's clear they meant to start it at 99 cents, but who's fault is it they put it in the BIN spot? >>



    don't let the police catch you smoking that stuff.
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  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    <<don't let the police catch you smoking that stuff.>>


    Without stuff what would a police officer do?image
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  • robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The seller made a mistake, and the winner should not expect the seller to honor the BIN, at least I wouldn't ..image >>



    I see Mr. Feld is still with us. image
  • ChangeInHistoryChangeInHistory Posts: 3,083 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Take them to court if you don't get your coins. That will teach the how to type.
    If you did a BIN where you bought at a higher price than they were worth would you be liable for payment?????

    Neg em if you don't get your coins

    Jim >>



    Do you mean "That will teach them how to type"??? Relax, Jim---see how easy a typo happens!?
  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's obviously a mistake, and I would be going ape if I had made that error. I would probably honor the sale, just to keep from getting a neg.
    I sort of feel the seller's pain.

    morgans

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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Take them to court if you don't get your coins. >>



    You people crack me up. image

    Russ, NCNE
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  • PentimentoPentimento Posts: 1,367
    My rule is to let the seller make the first move after this happens. You will receive a message that is either humble or vicious. If they are nice, make a reasonable offer on the item. If they are mean, I usually force them to email me back and forth 20 times about some made up orphans that I promised the coins to for Christmas... then I drop the issue.
  • mojoriznmojorizn Posts: 1,380 ✭
    If the seller is willing to do the honorable thing, then it's only fair to let him off the hook and at least make a reasonable offer rather than rub his nose in it.

    Mojo
    "I am the wilderness that is lost in man."
    -Jim Morrison-
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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    I think it's unreasonable to expect the seller to follow through on what was obviously a listing in error.
  • gyocomgdgyocomgd Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The seller made a mistake, and the winner should not expect the seller to honor the BIN, at least I wouldn't ..image >>



    I agree. That's the moral thing to do. But since when did principles, morality and doing the right thing mean anything to some people?
    image
  • gyocomgdgyocomgd Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The seller made a mistake, and the winner should not expect the seller to honor the BIN, at least I wouldn't ..image >>



    I agree. That's the moral thing to do. But since when did principles, morality and doing the right thing mean anything to some people? In a perfect world, the people who want those sets because the seller screwed up will one day make a huge mistake themselves in some area in their life. And they will be treated just as they've treated others.
    image
  • lloydmincylloydmincy Posts: 1,861 ✭
    << Take them to court if you don't get your coins. >>

    Its scumbags like you that want the free lunches, expect something for nothing, and have no ethics. You are probably one of those sitting in your living room in your trailer, drinking PBR, and complaining the wealthy haven't done enough for you.

    I see these threads all the time. "WISH I HAD SEEN IT". It's a blatent mistake. Want a good deal?? Steal your neighbor's golfclubs when their garage is left open overnight!!!image
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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Take them to court if you don't get your coins. That will teach the how to type. >>

    Anyone else see the irony here?

    You said "the" and not "them." Will that teach you how to type?

    Bottom line is, people make mistakes. Reasonable people don't expect someone to follow through on the mistake to the extent of "taking them to court" if you don't get the coins.

    Besides, the cost of litigation would likely be more than the value of these coins.
  • Musky1011Musky1011 Posts: 3,904 ✭✭✭✭
    Just kidding settle down

    Pilgrim Clock and Gift Shop.. Expert clock repair since 1844

    Menomonee Falls Wisconsin USA

    http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistr...dset.aspx?s=68269&ac=1">Musky 1861 Mint Set
  • sweetwillietsweetwilliet Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭
    My rule is to let the seller make the first move after this happens. You will receive a message that is either humble or vicious. If they are nice, make a reasonable offer on the item. If they are mean, I usually force them to email me back and forth 20 times about some made up orphans that I promised the coins to for Christmas... then I drop the issue.


    I agree, let the seller make the first move. In most (not all) cases the seller will contact you of the mistake, and if humble/embarrassed I would let em off the hook. Someone wrote the other day about there is no Santa Claus in numismatics.image
    Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
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  • Musky1011Musky1011 Posts: 3,904 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i><< Take them to court if you don't get your coins. >>

    Its scumbags like you that want the free lunches, expect something for nothing, and have no ethics. You are probably one of those sitting in your living room in your trailer, drinking PBR, and complaining the wealthy haven't done enough for you.

    I see these threads all the time. "WISH I HAD SEEN IT". It's a blatent mistake. Want a good deal?? Steal your neighbor's golfclubs when their garage is left open overnight!!!image >>



    Scumbags like me, Free lunch is always goodimage
    Ethics I have lots of, Been a boyscout for 27 years and counting
    live my life by the Scout Oath and Law

    Home is where you make it!!!!

    Wealthy people by the most part didn't become wealthy because they had ethics

    Ethics, you mean by selling coins for more than you pay for them??
    Ripping coins from old ladies-for your profit margins
    treating employees likeimage, because you have had a bad day
    Come on do you have ethics???

    Just a rant in response to someimage comments
    Pilgrim Clock and Gift Shop.. Expert clock repair since 1844

    Menomonee Falls Wisconsin USA

    http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistr...dset.aspx?s=68269&ac=1">Musky 1861 Mint Set
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Someone wrote the other day about there is no Santa Claus in numismatics. >>



    Sure there is. His name is Lloyd.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • sweetwillietsweetwilliet Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭
    << Someone wrote the other day about there is no Santa Claus in numismatics. >>



    Sure there is. His name is Lloyd.

    Russ, NCNE

    In that case, Lloyd, I want an 1893-s pcgs ms63 morgan for Christmas.image
    Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
    Will’sProoflikes
  • ILikeMercsILikeMercs Posts: 1,392 ✭


    << <i>I think it's unreasonable to expect the seller to follow through on what was obviously a listing in error. >>



    Superior gets away with it ALL the time.
    imageDo not taunt Happy Fun Ball image
  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Take them to court if you don't get your coins. >>

    You people crack me up. image Russ, NCNE >>



    Yea and generally the people who give the "Take them to court" advice for every 2 bit problem have never been in a courtroom except on the wrong end of traffic infractions. --jerry

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