Seller with 0 Feedback - would you trust this guy?

rbf

Look at this auction and tell me what you think...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220169986594

For the most part it seems legitimate; the only thing that strikes me as a little suspicious is how emphatic the seller is about being so "clueless" about coins. Also, I asked a simple question about shipping over 12 hours ago and have yet to receive any type of response.

What else (if anything) can I do to "check up" on this seller to be sure it's not some kind of scam?

CappedBustDimes

<< <i>Look at this auction and tell me what you think...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220169986594


What else (if anything) can I do to "check up" on this seller to be sure it's not some kind of scam? >>



Search > lots and collections.

not sure if it is a scam but, the auction photos belong to another seller.

Tyler1924S

Selling coins belonging to the "uncle" who lived to be 98... There are recent PCGS slabs, NTC slabs, I even see a Star Grading Service slab. Uncle would have had to have been buying/collecting until about age 95. Not a good itemization of what is there. Seller feigns ignorance as to the value. I don't believe a word of it.

lordmarcovan

Looks like a pretty typical eBay come-on. Not necessarily a scam, but not a great way to spend one's money, either. He doesn't even include a list of what-all the lot consists of. Kind of smells "grab-baggy". There's nothing wrong with buyin' a pig in a poke if it's for a cheap, fun, impulse buy, but when you start talkin' about anything over ten bucks or so, who wants to gamble? A pig in a poke with a four-figure pricetag? No thanks. Might be a nice pig or two in the poke, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

rec78

No, blurry pics, third world slabs, and a big story-How can you be sure what you will get? This is a stay-away-from auciton.

DUIGUY

RUN FOREST! RUN !!

Texast

I just love the folks that have no idea what they have, then take a picture like this, making sure to place all the keys in the picture with dates obscured. What a joke!

TavernTreasures

I do not believe his story. But, if it was true, his uncle's body isnt even cold yet (died a few weeks ago) and he is already selling the collection.

Dollar2007

Who would bid so much, you can't even tell what your getting.

Edit: maybe that is the good thing about it, if he truly doesn't know what he has.

tmcsr69

It also appears to me that his friends are helping him out with a few shill bids to keep things moving along.

JimDepot

<< <i>It also appears to me that his friends are helping him out with a few shill bids to keep things moving along. >>





Over $2000 ,but hey, his friend that knows coins wanted him to start the bidding at $150.

Buyer gets $200 in protection from paypal.

Hmmm, no return policy.

0 feedback.



P.T. Barnum was right.

mr1931S

"strikes me as a little suspicious is how emphatic the seller is about being so "clueless" about coins."

I work on the premise that:

If one is really "clueless" about something they won't invest much in writings in an attempt to convince you of the same. Real "cluelessness" is very subtle.

ebaytrader

<< <i>Real "cluelessness" is very subtle. >>




Huh?

TwoSides2aCoin

He's acting stupid. You have two choices: Smarten up or be stupid.

Petescorner

I still say 99% of eBayers start out buying first. If they are sellers with zero feedback, then I assume it's not their first/only account.

compromonedas

<< <i>

<< <i>It also appears to me that his friends are helping him out with a few shill bids to keep things moving along. >>





Over $2000 ,but hey, his friend that knows coins wanted him to start the bidding at $150.

Buyer gets $200 in protection from paypal.

Hmmm, no return policy.

0 feedback.



P.T. Barnum was right.


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Sorry no PAYPAL
I except paypal and shipping and handling will be sixty dollars

Keith

Dollar2007

It was taken down.

coinsarefun

The listing just went ...poof....

pharmer

Too late. What was the coin being sold?