When is PCGS not PCGS ?

richardshipp

Quite often in this sellers auctions... I'm sure he/she just used the "list similar item" but it is annoying when there is no small picture to see as you must click on the auction to see if the coin is listed correctly...

PCGS... not

ziggy29

I don't know about that. I have a saying: "never attribute to an honest mistake what you could attribute to keyword spamming." After all, this *is* eBay we're talking about here.

tahoe98

<< <i>I don't know about that. I have a saying: "never attribute to an honest mistake what you could attribute to keyword spamming." After all, this *is* eBay we're talking about here. >>




ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!

options26

I have been noticing a lot of these errors in listings. Kinda makes me wonder if it was done on purpose?

RGT

If that were in PCGS plastic with similar pictures and description, would you bid?

It seems irrelevant to me what the listing title says, in this case.

cmerlo1

Why bother with photos if that's the best you can do?

richardshipp

<< <i>If that were in PCGS plastic with similar pictures and description, would you bid?

It seems irrelevant to me what the listing title says, in this case. >>




Possibly. I do endeavor to "buy the coin not the plastic" and in fact have some beautiful pieces in all the Top 3 slabs. That said though, for my Early Commems my entire collection is in PCGS plastic and at a certain point I just decided to keep it that way, hence those are the only ones I look at... (I realize I miss out on some really nice coins in other TPG slabs). So to me its a waste of my time to have to click on someones auction where they don't include a picture just to find out that they either made a mistake or purposely are misrepresenting a coin. Hope I answered your question.

garsmith

To error is human, to error on purpose makes you a power screwer

TwoSides2aCoin

So this is Premium Quality ?
MS 64 ?

I wonder if TDN is on this one

I can see Laura ... saliva dripping from her lips. On the phone with Feld right now, asking...
"Mark, what do you think...Should we jump on it ? "

It's worth a sticker !

RGT

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<< <i>If that were in PCGS plastic with similar pictures and description, would you bid? It seems irrelevant to me what the listing title says, in this case. >>

Possibly. I do endeavor to "buy the coin not the plastic" and in fact have some beautiful pieces in all the Top 3 slabs. That said though, for my Early Commems my entire collection is in PCGS plastic and at a certain point I just decided to keep it that way, hence those are the only ones I look at... (I realize I miss out on some really nice coins in other TPG slabs). So to me its a waste of my time to have to click on someones auction where they don't include a picture just to find out that they either made a mistake or purposely are misrepresenting a coin. Hope I answered your question. >>



I respect your decision to stick with PCGS plastic for your early commems. But I guess my point was that the images are so bad that I can't imagine anyone trusting NGC or PCGS enough to buy the coin sight unseen like that with no return policy specified. I have bid on coins with similar pictures but always way below what a properly graded eye-appealing coin should go for. Sometimes you can pick up good deals that way. But I would never BIN one at retail under those circumstances.

I do notice that the seller has edited his title now. If he would only get some pictures he might be able to sell the coin.