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Saving4thefutureSaving4thefuture Posts: 220 ✭✭
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I have a Plat set on Ebay right now that I just received an offer on, the buyer has a very low feedback rating (12), and hasn't had any feedback since 2002. Any opinions as to whether this is a risk worth taking by sending a counteroffer?

Thanks
Derek

Looking for reasonable silver lots (rolls or bars preferred). PM me with what you have.

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  • WACoinGuyWACoinGuy Posts: 1,110
    The fact that he made an offer as opposed to just using Buy-It-Now is a good sign. If he were looking to scam you, it wouldn't matter to him if he paid the higher price. The fact that he's looking to save money indicates it's more likely legit...
  • quarterguyquarterguy Posts: 449 ✭✭
    If it were me I would make the counteroffer!
  • ajiaajia Posts: 5,403 ✭✭✭
    Please enlighten me as to the issues of sending a counter-offer?

    If you're thinking this is a ploy to get the coin off eBay by buying it, then never paying, I have to agree with WACoinGuy.
    Easier, and faster, to just use the BIN feature, then never pay.
    image
  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,126 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I have a Plat set on Ebay right now that I just received an offer on, the buyer has a very low feedback rating (12), and hasn't had any feedback since 2002. Any opinions as to whether this is a risk worth taking by sending a counteroffer?

    Thanks >>



    If his offer is for more than $2,150..take it...that's about all there selling for. Just make sure if he pays via PayPal, that he's got a confirmed address.
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • DeadhorseDeadhorse Posts: 3,720 ✭
    As long as his money is good and it clears your account, why not go for it?

    I know I would. Nothing ventured, nothing gained and you've got nothing to lose by sending a couple of emails.
    "Lenin is certainly right. There is no subtler or more severe means of overturning the existing basis of society(destroy capitalism) than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and it does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose."
    John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
  • blastpakblastpak Posts: 567
    Whats wrong with a feedback of 12? If it's 12 positive then it's good. My feedback is 4 and I'm not into thieving.
    Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,333 ✭✭✭✭✭
    sounds like everybody is in agreement that it's fine, but the fact that his/her last feedback was 2002 would concern me a bit.

    I might tread cautiously with this one.

    "Gold is money, and nothing else" (JP Morgan, 1912)

    "“Those who sacrifice liberty for security/safety deserve neither.“(Benjamin Franklin)

    "I only golf on days that end in 'Y'" (DE59)
  • 57loaded57loaded Posts: 4,967 ✭✭✭


    << <i>sounds like everybody is in agreement that it's fine, but the fact that his/her last feedback was 2002 would concern me a bit.

    I might tread cautiously with this one. >>



    i agree with you this time...image
  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Biggest risk should be bouncing a check. But then again, they are faking bank checks, USPS money orders, etc these days. And credit cards and even forged checks can be kicked back months after a transaction supposedly clears. On the flip side, he's taking a risk trusting the seller. You are on the far less risky side though.

    roadrunner
    Barbarous Relic No More, LSCC -GoldSeek--shadow stats--SafeHaven--321gold
  • Saving4thefutureSaving4thefuture Posts: 220 ✭✭
    The feedback of 12 isn't worrying me too much, it is the last transaction being in 2002 that bothers me. I know there isn't a lot of personal information on the packing slip, but it makes me worry a little.

    I agree, money is money and if he pays immediately I have what I am looking for. I just don't want issues later on.
    Derek

    Looking for reasonable silver lots (rolls or bars preferred). PM me with what you have.
  • Saving4thefutureSaving4thefuture Posts: 220 ✭✭
    I will make a counter and see what happens I guess.....
    Derek

    Looking for reasonable silver lots (rolls or bars preferred). PM me with what you have.
  • GrivGriv Posts: 2,804 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I have a Plat set on Ebay right now that I just received an offer on, the buyer has a very low feedback rating (12), and hasn't had any feedback since 2002. Any opinions as to whether this is a risk worth taking by sending a counteroffer?

    Thanks >>



    If his offer is for more than $2,150..take it...that's about all there selling for. Just make sure if he pays via PayPal, that he's got a confirmed address. >>


    You are assuming it is an 07 and MS69.
  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,126 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>I have a Plat set on Ebay right now that I just received an offer on, the buyer has a very low feedback rating (12), and hasn't had any feedback since 2002. Any opinions as to whether this is a risk worth taking by sending a counteroffer?

    Thanks >>



    If his offer is for more than $2,150..take it...that's about all there selling for. Just make sure if he pays via PayPal, that he's got a confirmed address. >>


    You are assuming it is an 07 and MS69. >>



    Nope...10th Anniv. Raw set.
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • duck620duck620 Posts: 965 ✭✭✭✭
    maybe he's been away----in prisonimage
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    It's a scam from a hijacked account. Ignore the offer.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • Saving4thefutureSaving4thefuture Posts: 220 ✭✭
    I think you are right Russ, no reply yes or no at this point.......

    If I can't get a taker on this set, I am going to have to decide whether to hang on to it and leave it sealed, open it, or send it back.
    Derek

    Looking for reasonable silver lots (rolls or bars preferred). PM me with what you have.

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