OK, I'm an idiot but please read--WARNING

shmort6552

Yes. I'm an idiot and should know better but I bought something recently!!!!!!

I want to post this as a warning to any newbies----I noticed the other day a set of SAEs with the American Liberty label. I really liked the looks (and still do) so I bought the set off Coin Country. (feel free to call me anything but it won't help because Ive already called myself everything you can think of)

I paid right away, which I always do and they shipped it (full set of 23 coins, '86-08) 30 days after I ordered!!!! When it finally arrived I was happy because I did like the set and how they looked with this label. What did I do first????? Check the dates of course!!!!

Guess what???????????????????????? They had "accidentally" put a second 1986 where the 1996 should have been!!!! They were so sorry and said that I could send the entire set back for the $50.00 shipping and they would refund/exchange. Do you have another set, I asked?? No they said. Well, how are you going to exchange it?? I then mentioned that it was very suspicious that the single most expensive coin had been "switched" for a common date. Oh, just an accident they said.

What a crock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For the newbies, if you watch CoinCountry, only watch it for amusement. The short little idiot that claims to be a coin expert and his sidkick are nothing but criminals.

On the other hand, I discovered that Gainesvill;e coins had some Liberty series SAEs. Their price was HALF of CoinCountry's, even including shipping.

PLEASE DON'T FALL FOR THESE IDIOTS LIKE I DID. They are nothing more than a scam. I see now that they are lsoing airtime to a baseball card show so hopefully they'll be where they belong (sellingpencilson the sidewalk) soon.

If you want details, PM me and I will give you more specifics.

Bruce

Bochiman

You used your credit card?
Can you dispute? I wouldn't pay the extra $50 shipping...why can't you pay less than that? They should fit in a flat rate box and you could insure registered, if you had to, for ~$20 or so.

Not sure where the $50 is coming in.....whatta buncha crooks!

fc

if only there was some way to get even. let me ponder that for a bit.

why not just send them back the dupe and request the other?

i know i know... they are the crap that falls from the horse's rear and
that is too easy.

sucks. i would prob send the whole thing back and go with the cheaper
set you found. in the end you save money and get what you wanted.

shmort6552

Bochiman:

I tried to get them to do an exchange. I explained that I had taken photos to show the serial numbers etc but they insisted I send the entire set back. Obviously they wanted to get the whole set and probably try and pawn it off on someone else.

I'm such an idiot!!!!


Bruce

itsnotjustme

RETURN the ENTIRE set for a REFUND. Registered Mail.

Then buy the set at half the cost.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>I then mentioned that it was very suspicious that the single most expensive coin had been "switched" for a common date. Oh, just an accident they said. >>


It kinda makes you wonder, doesn't it?

In the bad old sight-unseen mailorder days, I once purchased a set of five semi-key Lincoln cents from one of the big full-page advertiser dealers in Numismatic News. The "1911-S" they sent me was a common Philadelphia-mint coin lacking the S mintmark.

It might've been an honest mistake- they made good on it in the end, but it was a pain to have to return one of the coins.

sumnom

Mail order companies have long made money on "shipping and handling." I once worked as temp job doing data entry for a company that sold exercise videos. My first job was to read through the reasons for returned tapes and summarize them for the company records. There were quite a few returned tapes and "complete" refunds but those refunds never included "shipping and handling," which was exorbitant. A higher-up at the office once told me that it didn't matter how many people returned merchandise because the company charged so much for S+H that they made money no matter what. Could it not be a similar situation here?

seatedcoins

I'm not sure if I follow you. Are they covering your shipping to send it back?

lordmarcovan

<< <i>A higher-up at the office once told me that it didn't matter how many people returned merchandise because the company charged so much for S+H that they made money no matter what. Could it not be a similar situation here? >>

I dunno if that is a similar situation above, but it's definitely the situation with some of the diet aids and stop-smoking scams you see on TV nowadays, offering "money back guarantees". They make their money in the handling fee, with or without the purchase price.

mach19

<< <i>RETURN the ENTIRE set for a REFUND. Registered Mail.

Then buy the set at half the cost. >>





Ditto

Deadhorse

Coin Country has been discussed here before.

No one has a single good thing to say about them.

They appear to be outright crooks.

It was no oversight on their part. Bet on it!