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291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,709 ✭✭✭✭✭
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There seems to be an increase in posts involving someone claiming that such and such an online auction is a scam.

Many of the auctions may well be just that but ...

... can you back up your claim?

Think before you post. Sometimes it really is best to just mind your own business.
All glory is fleeting.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,884 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great point!!!



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  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,687 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree somewhat. Unfounded accusations have no place here. However, a lot of posts are a healthy discussion on a particular lising or seller. These discussions help others to learn the warning signs of buying on ebay. My recent post is a case in point:

    Ebay seller

    I was a victim to this seller and hopefully kept others away from him. I was fortunate that paypal buyer protection came through.

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  • BlackhawkBlackhawk Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭
    I see nothing wrong with posts like "I think that I'm getting taken for a ride here. What's your opinion?". The posts like "This guy is a crook" could, I suppose, cause a problem though if there was no proof to back up the claim. Overall, my opinion is that a forum member does the hobby a favor when he/she calls unethical transactions to the attention of the rest of us.
    "Have a nice day!"
  • InternetJunkyInternetJunky Posts: 2,329 ✭


    << <i>I see nothing wrong with posts like "I think that I'm getting taken for a ride here. What's your opinion?". The posts like "This guy is a crook" could, I suppose, cause a problem though if there was no proof to back up the claim. Overall, my opinion is that a forum member does the hobby a favor when he/she calls unethical transactions to the attention of the rest of us. >>



    Well said.

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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,747 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Usually posting from the hip might just get your foot in your mouth but there can be real repercussions.
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yeah, I agree, but like that will stop these people here with diarrhea of the keyboard. Some people will post if they have a hangnail. Cheers, RickO
  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭
    +1
    I seldom check PM's but do check emails often jason@seated.org

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,843 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Most of the posts I've seen here been have warnings about junk from the Chinese mint offered on eBay. Anyone who specializes in selling that garbage on eBay deserves to ousted and banned from eBay IMO.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Yeah, I agree, but like that will stop these people here with diarrhea of the keyboard. Some people will post if they have a hangnail. Cheers, RickO >>



    I'm thinking about posting about what it might be like if I had a hangnail.
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    I never think, either before, during ,

    or after I post a thread, or to a thread.image
    There once was a place called
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  • PrivateCoinCollectorPrivateCoinCollector Posts: 2,415 ✭
    By all means think before you post, but no one (besides our hosts) should be giving advice as to what you should post/say on these boards.
    Morgan HerdTO Gold Mine
  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,089 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ya Think ?
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,621 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Coins are like people. Some get rubbed the wrong way.

    ( I had to think about this twice before I posted it image )



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  • ksteelheaderksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭


    << <i>Coins are like people. Some get rubbed the wrong way.

    ( I had to think about this twice before I posted it image ) >>

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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,747 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Coins are like people. Some get rubbed the wrong way.

    ( I had to think about this twice before I posted it image ) >>




    Ya' looked at both sides of the coin as it were. image
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • DieClashDieClash Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭
    L@@K! Late Great Uncle's Estate Coin! PQ! 1861 SLQ from the Civil War era!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    This POS coin belonged to my late Great Uncle-in-Law's Mother's Brother's other Brother and it's been in my family for 100 years.

    PQ for sure! I'd grade it MS-63, but hey, I'm no coin dealer so U-grade urself and bid accordingly. And I'm starting this auction off at a mere fraction of its value at only $99.99....L@@K!

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    Thanks for L@@King, Please L@@K at my other great PQ eBay offerings. I grade these Choice BU ++++, but you decide for urself!!!!!

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  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,492 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>L@@K! Late Great Uncle's Estate Coin! PQ! 1861 SLQ from the Civil War era!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    This POS coin belonged to my late Great Uncle-in-Law's Mother's Brother's other Brother and it's been in my family for 100 years.

    PQ for sure! I'd grade it MS-63, but hey, I'm no coin dealer so U-grade urself and bid accordingly. And I'm starting this auction off at a mere fraction of its value at only $99.99....L@@K!

    image
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    Thanks for L@@King, Please L@@K at my other great PQ eBay offerings. I grade these Choice BU ++++, but you decide for urself!!!!!

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    Sure glad someone's taking this stuff off the market.


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  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭
    The free exchange of ideas should not be repressed. However, the OP seems to make a reasonable request concerning the forethought in preparing and the precision in presenting arguments that condemn others. I, for one, will try and honor that request...Mike
    Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.
  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    Die Clash - image

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