heart break in coins from the teddy files #8,933

lasvegasteddy

bought this 1916 buff while drinking my 1st cup o joe...the rush blew my coffee to shame in could it be...really for me
1916 on ebay

researching n researching...sure enough...guy grabbed the image from here...heart break sets in yet again
google images...1916 ddo buffalo nickel...second line down...last one shown..on icollector
sure enough...exact image...i should neg these clowns i swear
google images

could of made it into the "you suck club"...oh well i go back to the hunt with another arrow in my bow...

michiganboy

Well if you get a coin just return it and move on, seller can't use stock photos for coins. Who knows though maybe you should write him and just explain the situation and cancel the sale. Good luck as usual Teddy!!

lcoopie

what do you think of the reverse?

lasvegasteddy

<< <i>what do you think of the reverse? >>


it's amazing...ngc even gave it xf45
crap-crap-crap...at least i caught that ddo in the image and pounced...was almost a $14 outlay for a coin that sold for $19,000
i can only do my part...sometimes it cry

DIMEMAN

Sellers that use that kind of tactics should be banned from ebay.

lasvegasteddy

the one thing i don't understand
if a scammer...why a scammer for less then $15.
and why use a ddo image?
people confuse me or i need to change brands of catnip yet again...

crap i was ready to fill my tank up to drive over the hill for a walk through...

TwoSides2aCoin

I went to the link you sent from google and saw this image :


It would be great to find stuff like that for $10.50 on eBay if it was like that, in hand. (edited to reduce the size)

1tommy

Sorry to see this happen, but I had the same thing over a year ago a lady was selling a 1952 proof quarter I knew the picture was showing the S on the chest (superbird) so I won that lot for 54 bucks, the next day she listed another one same picture I wrote her asking why she was using the picture for the coin she just sold me, she apologized and said she would remove, and put up the other picture. She guranteed me the coin I bought was the one pictured. she did not change the picture so I made sure I won that auction too, Well as you can guess NEITHER Coin was the superbird variety, I told her she was using fake pictures that were not her coins and why, all she could do was say send them back, which I did and she did pay the return postage and I notified ebay................ Enjoy tom

Broadstruck

<< <i>Sellers that use that kind of tactics should be banned from ebay. >>

ricko

Nasty break..... better luck next time. The hazards of ebay have become such, that I rarely even look there anymore. Cheers, RickO

LindeDad

A negative with less than ten feedback would be a killer.

ebaybuyer

you can avoid disappointments like this by following a few simple rules. read the description. (all of it... even the part where the seller describes the coin as a Fine) if you have questions such as "is the coin imaged the one you are selling" contact the seller before bidding/buying. lastly but probably most important, use common sense. the picture is professional quality, while the remainder of the auction is basic ebay provided information. this should be a HUGE red flag. at $10.50 id call it very cheap tuition.

crazyhounddog

<< <i>A negative with less than ten feedback would be a killer.

>>

ArizonaJack

<< <i>Nasty break..... better luck next time. The hazards of ebay have become such, that I rarely even look there anymore. Cheers, RickO >>



Same here :-)

SeattleSlammer

It's all about The Hunt!

lasvegasteddy

yeah but one can go hungry and run out of arrows
if it wasn't for small varmints i'd already be dead...dang it...i wunna drop something that comes close to game
if i had a 460 weatherby i'd go for elephants...

coinman23885

<< <i>the one thing i don't understand
if a scammer...why a scammer for less then $15.
and why use a ddo image? >>



Because the amount of money earned is a significant percentage return, yet the total value received is enough that some buyers won't bother with it or won't pay attention to it that they have been scammed.

coinman23885

<< <i>Sellers that use that kind of tactics should be banned from ebay. >>

Mowgli

While I agree that sellers using misleading pictures is bad, would we be patting the back of a person who got a $19.000 coin for $14? That didn't seem to fly for the guy who got a $15,000 coin for $1600 - in that instance he was a crook if I remember correctly. Seems like the right thing would have been to let the seller know they had a very expensive coin at which time the buyer would have found out it wasn't.

lasvegasteddy

lol...so i'm a crook and did something "wrong" by cherry picking....lol
no cookies for you
btw
i'll pat my own back...

streeter

I think that if an informed seller sets a price and you pay that price then you can hardly be called a crook.



The worst thing that you could be called is an opportunist. The correct label would be BUYER. And just don't boast about the score.



If it's an obvious mistake then inform the seller and sleep better.

ebaybuyer

well, youve learned to pat yourself on the back, now its time to learn to kick yourself in the azz. with enough practice, you will become more graceful at both

Swampboy

<< <i>well, youve learned to pat yourself on the back, now its time to learn to kick yourself in the azz. with enough practice, you will become more graceful at both >>



If I know teddy, whatever he does he won't come off as smug and condescending.

lasvegasteddy

"If I know teddy, whatever he does he won't come off as smug and condescending."

ah krispy snaps i swear there's a couple teddy's inside me i'd love to know myself so i could strangle them myself...heck with kickin their lil hiny...

"put a fork in me i'm done"...or done well here