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Why eBay sellers drink: Questions from a lawyer
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I get my fair share of interesting emails from prospective buyers while auctions are live, as well as from buyers post-auction. On occasion, one comes in that's a real gem. While I don't share too many, here's one I can't let go unnoticed.
The auction was for a Peace dollar in a doily slab. First the description and photos. Then the question...
Description: "A very lustrous and untoned coin. The coin is housed in a rare and desirable PCGS Doily holder. Please note that a portion of the outer slab (around the lower left corner of the reverse) has chipped off; the holder is still completely sealed, but a small piece of the outer shell is missing. "
...and the question I got. This guy has to be a lawyer:
"The chip you mention...is it the left bottem left hand corner of the reverse in the picture?...in which the reverse picture is upside down, so technically is the uppr right corner of the reverse, or is it actually the bottem left corner as described? Sorry, but there appears to be some cracking in the lower left case corner in the picture in your add, which if it was flipped over, would be the right top."
The auction was for a Peace dollar in a doily slab. First the description and photos. Then the question...
Description: "A very lustrous and untoned coin. The coin is housed in a rare and desirable PCGS Doily holder. Please note that a portion of the outer slab (around the lower left corner of the reverse) has chipped off; the holder is still completely sealed, but a small piece of the outer shell is missing. "
...and the question I got. This guy has to be a lawyer:
"The chip you mention...is it the left bottem left hand corner of the reverse in the picture?...in which the reverse picture is upside down, so technically is the uppr right corner of the reverse, or is it actually the bottem left corner as described? Sorry, but there appears to be some cracking in the lower left case corner in the picture in your add, which if it was flipped over, would be the right top."
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<< <i>I get my fair share of interesting emails from prospective buyers while auctions are live, as well as from buyers post-auction. On occasion, one comes in that's a real gem. While I don't share too many, here's one I can't let go unnoticed.
The auction was for a Peace dollar in a doily slab. First the description and photos. Then the question...
Description: "A very lustrous and untoned coin. The coin is housed in a rare and desirable PCGS Doily holder. Please note that a portion of the outer slab (around the lower left corner of the reverse) has chipped off; the holder is still completely sealed, but a small piece of the outer shell is missing. "
...and the question I got. This guy has to be a lawyer:
"The chip you mention...is it the left bottem left hand corner of the reverse in the picture?...in which the reverse picture is upside down, so technically is the uppr right corner of the reverse, or is it actually the bottem left corner as described? Sorry, but there appears to be some cracking in the lower left case corner in the picture in your add, which if it was flipped over, would be the right top." >>
The name is LEE!
Where is the pulling chain emotion.
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- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
<< <i>Whoever purchased that Peace dollar now has it listed- flipped- back on eBay at a substantial markup. >>
discussed here
Tom
<< <i>Please don't jump to conclusions....you are giving lawyers a bad name! >>
I don't think they need any help with that.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Practice makes perfect & nobody is perfect. So, practice being nobody and be perfect !
I agree with your title, it's stuff like this that makes eBay sellers drink.
<< <i>If viewed from the obverse side, the missing piece is from the lower right. If viewed from the reverse side, it's from the lower left. >>
#1 answer!
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<< <i>Whoever purchased that Peace dollar now has it listed- flipped- back on eBay at a substantial markup. >>
discussed here
Different coin. Serials are 2 off, and one has a magical S on the reverse
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<< <i>Whoever purchased that Peace dollar now has it listed- flipped- back on eBay at a substantial markup. >>
discussed here
diff. cert. numb.
If I turn the slab clockwise 90 degree, and then take a picture of the slab through a mirror, where will be crack located at??
<< <i>I get my fair share of interesting emails from prospective buyers while auctions are live, as well as from buyers post-auction. On occasion, one comes in that's a real gem. While I don't share too many, here's one I can't let go unnoticed.
The auction was for a Peace dollar in a doily slab. First the description and photos. Then the question...
Description: "A very lustrous and untoned coin. The coin is housed in a rare and desirable PCGS Doily holder. Please note that a portion of the outer slab (around the lower left corner of the reverse) has chipped off; the holder is still completely sealed, but a small piece of the outer shell is missing. "
...and the question I got. This guy has to be a lawyer:
"The chip you mention...is it the left bottem left hand corner of the reverse in the picture?...in which the reverse picture is upside down, so technically is the uppr right corner of the reverse, or is it actually the bottem left corner as described? Sorry, but there appears to be some cracking in the lower left case corner in the picture in your add, which if it was flipped over, would be the right top." >>
I have found that most people are idiots... This just reinforces it!
<< <i>Sounds more like a surveyor to me. A nutty one. >>
I was going to say engineer. I'm a retired engineer and I worked with a few that get all wraped around the technical aspects of a situation without being able to see the bigger picture.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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<< <i>Whoever purchased that Peace dollar now has it listed- flipped- back on eBay at a substantial markup. >>
discussed here
Different coin. Serials are 2 off, and one has a magical S on the reverse
Agreed, so it must be Pat B. who is in error.
The coin in the OP the 1927 which you sold has not been relisted at a higher or any other price. OTOH the 27-S which you also sold was and still is relisted at a substantial markup. I assumed Pat was referring to the 27-S.
omg, don't get me started. Engineers should DO the job once before they attempt to try and tell someone HOW to do it. I'll be nice and say...some engineers
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<< <i>Sounds more like a surveyor to me. A nutty one. >>
I was going to say engineer. I'm a retired engineer and I worked with a few that get all wraped around the technical aspects of a situation without being able to see the bigger picture. >>
Well, to be fair, I'm an engineer and work with tons more. I recently spent 3 days emailing guys in a few different departments to decipher someone's sentence to determine whether the part he wanted to bend up started horizontal, or slightly bent down.
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<< <i>Sounds more like a surveyor to me. A nutty one. >>
I was going to say engineer. I'm a retired engineer and I worked with a few that get all wraped around the technical aspects of a situation without being able to see the bigger picture. >>
Well, to be fair, I'm an engineer and work with tons more. I recently spent 3 days emailing guys in a few different departments to decipher someone's sentence to determine whether the part he wanted to bend up started horizontal, or slightly bent down. >>
that must have been jostling....
Thanks for sharing that one.........