What sellers will do to draw bidders to their auctions
Tiny
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The lead in picture and the title of this one amazes me to no end but in the description
they stop with the + and call it what is is.
What a fine tip magic maker can do
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Pretty lame, though maybe (just maybe) the seller doesn't know the diff and/or got it that way. (A longshot, perhaps, but maybe.)
I thought this was gonna be another one of those auctions where the coin was photographed in a strategic location in front of some voluptuous young assistant's cleavage.
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<< <i>The most over-promoted material is in coin publications IMHO. PQ+++ "Looks MS65!" "Sure to *****" "A coin even your wife will love!"
You never see the other side of the story unless the coin is in a problem holder. Too bad objectivity is so rare and sales overshadows critical analysis until...... >>
Least you forget, the advertisers who describe their offerings in coin publications ARE TRYING TO SELL THEM.
Isn't it natural for a seller to describe their wares in a light most favorable?
The coin looks nicer than any 63 I have ever seen and the seller says it is recently graded and PCGS has been using the prong holder for over a year now.
<< <i>Absolutely, sales promotions and advertising is about selling not about truth telling necessarily; that is the job of consumer watchdogs of which there are many to which we owe a great deal. >>
If you say so.
How about this ad?
<< <i>It's nice for a 63, I'll say that much. >>
I agree. I think it's a 63+. Seller told it like it was in as few words (zero) as possible.
All we ever hear is buy the coin, not the holder (or the felt tip magic marker plus). Looks like a nice coin regardless of everything else.
<< <i>another fine example of creative license
How about this ad? >>
LOL. Seller has the wrong picture in the auction. Supposed to be a 2002 ungraded Shawnee Tribe 1/5 oz. gold piece in a pouch, not a NGC MS70 2007 $50G Buffalo.
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