Worth the Risk to Somebody???

TigersFan2

Take a look at this auction that ends in 3 hours. A PCGS MS65+ 1910-D $20 Gold coin. $4,000 in the PCGS Price Guide but sitting with a $1,545 + $15 S/H bid. The catch??? It's located in Russia. If it's real, someone will likely get a great coin at a fraction of its value. But what if it's not real?

1910-D $20 Gold

Looks like he has a whole bunch of them with different dates.

commoncents05

Undoubtedly real coins, but it looks like the photos have been stolen from a variety of places. Low feedback seller from a foreign country, sounds like a scam to me.

-Paul

TigersFan2

Earlier this evening my wife said she wants an adapter for her iPad that will connect with the HDMI on the television. So I went to Ebay. Then I filtered out the auctions to "US Only." So then there were still hundreds of similar auctions that said in the auctions that the item was located in California, Texas, etc. But when I'd click on the userid, it would say the person registered on such a date and is located in China, Hong Kong or Malaysia.

Personally, I prefer to only bid on auctions from sellers in the U.S., mainly because if something isn't right, it's easier to fix the issue. But I guess it's possible for the sellers in other countries to still make it look like they're in the U.S.

At least this guy doesn't attempt to hide where he's located.

TigersFan2

This coin he's selling is currently part of someone's registry set. I wonder if they know someone in Russia is trying to sell their coin.

1907 Gold $20

Registry Set

I just sent a message through PCGS to the owner of that Registry Set to ask them if they were selling their coin on Ebay from Russia. I gave them the auction link.

TigersFan2

All his $20 Gold auctions have been removed. Ebay must have become wise.

winky

I wouldn't !! Risk is too big that you won't even get any coin.

TigersFan2

I got a response back from the owner of the Registry Set with the 1907 that the Russian auction was trying to sell. He says it's clearly a scam because he has the 1907 coin.

Shortgapbob

Lots of eBay scams out there right now with hijacked accounts and stolen images.

Walkerfan

<< <i>I got a response back from the owner of the Registry Set with the 1907 that the Russian auction was trying to sell. He says it's clearly a scam because he has the 1907 coin. >>



No surprise there...



<< <i>Lots of eBay scams out there right now with hijacked accounts and stolen images. >>



Very true.

johnny9434

<< <i>I wouldn't !! Risk is too big that you won't even get any coin. >>

( take your chances if you want ) just saying