Check out this GEM of an Ebay seller!

AHFreak

So, I got a little lost in the endless ocean of Ebay listings last night, and I came across this seller who has a bunch of "old mason jars full of old coins" that he "bought from an estate" and is selling to lucky Ebay buyers as is, "he never even opened the jars".....

Here is a link to a couple of the old mason jars full of old coins...

Old mason jar full of valuable old coins, Ebay listing... SCAM

Here is another one:



listing 2 old mason jar, old coins, super value, "estate buy"

He has a couple more. My question is, why do buyers continue to fall for this type of scam, over and over again? The other question I have is, if you are this seller, why use the same ebay account to buy the old mason jars, old bills, and old junk coins that you use to sell the "estate bought old mason jars full of treasures"..... ??? I do not get it.

Thoughts? Am I being overly critical?

AHFreak

OH, I forgot to mention, you can check his feedback history and see that he bought the jars and everything he put inside them two weeks ago, all on ebay... He forgot to mention that part about the estate sell in his description.... lol

AUandAG

Yep, tough luck for the unwary buyer.



A fool and his money are soon parted.



bob

PRECIOUSMENTAL

Originally posted by: AHFreak
OH, I forgot to mention, you can check his feedback history and see that he bought the jars and everything he put inside them two weeks ago, all on ebay... He forgot to mention that part about the estate sell in his description.... lol

That is funny, and, sad.
Thank you for choosing us as your vintage canning jar seller! A+ eBay buyer! :-) Member id 4ourgrandbabies ( Feedback Score Of 503Purple star icon for feedback score in between 500 to 999) During past month
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Positive feedback rating Thank you for choosing us as your vintage canning jar seller! A+ eBay buyer! :-) Member id 4ourgrandbabies ( Feedback Score Of 503Purple star icon for feedback score in between 500 to 999) During past month
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csdot

"Also there are no returns do to scammers, so bid knowing that please."



Yep!

ElKevvo

That is funny is a sad way...not only the jars but a lot of coins also it looks like. Re: ' The other question I have is, if you are this seller, why use the same ebay account to buy the old mason jars, old bills, and old junk coins that you use to sell the "estate bought old mason jars full of treasures"..... ??? I do not get it. Thoughts? Am I being overly critical?'



The nice thing is that many people who try these things are not the brightest bulbs in the shop. This looks to be the case here...and on the flip side it seems the buyers don't do a whole lot of checking feedback prior to shelling out some ducats on these.



Heck...maybe I can sell him some paper scraps that I have used an old fountain pen to write something like 'Grampys old timely coin collection from when he worked at the mint in SF from 1864 - 1932' so he can throw that in his jars from the estate! Might add a little more realism to have a story behind it.



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johnny9434

Originally posted by: csdot
"Also there are no returns do to scammers, so bid knowing that please."

Yep!

yep, we wont be bidding on that one or any of the others.

TopographicOceans

There are a lot of "jars" listed on eBay. The gold coin is always on the outside, though he framed his nicely against the bill.

TPRC

Very, very cool. Thanks for pointing that out. It is unusual to see such a blatant misrepresentation as this. Also, did you notice that the gold piece always ends up on the very outside of the jar, in front of the paper money? I just don't understand it at all and I really don't understand the positive feedback?

MonsterCoinz

This is such old news, I feel the need to inform you that we have color tv and electric cars.

BStrauss3

Since enough people fall for this as is, why go to the difficulty of two eBay accounts?

Paulyaces76

Wow, this guy is bad! Look at the people that gave him positives like "I gambled & lost! What are odds of 2-CC's showing on ends ( both 1883)& no more"! S******5 has to be his shill account wow man this guy needs to be taken down!

Yorkshireman

There is an old saying: "God must love stupid people. He made so many of them."

Rampage

He bought the $20 note for $102.95. The 1899 Black Eagle note he bought for $119. The $2.5 Indian gold for $285 and the other $2.5 gold for $305.

TigersFan2

There's a 100% chance he's a scammer. And looking at past auctions, he has other questionable "grab bag" type auctions that show some desirable coin with likely junk hidden within.

This is a common Ebay scam that fits within Ebay rules and enough idiots will bid up hoping to buy something awesome for cheap. The "grab bag" auctions are very common in the wheat cent rolls where they put a mercury dime, a jewelry piece $2.5 gold or some other attractive coin on the end and suggest that the whole roll might be such mysterious coins.

Note that that same seller was also selling original rolls of trade dollars or something like that that had to put together recently and not some find from long ago.

FredF

People new to the hobby fall for this sort of thing. I did back 7 or 8 years ago - I bought a roll with a 1921 mercury dime showing on one end, and then a roll with a reverse of a seated dime with a cc mint mark. The 21 merc was bent, and the cc seated dime was legit but very circulated, not worth anything. The rolls were filled with junk mercs and a couple junk barbers. Then I found the forums and educated myself and learned lessons. Didn't pay too much so a relatively cheap lesson. I do have a merc dime set in a Dansco and a silver Washington quarter set in a set of Whitman folders, all pulled out of junk silver bags, and there were some dimes in these rolls that started the merc set.

AMRC

There is no such thing as "no returns" on eBay. Not sure why anyone focuses on that.

ctf_error_coins

I just got took on eBay, now trying to get the refund. My baaaad for trying to get a $75,000 coin for $400, lol