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Well this is a new way to scam people on Ebay.

planonitplanonit Posts: 525 ✭✭
edited October 29, 2016 12:13AM in U.S. Coin Forum

ebay.com/itm/Trade-Dollars-in-plastic-Ich-denke-Falschung-/322299727832?

This guy admits to selling fakes in the description but apparently thinks if he says they are fake in German in the title he can get away with it. Seriously. I messaged him and said it was "...way I thought of to be complicit with ebay policeis (sic)."

Edit: It is also very clear he is probably not an American as he speaks in broken English.

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    Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And Fee bay will let him do it.



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    Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 7,676 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I believe German for fake is "falsh"

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    ajaanajaan Posts: 17,134 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Cougar1978 said:
    I believe German for fake is "falsh"

    Isn't falsh = scared?


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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,951 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 29, 2016 7:57AM

    @Cougar1978 said:
    I believe German for fake is "falsh"

    As per Google Translate it says: "I think forgery"

    At the bottom of the listing on the last line he says:

    They are capsuled and I have not been able to open them ( don't want to either). But because of that I can't get weight of coins, thus also leading me to believe they are FAKe

    Not that it makes it any better...

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    rte592rte592 Posts: 1,495 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ask him in German IF they stick to a magnet.
    Also BS on the cant weigh them....just put them on a scale, some of us regular folks can guesstimate for plastic.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yep... a very poor attempt at luring marks (no pun intended)...well..maybe... :D Cheers, RickO

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    MarkMark Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ricko:

    Well, this is one Mark that is not going to fall for the trap. However, I can't speak for the other marks on the chat board...

    Mark


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    LeroyLeroy Posts: 186 ✭✭✭

    I think Ebay's getting a bad rap on this complaint for a couple of reasons -

    The listing clearly states that he believes the coins are fake, and he even went on to say that they're magnetic.

    There are a group of collectors that specialize in collecting counterfeit coins, with three hours left in the auction the bidding is at $152.50 + shipping.

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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If they are magnetic, they would be "attractive."

    :)

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    WeissWeiss Posts: 9,935 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Reported.

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    giorgio11giorgio11 Posts: 3,825 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Cougar1978 said:
    I believe German for fake is "falsh"

    Actually the German word is spelled "falsch" and it means false but can also mean phony, fake. Ein falscher Freund = a false friend.

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    sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,028 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Mark said:
    ricko:

    Well, this is one Mark that is not going to fall for the trap. However, I can't speak for the other marks on the chat board...

    I with you on this one.
    -Mark

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