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What are the most absurd phrases used in eBay listing?

astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I'll start ...

I always get a kick out of "Will make a great addition to any collection!" in an item's description. Really? Any collection? That must be a comfort for those who are unsure about the coin. How nice that the seller magically knows it will be a great addition to your collection! How nice!

What's really funny is that this phrase tends to appear in the description of awful coins.
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  • RaufusRaufus Posts: 6,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "WOW!!" "LQQK" "Found in an old farmhouse."
    Land of the Free because of the Brave!
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    RARE. There are 12,963 rare US coins on Ebay right now. I bet not 50 are RARE.


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  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,053 ✭✭✭✭✭
    " I don't know anything about coins"
  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "I'm not a collector..."

    "My grandfather's collection..."

    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,623 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "We don't leave feedback until you leave feedback first. And make sure it's positive, idiot "

    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • NewParadigmNewParadigm Posts: 1,322
    "scarce"

    when relating to a circulated 1990s nickel
  • EXOJUNKIEEXOJUNKIE Posts: 1,625 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "Fresh from an old estate" ... that's the biggest loser phrase ever! image
    I'm addicted to exonumia ... it is numismatic crack!

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  • cheezhedcheezhed Posts: 6,013 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "From an estate"
    Many happy BST transactions
  • LotsoLuckLotsoLuck Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭


    << <i>"From an estate" >>



    Yep thats a good one. Funny thing is we sell all sorts of things (including coins) that we buy from estates but we never mention that in listings.
  • ajmanajman Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭
    Please don't get me started. image
    Beer is Proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy -Benjamin Franklin-
  • RaufusRaufus Posts: 6,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Forgot one...
    "X whole or full ounces of x metal" The "whole" or "full" ounces just screams stupid.
    Land of the Free because of the Brave!
  • epcjimi1epcjimi1 Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭
    Old morgan CC roll
  • coin22lovercoin22lover Posts: 3,542 ✭✭✭


    << <i>RARE. >>



    That
  • BuzzybestBuzzybest Posts: 932
    Unsearched!
  • Lehigh96Lehigh96 Posts: 685 ✭✭✭


    << <i>"We don't leave feedback until you leave feedback first. And make sure it's positive, idiot " >>



    That is awesome, lol!
    <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://stores.ebay.com/Lehigh-Coins">LEHIGH COINS on E-Bay
  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭
    no returns...
    pcgs missed the grade...
    same as 2 pizza's...
    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Rainbow image
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "No returns because TPG X certifies the grade", as if the assigned grade is the only relevant attribute
    of the coin.
    My Roosevelt Dime Registry Set
  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Rainbow image >>


    And this is absurd to describe a coin with multiple colors in the spectrum why?

    (I will grant you that a significant percentage of coins so described probably don't qualify...)
    My Roosevelt Dime Registry Set
  • COALPORTERCOALPORTER Posts: 2,900 ✭✭


    << <i>"We don't leave feedback until you leave feedback first. And make sure it's positive, idiot " >>



    Im thinking about starting that policy. I just sold something to a buyer with 50 feedbacks that
    has NEVER left one feedback for anyone!! eBay is starting to dissapoint in yet anouther way.
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,299 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'll start ...

    I always get a kick out of "Will make a great addition to any collection!" in an item's description. Really? Any collection? That must be a comfort for those who are unsure about the coin. How nice that the seller magically knows it will be a great addition to your collection! How nice!

    What's really funny is that this phrase tends to appear in the description of awful coins. >>

    my question is what makes them think they know whats good for my collection anyway. LQQK, it may not WOW them but just the same. Mind thier business and not mine image
  • KudbegudKudbegud Posts: 4,735 ✭✭✭✭✭
    how about "Brand New" That's a good grading criteria huh. Almost as good as "Shiny"

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 36,012 ✭✭✭✭✭
    genuine
    Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
  • JJacksJJacks Posts: 759 ✭


    << <i>I'll start ...

    I always get a kick out of "Will make a great addition to any collection!" in an item's description. Really? Any collection? That must be a comfort for those who are unsure about the coin. How nice that the seller magically knows it will be a great addition to your collection! How nice!

    What's really funny is that this phrase tends to appear in the description of awful coins. >>



    I agree of course, but I would like to note that it's not just ebay - even well respected dealers fall into talking about how the coin will fit right into any nice collection or whatever. This also applies to many of the other comments here as well - maybe not so much the leave good feedback ones of course.

    JJacks
    Always buying music cards of artists I like! PSA or raw! Esp want PSA 10s 1991 Musicards Marx, Elton, Bryan Adams, etc. And 92/93 Country Gold AJ, Clint Black, Tim McGraw PSA 10s
  • ArizonaJackArizonaJack Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭
    Unsearched....possible SVDB....
    " YOU SUCK " Awarded 5/18/08
  • thisnamztakenthisnamztaken Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "undergraded", or "should grade", or "should be", implying that it's a higher grade/worth more than the major TPG's slab says it is. image
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    - Jim
  • KudbegudKudbegud Posts: 4,735 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Absurd isn't limited to eBay. Seen some You Tube videos concerning coins or numismatics? I cringe when ever I see a self proclaimed "collector" handling loose or stacked coins carelessly or roughly. Sliding them across their faces in their hand. Tossing them into a pile. Hearing them clang together. Seeing them with their big thumb right across the surface of a supposed "new uncirculated" collectors item. Shudder!!

  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,691 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Rare and American Eagle in the same sentence or title.

    No Way Out: Stimulus and Money Printing Are the Only Path Left

  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,275 ✭✭✭✭✭
    L@@K

    image
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  • nibannynibanny Posts: 2,761 ✭
    True auction with no reserve! (When the auction starts way above $0.99)
    The member formerly known as Ciccio / Posts: 1453 / Joined: Apr 2009
  • ConstantineConstantine Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭
    Monster. They rarely ever are.
  • rec78rec78 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "I know nothing about coins-These are from my grandfather's collection and he had them for over 50 years so they have to be real. (genuine)"
    or "I've shown these to a dealer and he said they were real."
    image
  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    "We bought maybe $250,000.00 on the floor and spent $500,000.00 in the auction. "

    "Widget"

    Oops, wrong venue.
  • okracerokracer Posts: 436 ✭


    "This one cleaned up real nice"


    ......I collect old stuff......
  • SamByrdSamByrd Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭✭
    PCGS price guide in MS65 $18,0000. Auction is for a raw fine with a hole.
  • streeterstreeter Posts: 4,312 ✭✭✭✭✭
    'grading is subjective, you be the judge from the photograph'

    and the photo looks like it was taken from the Hubble Space Stationimage
    Have a nice day
  • yellowkidyellowkid Posts: 5,486 ✭
    " Antique," or "Mint," except for the bullet hole.

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