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Was bidding on and winning this 1795 Flowing Hair 50¢ by our seller friend centsles worth the gamble
Goldbully
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He claims the coin is an AU55, which we all know is a total farce, but even a VF30 is worth around $5,000 in PCGS plastic.
I almost wish I took the gamble, as he offers a 14 day return policy.
Would you take the gamble? 122 bids with 22 bidders was the final.
If I won, I'd take the coin down the road and show it to Julian, and then he could say yea or nea.
Hammer: $5,000
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I almost wish I took the gamble, as he offers a 14 day return policy.
Would you take the gamble? 122 bids with 22 bidders was the final.
If I won, I'd take the coin down the road and show it to Julian, and then he could say yea or nea.
Hammer: $5,000
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hope I'm wrong..
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Tom
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<< <i>It did not sell, the winning biddr at 100% activity with senseless, just his shill. But did you expect any different at $5k? >>
Dead on Realone.........
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<< <i>It did not sell, the winning biddr at 100% activity with senseless, just his shill. But did you expect any different at $5k? >>
Dead on Realone.........
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Wow! That is TOTAL shill. Why is this guy not expelled from eBay?
<< <i>Wow! That is TOTAL shill. Why is this guy not expelled from eBay? >>
IT's known as the "99.3% positives of 160,000 feedbacks guy who puts a lot of money in our coffers" selective enforcement rule of slutBay.
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<< <i>It did not sell, the winning biddr at 100% activity with senseless, just his shill. But did you expect any different at $5k? >>
Without even reading beyond the second post, this was my guess. Man, it wasn't even a guess! Centsles has gotten so brazen he lists, sells and relists the same coins over and over again. Sometimes the same bidder wins the same coin twice! A while ago I put together a comprehensive package of this seller's shilling and sent it to Ebay and nothing happened. It's not worth the effort.
mbogoman
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<< <i>If they will not pull counterfeit coins why would they yank this guys privileges considering the number of transactions. You are better off not buying it as I bought something from him one time and had one heck of a time for the return. The description did not match the coin. >>
This is news to me.
When did eBay change their policy in not pulling counterfeit coin auctions?
That definitely is a step backward. Sorry to hear of this.
peacockcoins
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<< <i>If they will not pull counterfeit coins why would they yank this guys privileges considering the number of transactions. You are better off not buying it as I bought something from him one time and had one heck of a time for the return. The description did not match the coin. >>
This is news to me.
When did eBay change their policy in not pulling counterfeit coin auctions?
That definitely is a step backward. Sorry to hear of this. >>
They are but we've had some painful and some frustrating failures recently.
Erik
it is very unfortunate for us all that talent and morality are not more closely related.
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Talk about not even trying to hide the shill!
Tom
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<< <i>Since I believe the seller knows what he is doing, and he is selling the coin, perhaps the answer lies there. >>
What are you telling me, that it is impossible for this genius to screw up at times? >>
no
dubious stuff that gets posted here every now and then. But, just like almost any other seller on ebay, you got to sort the good from the bad
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BTW I sent that one back. Unusual coin. Obv was actually nice. Reverse appeared to have environmental issues. She fetched something like $5600 a week later.
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<< <i>A $5000 coin in third world plastic sold by someone alleged to be working with shills. What could possibly go wrong? >>
You forgot the part about the seller being an expert grader ( AFAIK, he actually is)
The images are gone from the Ebay listing....
Shills can do a pretty good job of lubricating the wheels of commerce for them.ebay gets 10% of the final value,PayPal 3%,shill won auction or not.I can't comment on the coin itself since images appear to have been pulled.
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<< <i>I've actually picked up a couple of coins from the guy that I am very happy with...he does seem to run an odd combo of fairly legit auctions along side the
dubious stuff that gets posted here every now and then. But, just like almost any other seller on ebay, you got to sort the good from the bad
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That is a neat little overstrike! Don't think I have ever seen one of those before!