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OPA
OPA Posts: 17,166 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited March 2, 2017 2:04PM in Precious Metals

eBay scammer...Sold a sealed APMEX Mint Direct Roll ... see scans below ... buyer claims "Not as described"..claims tube arrived opened.


His scan below alleges the way it arrived

Note: It's impossible to open one of these tubes unless you use a box cutter. In addition, this buyer sells single ASE's or by small lots. It does not take a "Rocket Scientist" to figure out what he did. I've notified eBay with my suspicion and they are investigating the claim. Buyers ebay id: arkansassilver

"Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."

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  • rawteam1
    rawteam1 Posts: 2,472 ✭✭✭
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    whether sealed or not, it's a scam...

    keceph `anah
  • MsMorrisine
    MsMorrisine Posts: 40,036 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I trust you over the buyer.

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  • OPA
    OPA Posts: 17,166 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @rawteam1 said:
    whether sealed or not, it's a scam...

    Thank you for your opinion. I suspect that most of us realize, it's a sales gimmick that APMEX uses to sell them at a premium. That does not alter the fact, that the buyer, who sells them individually or by small lots from his ebay store, opened the tube, cherry picked the best, and who knows what I'm getting back.

    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • JohnnyCache
    JohnnyCache Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Appreciate the notice.
    Though I rarely sell on ebay, I can make certain not to buy from them.

  • silversiren
    silversiren Posts: 70 ✭✭✭
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    You'd think the scammer would have at least scammed APMEX directly instead hassling you . ..

  • rawteam1
    rawteam1 Posts: 2,472 ✭✭✭
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    Hmm I really don't know about cherry picking bullion, seems quite odd...

    keceph `anah
  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Wow...such a blatant scam..... Thanks for the alert...Cheers, RickO

  • 1630Boston
    1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Yes, thanks for the heads up :smile:

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    Bad transactions with : nobody to date

  • asheland
    asheland Posts: 24,545 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Thank you for informing us.

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  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    thanks for the tip off ( or rip off in this case as well )

  • BAJJERFAN
    BAJJERFAN Posts: 31,659 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Would eBay NARU me if used their message system to call him a scammer?

    theknowitalltroll;
  • derryb
    derryb Posts: 38,604 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @rawteam1 said:
    Hmm I really don't know about cherry picking bullion, seems quite odd...

    Thanks. Leaves more MS 70 profit for me.

    Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Bastiat

  • BAJJERFAN
    BAJJERFAN Posts: 31,659 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @derryb said:

    @rawteam1 said:
    Hmm I really don't know about cherry picking bullion, seems quite odd...

    Thanks. Leaves more MS 70 profit for me.

    You would think that instead of belittling those who do, that others would find a way to use it to their advantage. Guess not.

    theknowitalltroll;
  • grote15
    grote15 Posts: 30,223 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    You wouldn't expect a guy with an 8K feedback rating who also sells a ton of ASEs on ebay to bother trying to scam someone like this.



    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • piecesofme
    piecesofme Posts: 6,669 ✭✭✭
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    @derryb said:

    @rawteam1 said:
    Hmm I really don't know about cherry picking bullion, seems quite odd...

    Thanks. Leaves more MS 70 profit for me.

    MS70 on brand new bullion is a joke. Our host may not like me saying that, but I'd sure like to know how the heck the differecne is distinguished between 69 & 70 on a brand new coin. They're ALL 69 as far as I'm concerned if they came ina tube.
    Either way, thanks for the heads up OPA.

    To forgive is to free a prisoner, and to discover that prisoner was you.
  • derryb
    derryb Posts: 38,604 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @piecesofme said:

    @derryb said:

    @rawteam1 said:
    Hmm I really don't know about cherry picking bullion, seems quite odd...

    Thanks. Leaves more MS 70 profit for me.

    MS70 on brand new bullion is a joke. Our host may not like me saying that, but I'd sure like to know how the heck the differecne is distinguished between 69 & 70 on a brand new coin. They're ALL 69 as far as I'm concerned if they came ina tube.
    Either way, thanks for the heads up OPA.

    I'm the same way with silver bars, they're all 69s. lol

    Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Bastiat

  • SamByrd
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    @silversiren said:
    You'd think the scammer would have at least scammed APMEX directly instead hassling you . ..

    It (the scammer )may have already hit APMEX these guys run the same scam with several sellers and eventually cant do it any more Ebay at some point wont let them file claims.

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