You can't please everyone.
Dunno if I posted this before, but the circ wheatie/buff thread brought it to mind and if you read it before, well... sorry bout that...
but...
I had a customer who wanted a full bag of Indian Head Cents. 5000 coins.
This was in Autex teletype days and I did find a bag available.
The customer wanted VG or better and the place who responded to me said they SHOULD be VG or better, but....just to make sure..... he included an EXTRA 150 coins in the deal.
Got the bag.
Called customer.
Customer took coins home and called back about 3 days later ....IRATE that .....53 coins.... did not measure up to his wants.
I reminded him that he did not PAY for 5150 coins but only 5000 so he could THROW AWAY the 53 coins and still be ...ahead... of what he wanted.
He cussed me out and never came back.
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Even when you are wrong, if you start out convinced the other person is wrong, you will stay mad and not own up to your own faults. Sad human nature.
Sic Wonder Woman on him to correct his error in judgement.
I wouldn't worry about it.
How true. I run into this quite a bit while dealing with "ex-perts."
@mustangmanbob said: "Even when you are wrong, if you start out convinced the other person is wrong, you will stay mad and not own up to your own faults. Sad human nature."
Amazing... he got an extra 97 coins that did 'measure up' for free...and he was complaining....Idiot. Cheers, RickO
I'll bet he tries to get another good deal like this from topstuf in the future.
Doubt it. He was old and this happened in the crazy days of 1980 frenzy.
I had an eBay customer buy an unremarkable Abe Lincoln book for the $1.00 minimum bid. He posted positive feedback, but mainly crowed about what a rip he made. Emailed me later that the book was an unreturned library book from the 1940's, super upset. I had bought this many years earlier at an antique store, never noticed. I offered to return his money and the cost of postage if he returned this purloined masterwork. He refused of course, but not without an absurd rant. Lots of crazies out there.
If you sold him a full bag of marbles he would probably still complain.
He was never playing with a full bag to begin with.
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Some people are not happy in life unless they can complain about something. Just look at the news. Being hypersensitive and expressing one’s moral indignation about some issue, no matter how trivial, is very stylish these days.
nope.
Indian head cents
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I put them in the same category as the around here that "disagree" w/o leaving a reason or the "unfortunates" who stalk every post another member writes to leave a "disagree." AFAIK, there is only one member doing this right now.
the best part i guess is that you wont ever see them again
There are some customers you are better off without. I learned that as a dealer. Some people are not worth the hassle.
What surprised me the most was that he was regular customer for quite a while drving over 60 miles to get to my shop.
We got along well until that.
Ah well.
Either I am missing something, or more likely that customer was missing something upstairs....
He paid for 5000 Indians, he received 5150, he was not happy with 53, which means he was happy with 5097, of which 97 were free.
Go figure!
Reminds me of an eBay transaction from about 5 years ago:
I sold an ANACS MS63 Barber Dime on eBay. When the buyer received the coin, she emailed me, scolding me, telling me that the coin COULD NOT HAVE been mint state, because it had toning along the rims.
Huh?? BTW, my images clearly showed this toning, which was quite nice IMO. I told her to return the coin, and I'd even pay her return postage (I sort of wanted it back anyway, as she got a real deal on it). She replied 'No, I'll keep it, but trust me, I won't be buying from you again!'
A couple days later, I provided positive eBay feedback, saying something like 'An A1+ transaction - Thank you very much Gail for your purchase'.
30 minutes later I get scolded in another email saying 'Why did you use my real name in the feedback! You've violated my security!'
The End
Topstuf I deal with customers everyday. Some are very grateful, some are never happy. Don't let it get to you, that's just the way business is. Out of curiosity, how much does a bag of 5000 Indians cost?
Had you had kept hold of the 150 freebies and when he complained about the 53 substandard ones you offered to trade him out to make it right, you would have probably been the hero... plus had 150 freebies for your inventory.
Some people!
I am bereft and inconsolable and glad he was pissed.
I sent back 3 coins that were culls out of an average circulated dime roll. One had two holes, one was covered in hard glue and one was polished like grandmothers china.
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I get this every so often when they feel like I've insulted them with a simple answer. Some apologize, some.....I never hear from again. Telling someone they have a proof coin when they think they have a business strike with 6 steps.....doesn't usually go over too well.
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
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And in VG and no better. I can't imaging paying less than 65 cents a coin. But the bag must look like what a searched roll looks like.......all common dates......but 5000 common dates? This sounds too depressing to me.
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
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I've got well over 100 Ebay buyers on my Ebay blocked bidders list. Stories such as the OP's story is the reason why.
I sure wish that Amazon had a feature to block designated buyers, but they don't.
At .65 cents a coin, 150 free coins is like a 100.00 bonus. What a crappy customer to complain. Geeeeeesh.
I recently bought 2 lots of fifty 2013-P Mint set Roosevelt dimes. I received 99 when I was supposed to receive 100. I left the guy positive feedback, and never mentioned to him that he couldn't count. I just accepted it and moved on.
BTW he gave me free shipping, so I'm still quite happy! It all depends on whom ur dealing with too.
Later, Paul.
Stooge's way is the best way to handle mild disappointments. But great story, topstuf -- I wonder what pill the buyer forgot to take that day. I actually think a 5,000 count bag of non-cull Indians would be awesome to own! Sure, 97% would be 1904, but who knows what s-mints, or slightly better dates, might have snuck in!
Forget it. Next time tell the customer you are sending 5,000 VG or better and a few free "unknown grades" unfortunately the customer you sold to must have billed the Client for all the coins at VG and when he was busted as not the original source, he decided to make you the patsy. He should of checked them or not acted like the "dealer" he was pretending to be.
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Topstuf’s topstuf just wasn’t topstuf!
I sell quite a few date/MM runs of modern stuff; and I will throw in an extra "bonus" coin (advertised as a freebie) in some of the sets.
One customer complained that the bonus coin was a date he already had, and could he have another date?
P.S. -It is Lincoln Cents we're talking about here....and he requested a 1924-D......LOL
Go to a coin show. Look over the entire room. Let's be honest, do you see even one person in the crowd who doesn't appear likely to be a weird PITA?
Didn't think so
This could make topstuf's top10 reasons "Why coin dealers drink" . To say I can relate is an understatement. But, graciousness is the ability to smile in the face of adversity. Like while you're getting bent over.
Dealer friend of mine was selling wheat cent bags on eBay about 15 years ago. He would buy them wholesale from other dealers. HE never searched them, but as dealers like to say "there are no unsearched bags". Anyway, just to try and keep his customers happy, he would always seed the bag with a couple finds. You know, a few steel cents, a low grade or damaged S-mint coin from the teens...
One day, a customer contacted him irate. He had found a few steel cents and a 10-S or 11-S coin and said it was IMPOSSIBLE that they would be in an authentic unsearched bag. My friend told him that he always threw some better stuff in there, but the customer was irate and stayed irate somehow believing that "seeding the bag" could only follow "searching the bag".
From the looks of it, there won't be a "next time".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAHR7_VZdRw
I'm sure he's dead by now. He was an old geezer at the time. This is from the 79-80 TIDAL WAVE of customers.
so the guy has been dead for decades and you are still whining about it?
that's a lot spent on alcohol...
Some people would complain if you hung them with a new rope...
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My grandfather used to say about people like this : "You could give them the goose that lays golden eggs and they would complain that it poops on the carpet."
On BOTH sides of the table.