@logger7 said:
"These coins are incredible - this seller is gonna break me because all these coins “from rolls” or bags are legit. I plan to keep buying from this seller he / she has the best silver dollars on eBay. These coins are as nice as they appear in the pics and they are all near gem or gem - unbelievable. May take out a second mortgage..."
Well now I'm sold. The mortgage idea sounds like a pretty good one I hadn't thought of before. I bet I can really make a killing buying these coins and then grading them and/or selling them raw with appropriately lit photos and accurate descriptions.
@logger7 said:
Ebay will now delete negative feedbacks for higher volume sellers through their "concierge" desk, so 100% positive feedback may not be indicative of the reality.
I would not trust high value coins that are uncertified. No other auction company permits that. If sellers don't have the patience for submitting to the top two services there are the other two, at least they screen out problem coins usually.
"Buyers" appear to be the same dozen or so leaving crazy feedback:
"These coins are incredible - this seller is gonna break me because all these coins “from rolls” or bags are legit. I plan to keep buying from this seller he / she has the best silver dollars on eBay. These coins are as nice as they appear in the pics and they are all near gem or gem - unbelievable. May take out a second mortgage..."
Refetence?
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, evn when irrefutably accurate.
Well I am in…need to go work a corner and make some money…may take awhile😃
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@logger7 said:
Ebay will now delete negative feedbacks for higher volume sellers through their "concierge" desk, so 100% positive feedback may not be indicative of the reality.
I would not trust high value coins that are uncertified. No other auction company permits that. If sellers don't have the patience for submitting to the top two services there are the other two, at least they screen out problem coins usually.
"Buyers" appear to be the same dozen or so leaving crazy feedback:
"These coins are incredible - this seller is gonna break me because all these coins “from rolls” or bags are legit. I plan to keep buying from this seller he / she has the best silver dollars on eBay. These coins are as nice as they appear in the pics and they are all near gem or gem - unbelievable. May take out a second mortgage..."
I dont understand why anyone would buy these higher dollars coins raw. Maybe if it is a exceptional price and the buyer has experience grading coins then it may be worth a chance. Then again if the price is too good buyer beware. I learned my lesson after buying from a online coin auction. They were graded by a off brand grader. 8 out of 10 coins were graded too high. I complained to them but they pretty much ignored me but did change their format a bit. I only buy graded ngc or pcgs coins for the most part.
@logger7 said:
Ebay will now delete negative feedbacks for higher volume sellers through their "concierge" desk, so 100% positive feedback may not be indicative of the reality.
I would not trust high value coins that are uncertified. No other auction company permits that. If sellers don't have the patience for submitting to the top two services there are the other two, at least they screen out problem coins usually.
"Buyers" appear to be the same dozen or so leaving crazy feedback:
"These coins are incredible - this seller is gonna break me because all these coins “from rolls” or bags are legit. I plan to keep buying from this seller he / she has the best silver dollars on eBay. These coins are as nice as they appear in the pics and they are all near gem or gem - unbelievable. May take out a second mortgage..."
All I saw in that that link which pertained to negative feedback was “Help managing negative feedback”, which was included under “Benefits of eBay Concierge for sellers:” As written, at least, that doesn’t necessarily sound synonymous with “Ebay will now delete negative feedbacks for higher volume sellers through their "concierge" desk..”
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
@logger7 said:
Ebay will now delete negative feedbacks for higher volume sellers through their "concierge" desk, so 100% positive feedback may not be indicative of the reality.
I would not trust high value coins that are uncertified. No other auction company permits that. If sellers don't have the patience for submitting to the top two services there are the other two, at least they screen out problem coins usually.
"Buyers" appear to be the same dozen or so leaving crazy feedback:
"These coins are incredible - this seller is gonna break me because all these coins “from rolls” or bags are legit. I plan to keep buying from this seller he / she has the best silver dollars on eBay. These coins are as nice as they appear in the pics and they are all near gem or gem - unbelievable. May take out a second mortgage..."
All I saw in that that link which pertained to negative feedback was “Help managing negative feedback”, which was included under “Benefits of eBay Concierge for sellers:” As written, at least, that doesn’t necessarily sound synonymous with “Ebay will now delete negative feedbacks for higher volume sellers through their "concierge" desk..”
In my experience with them, they only delete feedback that violates policy. But. I don't know. If that were true, shouldn't Apmex have no negative feedback? They have 14 negatives this month.
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, evn when irrefutably accurate.
At one time long ago I’ll admit to buying two rolls of peace dollars from them. This was before I knew better. They were all 61-64 coins and in good shape overall. The only problem was the cost was roughly 2-2.4x the actual value. Thankfully silver’s runup allowed me to finally dump them this year and break even. Not everyone will be so fortunate.
The photos are very well done and have a seductive aspect to them. I remember a seller on ebay rpholdercoins who also had really appealing photos for raw coins with attractive color.
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.
This bodes well for the market. There is so much re-tread riff-raff worn out and tired inventory on eBay that when it appears there are fresh coins on the market (whether this true or not) collectors flock to purchase- some at insane levels.
@logger7 said:
Ebay will now delete negative feedbacks for higher volume sellers through their "concierge" desk, so 100% positive feedback may not be indicative of the reality.
I would not trust high value coins that are uncertified. No other auction company permits that. If sellers don't have the patience for submitting to the top two services there are the other two, at least they screen out problem coins usually.
"Buyers" appear to be the same dozen or so leaving crazy feedback:
"These coins are incredible - this seller is gonna break me because all these coins “from rolls” or bags are legit. I plan to keep buying from this seller he / she has the best silver dollars on eBay. These coins are as nice as they appear in the pics and they are all near gem or gem - unbelievable. May take out a second mortgage..."
All I saw in that that link which pertained to negative feedback was “Help managing negative feedback”, which was included under “Benefits of eBay Concierge for sellers:” As written, at least, that doesn’t necessarily sound synonymous with “Ebay will now delete negative feedbacks for higher volume sellers through their "concierge" desk..”
Probably conditions for the removal of negative feedback are such that a seller gets feedback deleted if they are deemed high enough in volume and the negative falls into some category they don't consider a big problem for ebay's business model. It used to be they would put sellers into limitations if they got a few negatives, now the big sellers I know have had a lot more luck getting unhappy feedback deleted.
@RichieURich said:
I'm not that much into Morgans, but I never heard of an original bag of 1889-CC or 1895-S or 1901.
The LaVere Redfield Hoard had a very large number of 1895-S $1's in it, though I'm not sure of the quantity, Up though the early 80's, an upstate-NY collector named Bill Louer used to set up with a bleeping display case full of raw ones.
The above is in no way intended to obscure my emphatic agreement with the quoted statement.
I recall reading that the Redfield hoard contained about 3,000 1895-S Morgans.
I wrote: 100% feedback. Customer service is good in my experience. They accepted for return two rolls of Lincolns that I bought from them that were bank rolls from the '40's. I wasn't looking to find key dates but was looking to find a few coins from the '30's with mint luster. Absent any of those, I sent the rolls back without removing a single coin from them. Caused some head scratching with them but they refunded and I gave them positive feedback.
Mr. Feld wrote: Unless they misdescribed the roll, the return seems unwarranted.
I'm not one to abuse return privilege but the privilege was there if not satisfied with purchase. Satisfied I was not. I don't even recall finding any steel cents in those two bank wrapped in the '40's rolls. I remember that I found some 1949 dated cents in my roll. Nothing dated after that. Shouldn't one expect to find some late '30's pieces with mint luster in rolls described as bank-wrapped in the '40's? I found plenty of '40's dated wheats with mint luster when I hunted bank rolls in the early to mid '60's.
There's another thread going about graffiti seen on an early American coin. I once ordered a coin (Buy It Now) from an ebay seller who I asked to accept return for refund on even though the seller had a "No Returns" policy. The coin was in a TPG graded slab. On close inspection of the obverse with a 10x loupe, I found what appeared to me to be initials scratched, albeit very lightly, onto the field of the coin below Liberty's chin. I told the seller that what I saw is graffiti, in my opinion. Seller did accept return. Just another story that reinforces the idea, buy the coin, not the holder.
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
As an eBay seller who allows returns or as an eBay buyer my interpretation of return privileges is such that a buyer can return a coin for whatever reason or for no specified reason. I’ve returned one coin in 20 years and have never had a buyer return a coin.
As a result of this thread I placed a bid on the 80-S with the crazy color but I didn’t win it so I won’t get to compare the coin in hand to the image below- oh well it would have been interesting
I have a search by number of bids and both this seller and G backwards C usually have multiples on the first few pages. This seller has bidders that only bid with them and never seem to win.
I don't collect Morgans...but the first glance thru those listings has every Morgan Dollar bearing a familiar copper/goldish tone horizontally thru the center of every Morgan picture
Many also have a polished surface here and there which I've never seen on a Morgan anywhere
Not even that coin guy Mike on TV has ever shown off a polished Morgan and He's sold lots of them
Something just doesn't seem right about the whole thing...and I passed before viewing
@logger7 said:
Ebay will now delete negative feedbacks for higher volume sellers through their "concierge" desk, so 100% positive feedback may not be indicative of the reality.
I would not trust high value coins that are uncertified. No other auction company permits that. If sellers don't have the patience for submitting to the top two services there are the other two, at least they screen out problem coins usually.
"Buyers" appear to be the same dozen or so leaving crazy feedback:
"These coins are incredible - this seller is gonna break me because all these coins “from rolls” or bags are legit. I plan to keep buying from this seller he / she has the best silver dollars on eBay. These coins are as nice as they appear in the pics and they are all near gem or gem - unbelievable. May take out a second mortgage..."
All I saw in that that link which pertained to negative feedback was “Help managing negative feedback”, which was included under “Benefits of eBay Concierge for sellers:” As written, at least, that doesn’t necessarily sound synonymous with “Ebay will now delete negative feedbacks for higher volume sellers through their "concierge" desk..”
In my experience with them, they only delete feedback that violates policy. But. I don't know. If that were true, shouldn't Apmex have no negative feedback? They have 14 negatives this month.
I’ve had numerous negatives removed, so I can confirm that yes, they do treat concierge sellers nicely. I don’t know their exact rules, and I think there is a quarterly limit, so even if apmex is using the benefit, they may not get all removed.
With that said, and acknowledging my bias that I think I do a good job with how I run my business, some negatives should have been removed anyway in that they violate a policy directly (mention having to pay customs duties, buyer threatens a negative in a message) where others are false/misleading but for the average seller eBay won’t care or do anything about it. I can’t say I’ve ever asked (or needed) them to remove a deserved negative that I just didn’t want, so I don’t know exactly how generous they are, but so far I’m batting 100 with requesting negatives be removed and having it happen.
I've been following this thread. My feelings are that there are too many coins in top tier slabs to even consider buying raw coins off of eBay especially with poor pics. I guess some are looking for bargains by buying raw coins. To each his own.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
@airplanenut said:
I like this AT dollar which is fresh from a mint bag and has toning that resembles what an album could do, but is not at all consistent with bag toning patterns.
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Well now I'm sold. The mortgage idea sounds like a pretty good one I hadn't thought of before. I bet I can really make a killing buying these coins and then grading them and/or selling them raw with appropriately lit photos and accurate descriptions.
Refetence?
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, evn when irrefutably accurate.
Well I am in…need to go work a corner and make some money…may take awhile😃
100% positive transactions with SurfinxHI, bigole, 1madman, collectorcoins, proofmorgan, Luke Marshall, silver pop, golden egg, point five zero,coin22lover, alohagary, blaircountycoin,joebb21
https://www.ebay.com/help/account/changing-account-settings/ebay-concierge?id=4358
I know a $30K/month plus seller who has that.
I dont understand why anyone would buy these higher dollars coins raw. Maybe if it is a exceptional price and the buyer has experience grading coins then it may be worth a chance. Then again if the price is too good buyer beware. I learned my lesson after buying from a online coin auction. They were graded by a off brand grader. 8 out of 10 coins were graded too high. I complained to them but they pretty much ignored me but did change their format a bit. I only buy graded ngc or pcgs coins for the most part.
All I saw in that that link which pertained to negative feedback was “Help managing negative feedback”, which was included under “Benefits of eBay Concierge for sellers:” As written, at least, that doesn’t necessarily sound synonymous with “Ebay will now delete negative feedbacks for higher volume sellers through their "concierge" desk..”
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Only one collector on this thread has purchased a coin from this seller and he was happy.
peacockcoins
In my experience with them, they only delete feedback that violates policy. But. I don't know. If that were true, shouldn't Apmex have no negative feedback? They have 14 negatives this month.
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, evn when irrefutably accurate.
At one time long ago I’ll admit to buying two rolls of peace dollars from them. This was before I knew better. They were all 61-64 coins and in good shape overall. The only problem was the cost was roughly 2-2.4x the actual value. Thankfully silver’s runup allowed me to finally dump them this year and break even. Not everyone will be so fortunate.
The photos are very well done and have a seductive aspect to them. I remember a seller on ebay rpholdercoins who also had really appealing photos for raw coins with attractive color.
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.
This bodes well for the market. There is so much re-tread riff-raff worn out and tired inventory on eBay that when it appears there are fresh coins on the market (whether this true or not) collectors flock to purchase- some at insane levels.
peacockcoins
Probably conditions for the removal of negative feedback are such that a seller gets feedback deleted if they are deemed high enough in volume and the negative falls into some category they don't consider a big problem for ebay's business model. It used to be they would put sellers into limitations if they got a few negatives, now the big sellers I know have had a lot more luck getting unhappy feedback deleted.
I recall reading that the Redfield hoard contained about 3,000 1895-S Morgans.
My Adolph A. Weinman signature
I wrote: 100% feedback. Customer service is good in my experience. They accepted for return two rolls of Lincolns that I bought from them that were bank rolls from the '40's. I wasn't looking to find key dates but was looking to find a few coins from the '30's with mint luster. Absent any of those, I sent the rolls back without removing a single coin from them. Caused some head scratching with them but they refunded and I gave them positive feedback.
Mr. Feld wrote: Unless they misdescribed the roll, the return seems unwarranted.
I'm not one to abuse return privilege but the privilege was there if not satisfied with purchase. Satisfied I was not. I don't even recall finding any steel cents in those two bank wrapped in the '40's rolls. I remember that I found some 1949 dated cents in my roll. Nothing dated after that. Shouldn't one expect to find some late '30's pieces with mint luster in rolls described as bank-wrapped in the '40's? I found plenty of '40's dated wheats with mint luster when I hunted bank rolls in the early to mid '60's.
There's another thread going about graffiti seen on an early American coin. I once ordered a coin (Buy It Now) from an ebay seller who I asked to accept return for refund on even though the seller had a "No Returns" policy. The coin was in a TPG graded slab. On close inspection of the obverse with a 10x loupe, I found what appeared to me to be initials scratched, albeit very lightly, onto the field of the coin below Liberty's chin. I told the seller that what I saw is graffiti, in my opinion. Seller did accept return. Just another story that reinforces the idea, buy the coin, not the holder.
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
As an eBay seller who allows returns or as an eBay buyer my interpretation of return privileges is such that a buyer can return a coin for whatever reason or for no specified reason. I’ve returned one coin in 20 years and have never had a buyer return a coin.
100% feedback? No negatives in 12 months. What gives?
As a result of this thread I placed a bid on the 80-S with the crazy color but I didn’t win it so I won’t get to compare the coin in hand to the image below- oh well it would have been interesting
I have a search by number of bids and both this seller and G backwards C usually have multiples on the first few pages. This seller has bidders that only bid with them and never seem to win.
I think those are called shills.
I don't collect Morgans...but the first glance thru those listings has every Morgan Dollar bearing a familiar copper/goldish tone horizontally thru the center of every Morgan picture
Many also have a polished surface here and there which I've never seen on a Morgan anywhere
Not even that coin guy Mike on TV has ever shown off a polished Morgan and He's sold lots of them
Something just doesn't seem right about the whole thing...and I passed before viewing
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I’ve had numerous negatives removed, so I can confirm that yes, they do treat concierge sellers nicely. I don’t know their exact rules, and I think there is a quarterly limit, so even if apmex is using the benefit, they may not get all removed.
With that said, and acknowledging my bias that I think I do a good job with how I run my business, some negatives should have been removed anyway in that they violate a policy directly (mention having to pay customs duties, buyer threatens a negative in a message) where others are false/misleading but for the average seller eBay won’t care or do anything about it. I can’t say I’ve ever asked (or needed) them to remove a deserved negative that I just didn’t want, so I don’t know exactly how generous they are, but so far I’m batting 100 with requesting negatives be removed and having it happen.
I've been following this thread. My feelings are that there are too many coins in top tier slabs to even consider buying raw coins off of eBay especially with poor pics. I guess some are looking for bargains by buying raw coins. To each his own.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Photos appear to be juiced.
Answers a lot of questions in regards to those ridiculous prices.
e bay is actually real slow now too, this seller makes it look like everyone is still in lock down
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Ya nailed him!