Won an EBay order at a great deal (or so I thought.. ).. seller immediately canceled the order!

Was it a listing error with BIN price or an auction?

@USMC_6115 said:
Options? I’ll post a link when I get home.. Just looking for input, thanks all!

This is just my own experience so ymmv but I think there isn’t any better outcome. Some sellers are upfront with it and cancel outright while others will claim it’s been lost and make you jump through hoops to get a refund.

happens to fellow forumites enough to know a few common excuses, and that sometimes there is a legit reason.

i'm looking and thinking it's plated foreign fool-ya crap

will point PM people here

if it says "plate" why would you think it is not?

@USMC_6115 said:

Alengelhard lists that bar as a <2,000 mintage. Please show me how they sell at that price all day long.

USMC.
That bar is FAKE.
Look at the corners...way too sharp as in not rounded like the one on ALLENGELHARD.
Be careful with the bars in the hard plastic holders...that's a good sign of fakes.
If you can get the seller to honor the deal, make sure you check it out thoroughly.
Match it up with a known Engelhard outside the case.. weight is probably off also.
After that get your money back and keep the FAKE bar as an example...cut in half.

no serial number. ok i screwed that up

radius of curvature on corners of this genuine one is noticeably larger than in the auction one.

the "big E" sits lower on the globe in the genuine example

fonts totally different.

you dodged a bullet.

now you can report him for selling mislabeled (plated isn't on the bar, and as it is it's counterfeiting a real one) ingots and for cancelling the sale without reason

@USMC_6115 said:
@rte592 @MsMorrisine

Thanks for that information. Just when I thought I was doing well at these bars... lol

I'm still pissed at the seller though

I'm starting to worry about your previous purchases you should probably send them to me for verification
I already know your response.

@Martin said:
Ok now for the big question. What’s a real one worth. Ballpark?

Thanks
Martin

Are you buying or selling?
Check thebay sold listing.
There are variants, so you have to know what you have.

Also if you look at his feedback, someone posted that one of these bars he sold was fake and posted a picture of it sticking to a magnet. He even acknowledged that he will refund and send a real one. Highly suspect

@jmlanzaf said:

@Ripnrun said:
Also if you look at his feedback, someone posted that one of these bars he sold was fake and posted a picture of it sticking to a magnet. He even acknowledged that he will refund and send a real one. Highly suspect

If a buyer bought a bar labeled "plate" , he should expect it to stick to a magnet.

Not when the bar says "1 TROY OZ. FINE SILVER .999+" Deception is deception no matter how clever the listing title.

As stated, obvious Asian fake bar. Wrong fonts. OP dodged a big bullet here. This seller is obviously another dodgy purveyor of Asian bogus material- but unlike most others of his dishonorable ilk, he does clearly state "plate" in his descriptions. This was obviously done merely as an attempt to get him off the hook with eBay as far as potential "not as described" claims are concerned.

@jmlanzaf said:

The OP said that all of his listings said "plate". Hence my comment, which I stand by. You buy anything labeled "plate" and you expect the core to likely be magnetic.

This. If one buys something clearly described as "plate" in the item description, then one shouldn't be surprised when... gasp... it's plated.