Counterfeit coin seller on eBay

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Acarroll
Acarroll Posts: 245 ✭✭✭✭
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eBay seller elliottdoug215 has sold me a counterfeit seated liberty half dollar, and they are mad about the return request. Attached are pictures of the coin i received, screenshots of the listing photos, and their message to me.






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  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It looks like an obvious fake. Why did you buy it in the first place?

    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

  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,108 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    File a claim and return it

  • Acarroll
    Acarroll Posts: 245 ✭✭✭✭
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    @PerryHall said:
    It looks like an obvious fake. Why did you buy it in the first place?

    I should have known better, yes. I rolled the dice based on poor photos.

  • Acarroll
    Acarroll Posts: 245 ✭✭✭✭
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    @johnny9434 said:
    File a claim and return it

    The return has been started, I'm going to have to ask eBay to step in, the seller refuses to take responsibility.

  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,108 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Acarroll said:

    @johnny9434 said:
    File a claim and return it

    The return has been started, I'm going to have to ask eBay to step in, the seller refuses to take responsibility.

    Way cool 😎
    (Excellant call)

  • panpac
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    Important that you get eBay involved. Those selling fake/altered/cleaned coins can become quite irate and intimidating when someone calls them out on a particular coin. I thought the "S" mintmark was not crisp, but blotchy/blurred.

  • Acarroll
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    @panpac said:
    Important that you get eBay involved. Those selling fake/altered/cleaned coins can become quite irate and intimidating when someone calls them out on a particular coin. I thought the "S" mintmark was not crisp, but blotchy/blurred.

    eBay is involved. I'm expecting the seller to do anything they possibly can to make it more difficult, though.

  • MintState70
    MintState70 Posts: 18 ✭✭
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    Good luck.
    The juice ceased being worth the squeeze for me on that dumpster fire of a site well over a decade ago.
    I’m a 90’s-eBayer and still use it on rare occasion but never on anything that isn’t a layup on trust considerations. Also, many of the ‘mostly above-board’ dealers still engage in marginally, if not outright, unethical practices on stuff like photos, grading, etc.

  • Acarroll
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    @MintState70 said:
    Good luck.
    The juice ceased being worth the squeeze for me on that dumpster fire of a site well over a decade ago.
    I’m a 90’s-eBayer and still use it on rare occasion but never on anything that isn’t a layup on trust considerations. Also, many of the ‘mostly above-board’ dealers still engage in marginally, if not outright, unethical practices on stuff like photos, grading, etc.

    I ended up getting a refund. I've slowed way down on buying, though. I was getting in a rush, gambling on bad photos (what i thought were bad photos, anyway, turns out the photos weren't out of focus, the coin itself was) and looking for bargains.

  • ambro51
    ambro51 Posts: 14,471 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Wrong forum

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