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Would you purchase a coin on the "Bay with a seller with a zero ( 0 ) feedback ?
mach19
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I have a difficult time with this
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What do you mean by this?
I would not. Yes, I know they have to start somewhere, but as a buyer, it's not worth the risk.
Casual collector slowly building a collection....
What would you not do?
Absolutely YES.
This question should have been a survey.
(I would have definitely voted NO.)
Dunno how to set that up ..... Sorry
What do you have a difficult time with?
A wild guess:
All of it.
NICE !!!!
I'd take a risk on any seller if I thought the price was reasonable (and not a steal). I'd also pay attention to the location of the seller. Lastly I would message the seller and try to get a feel for their personality before committing to the deal.
Of course my bankers refer to me as "Mr. No Fees."
Wow, so far in the running for worst thread ever. Let me try to salvage it. If the coin is of any value, NO. Yes everyone has to start at 0, but you can just start buying things and get that number up a bit. A zero is too likely a scam.
I assume that you mean a coin?
Maybe-depends on a lot of factors. Coins from China- No way!
Thank you for trying to save me from RUIN ...
Seller located in another country, multi quantity listing, high quality/cropped photo that looks like it was pulled from another seller- red flags.
Anything else, if a good enough deal, why not? If the seller doesn’t send what you ordered, eBay will protect you.
Young Numismatist • My Toned Coins
Life is roadblocks. Don't let nothing stop you, 'cause we ain't stopping. - DJ Khaled
Good luck with the "Bay backing you !
They take item not as described cases seriously. You’d be surprised.
Young Numismatist • My Toned Coins
Life is roadblocks. Don't let nothing stop you, 'cause we ain't stopping. - DJ Khaled
I purchased some quarter rolls for the privy dollar ...... one quarter on each end and all junk in between !
I really don't wanna know how the "Bay will back me !
you don't want to know ebay will force the seller to refund you?
Coin rolls like that are unlikely to be covered because the seller can simply blame it on bad luck. I had to learn that the hard way when I was new to the hobby. When I mentioned buyer protection, I was referring to coins where the sellers’ pics hid hairlines, seller shipped wrong coin or nothing at all, and other such cases.
Young Numismatist • My Toned Coins
Life is roadblocks. Don't let nothing stop you, 'cause we ain't stopping. - DJ Khaled
They said it was legit
P.S. I was not the only one ..... several people had the same !
Depends on what it is and if they are selling other things with similar presentation. There are enough people that will not bid/by from sellers without a feedback of 10, you would probably get it for less.
Did you leave feedback so as to warn other potential victims?
It's not worth the time wasted.
I pass on Zero feedback sellers.
ABSOLUTELY ! Myself and others !
No
It depends on many factors. If it's a seller in China selling a raw trade dollar, then NO! If the seller is in the US, the coin is slabbed by a major grading service, the pics are good quality, the price is reasonable, and it's something that Ive been looking for, then I'd probably buy it. The eBay guarantee is very good and my payment comes from my credit card which always has my back, so I'm double protected.
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
I have over 100,000 eBay transactions. eBay has backed the buyers in EVERY CASE, no matter how silly the complaint, including a buyer who returned a silver kilo FIVE MONTHS after purchase when silver went down on them. Even in cases where eBay was reticent, all the buyer has to do is file a chargeback and the CC company will ALWAYS back the buyer. There is very little risk (not zero) in any eBay transaction.
That said, you can mitigate risk by being careful on eBay. This includes things like feedback, common sense (deals that are too good to be true, etc.), avoiding expensive items from people without extensive histories, etc. Lots of threads full of advice in the archives.
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I think ebay has a chat room area kinda like here where you can go ask questions in there as well. It was there I last looked , just putting some info out there
I would first have to know what a "on on" is?
I can tell you what it isn’t - an “off off”.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Got it..... Thank you
Change "on on" to "coin on" in your title. Don't just eliminate the duplicate "on" since your thread title now makes no sense.
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
thank you
It'll take a bit more for this thread to make sense, but I do like your kindness and encouragement directed toward the OP.
I just did. Bid on a PCGS graded coin that should have gone for at least twice what I paid. Seller had zero feedback when I won. Coin came as expected and well deserved positive feedback will be left.
Next question about the title: what is "Bay ?
It's a stray open quote with no closing quote.
Last month I bought something from a seller with no feedback and no previous sales. Lo and behold, it never got shipped, but after a month I made a claim and ebay refunded me promptly.
That being said it was a $60 lot of common raw coins and it seemed very reasonable for a random person to be selling it. If it were something expensive I wouldn't have done it.
I collect world proof sets, coins featuring composers, mid-20th century U.S. proof coins, U.S. type coins, and whatever else I want.
eBay almost always backs buyers. As long as the listing raises no red flags (selling location, pictures, description, price relative to value), no issues.
+1
Same experience here. I sold a coin a while back. eBay backed the buyer in his complaint, even though eBay CS admitted to me, after reading the messages between the buyer and myself, that the buyer was in violation of eBay policies and that I had done nothing wrong.
No.
now that you have ebay feedback from others as back up, try again!
Thank you , I will
Don't let one bad apple spoil the whole bunch.
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Make sure to type correctly when you submit your claim to eBay.
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I won't buy anything from a zero-feedback seller; too much risk.
Steve
They do, but it's a bit more > @JBK said:
I think he means 'Bay. Apostrophes can be problematic.
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Yup.
I will add, at times eBay has also followed through on seller protections.
People complain about the fees, but they are worth it to create a relatively safe marketplace. When you consider that I've shipped over $2 million in COINS and PRECIOUS METALS around the entire globe with very little loss, I think it speaks volumes about the value of eBay.
YMMV
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Maybe, but not for anything expensive
Mr_Spud