got screwed :(

atarian · November 7, 2003 4:20AM

did a deal with one person on the chat room that had coins for sale. only cost me 20 but the only positive thing i can say are taht they are US coins and they are the years they claim. but silver coins polished. indian cents worn or pitted. a 1903 that you can flip a coin if its that or 1893. very bad all around deal there are some really nice people to do a deal with but strain on aol isnt one . for all aol people BEWARE.

Placid · November 7, 2003 4:21AM

Did you ask for a refund?

atarian · November 7, 2003 4:31AM

i cant get a reply one way or anohter. might not be able to do a damn thing about this. the 1913 is all coroded. the only ok coin is a good 1905 penny. rest are poor ag3 or kennedy halves that even then are only face value no where near ms grade or even au

1957joe · November 7, 2003 4:31AM

Learning hurts!

atarian · November 7, 2003 4:40AM

learnign hurts, the feedback over teh chat room and coin worlds will hurt her more i think cause im not gonna be hiding it . i got screwed and she doesnt want to talk about it. so guess what her rep will be hurtin

goose3 · November 7, 2003 4:42AM

what "chat room"???

what exactly were you supposed to receive?? cut/paste if you have the ad.

what exactly did you receive?

razorface1027 · November 7, 2003 4:46AM

Learning hurts!

YUUUUUUUUUUP! It doesn't have to be that way anymore!...

relayer · November 7, 2003 4:46AM

atarian - are you related to doops?

Cam40 · November 7, 2003 4:51AM

my best advice to newbie posters here is to read alot and find out who the honest folks are around here before
buying stuff from just anyone thats selling coins.

I think theres more than a few here now that they,re sole purpose is the sell junk for overstated grade and value
and NOT really interact with the forum members in the coin hobby/ chit chat since.

When buying a coin, here or elsewhere, it usually pays to ask a few questions to a few different people
about it first.

Sorry to hear about the bum deal.

atarian · November 7, 2003 4:56AM

"I have a lot of coins forsale. Some silver halves some silver quarters and dimes. Alot of nice coins for some colector who wants it. $40 best offfer"

what did i get

a nice 1964D quarter ef-40
a g-4 1905 indian cent.

thats all gfor the good.
what i got
a 1903 or 1893 bent.
a bunch of whears in bad shape from worn out or coroded .i think the 1913 could be bitting with bumps.
a few damage coins.
a 1943 in g that has been cleaned and polished.
a few other damaged coins.
some coin holders 2x2 cardboard cheap ones.
a few very worn merc dimes 1920,(2)35, a1936 dime a 1918 ag-3 if you want to call it that/ag-3 or g-4
these wouldnt even be fit for trade with teh Y/N's
oh well

stujoe · November 7, 2003 4:57AM

Sorry to hear of your lesson.

I think the best thing is to buy in person. if you can't do that, stick with people you know or get pictures of the coins before hand. Barring that, buy from people who are known to people that you do know.

At times, I have also made a small test purchse from a person I have never dealt with before to see what they deliver.

I cannot think of a place that I would be less likely to buy a coin from than an AOL IM.

atarian · November 7, 2003 5:08AM

stu , how true that is.

one other person i dealt with coinsforver on AOL i think he might be a member here hes from NY. anyway i did one deal with him also via AOL and it workedout nicely. so there are some honest people.
and to think that i was thinking i would do more business with this person. at least my 1885 from ebay i gota pic and asked you all about it first
which my payment is going out and then you will all see the coin when i get it.

kamehameha00 · November 7, 2003 9:47AM

AOL sux....

MacCoin · November 7, 2003 10:25AM

that happens alot in classiffieds and on the net. these old buff and SLQ have the date warn off. I picked up a baggie full of IHC at a lawn sale for a buck this last summer and they all where pit so you couldn't make out the dates.

dollardude · November 7, 2003 10:30AM

Chalk this one up as "stupid tax". I've paid some stupid tax myself.

atarian · November 7, 2003 1:24PM

well nothing yet but at work i got a 1963 a sseries $20 and a 1977a $5.still pissed about my deal. these were what she called the best coins she had. which like i said to mom these are the saddest excuses of collectible coins i have ever seen. its not alot of money so i learn

got screwed :(

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