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Got screwed by ebay today
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Was in an auction for a choice 1920 SLQ. My first bid was a few dollars away from being beat, so I entered a higher bid, got on screen confirmation of my new bid, then went to work. I come home tonight and find that the auction closed much lower than the amount that I bid before I left. I am so pissed off right now. That coin should be mine.
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1) post a link so we can see the auction
2) be aware that a bid may have come in off ebay that the seller couldn't turn down
3) put the seller on your "do not bid" list
4) buy something cheap from him/her on ebay and neg the s**t out of him/her
OR, do as I do and realize that 80% of ebay is crap...and ignore....
Mike
Lincoln Wheats (1909 - 1958) Basic Set - Always Interested in Upgrading!
Her's the link. The only bid of mine shown was my original one. When I was leaving for work, the bid was around $89.50, which I thought was too close to my max bid, so I raised it to 200.01, which I also thought would fall, but left me some wiggle room. I got on screen confirmation of my new bid, then went to work. It's possible I still may not have won, but this auction should have closed higher.
Screwed? You didn't lose a cent!
There may have been a glitch in the system, but nothing to get upset about IMO!
I've been quite fortunate in my dealings with most eBay sellers. I'm quite particular, however when I DID get screwed it was by the most unlikely people.
Eric knows exactly what I'm talking about! I bust my chops keeping it clean when selling but when buying, man you had better never let your guard down, not even for an instant!
and if I had a dime for every time I've seen that phrase around here, I wouldn't have to work at anything for a living.
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you may not have confirmed the bid !
if the other guys say u got away cheap,believe em and move on Brother !
I've never had this happen to me, though I did place a bid with a misplaced decimal point! (TWO places!!)
I didn't notice it until the next day and retracted my bid. Seller sent me a hostile email! Yeah, like I wanted to bid $18,000 on an $180 coin.
Note to self: Stay away from the "Bid Now" button when under the influence late at night.
Mike
Lincoln Wheats (1909 - 1958) Basic Set - Always Interested in Upgrading!
Dave
<< <i>I was gonna submit it for grading and resell. >>
Chances are it would come back AU-55
But he lists lots of coins so you can make big money on the next deal
Just remember to confirm your bid next time so eBay doesn't screw you again.
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<< <i>Look at the pic of the coin. Thats a high grade full head if I ever saw one. I was gonna submit it for grading and resell. >>
OK, perhaps I need to put this more bluntly. His pictures look great, but what you receive doesn't. I bought two Morgans from him that looked like MS66s in the pictures. In reality, they were cleaned AUs which I promptly returned. You don't get something for nothing, and there is no Santa Claus in the coin business.
<< <i>and there is no Santa Claus in the coin business. >>
Oh, well thanks...now you've blown it for me. There goes my whole winter in the toilet.
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"and there is no Santa Claus in the coin business."
I don't know about all that, just ask some of the sellers I've had dealings with.
they think it's Xmas everytime I buy a coin
Herb
Thanks for the warning about this guy. I doubt I'll be bidding with him again, it's just that you never know which way these auctions are going to go. If that was a real BU full head, instead of just a picture of one, and the auction somehow slipped under everyones radar, I could have picked it up with a low bid. I'm going to email the winning bidder in about a week and ask him what the coin he got looked like. I just hope his response doesn't make me cry.
That quarter looks like it's been through more than it's fair share of scrubdowns.
Consider yourself lucky and keep lookin.
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Her's the link. The only bid of mine shown was my original one. When I was leaving for work, the bid was around $89.50, which I thought was too close to my max bid, so I raised it to 200.01, which I also thought would fall, but left me some wiggle room. I got on screen confirmation of my new bid, then went to work. It's possible I still may not have won, but this auction should have closed higher. >>
Your bid was for "$100.01", not "$200.01".
Ray
<< <i>Thats a high grade full head if I ever saw one. I was gonna submit it for grading and resell. >>
I see a high end AU there that might have been dipped. NO FH either.
Cameron Kiefer
If you don't REALLY know what you're doing (and only you can fool yourself about this one) keep the triple digit coin buying on a local level and stay off eBay with it. If you don't understand grading buy slabbed coins until you develop an eye for it...but as a beginner you're asking to be burned trying to second guess what sellers know based on their descriptions and photos. And yes, if you've been collecting seriously for less than two years you're still a beginner.
Oh...and on a final note...eBay is a second to second market. If you aren't there to place your bid in the final ten seconds of the auction, don't bother. Anything that's worth the money is worth the fight at the last minute to be the winning bidder. Anything else probably isn't worth the money to begin with.
The Lincoln cent store:
http://www.lincolncent.com
My numismatic art work:
http://www.cdaughtrey.com
USAF veteran, 1986-1996 :: support our troops - the American way.
<< <i>If you aren't there to place your bid in the final ten seconds of the auction, don't bother. Anything that's worth the money is worth the fight at the last minute to be the winning bidder. Anything else probably isn't worth the money to begin with. >>
I just wanted to see this again, because this is EXACTLY right, IMO. There's a lot of chaff and not a lot of wheat, and a lot of folks are looking for the wheat.
With very rare exception -- usually because you know something about the coin that even most knowledgeable folks don't know -- you're not going to win the "wheat" with a low-ball proxy entered before "snipe time."
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