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A scorned woman and her husbands coin collection

ttxpttxp Posts: 576
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You men better be nice or this happens. Don't say you weren't warned.

The eBay listing
"To know the road ahead, ask those coming back"

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    19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,503 ✭✭✭✭
    I don't believe this one for a second!
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



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    ricmanricman Posts: 313 ✭✭✭

    "Graded, untouched or whatever" - but most are MS70! She must have learned to grade quickly!
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    StrikeOutXXXStrikeOutXXX Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't believe this one for a second! >>



    Nor do I - sounds like the guy who put his ex-wife's wedding dress online and posed wearing it with the big sob story.

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    claychaserclaychaser Posts: 4,406 ✭✭✭✭
    So if she takes his half of the community property, would this then be stolen property? How about some lawyers on the forum to chime in?


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    ttxpttxp Posts: 576


    << <i>I don't believe this one for a second! >>


    I would seriously hope not.
    "To know the road ahead, ask those coming back"
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    MJPHELANMJPHELAN Posts: 815 ✭✭✭
    Looks to be worth about $20.00 face.
    Mark
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Total BS. That quasi-scam runs frequently on ebay.
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    This one is in section 7, chapter 4 of The Scammer's Guide To eBay.

    Russ, NCNE

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    krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    I think the seller IS the collector, and is using the story to heighten interest in the auction. Pretending to be ignorant about coins is very useful in deflecting any questions about the specifics of the collection.

    But why don't the seller's other auctions have the same story? Where did the numismatic knowledge come from for those listings?

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

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    PreussenPreussen Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭
    Looks as if her husband really sucked as a coin collector. image - Preussen
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    ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,669 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I think the seller IS the collector, and is using the story to heighten interest in the auction. Pretending to be ignorant about coins is very useful in deflecting any questions about the specifics of the collection. >>

    That's what I'm thinking, too. I think they really do have these coins for sale, but probably none of them ARE MS-70 and, if there really is a "catalog value" of $8,000+, it's probably using the PCGS guide for PCGS MS-70 coins when these are nowhere near.

    And auctions like these get more hits as people forward "look at THIS one!" all over the Internet.
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    xphobexphobe Posts: 605


    << <i>hope you have as much fun as my Ex-husband did. >>



    heheh... Is that part of the deal? Wouldn't that depend on what she looks like?

    Oo. Bad Dobby! <bang head>
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    MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    Looks like a medium size pile o' crap™....
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    PrethenPrethen Posts: 3,466 ✭✭✭
    SCAM!

    Read about the other lots. All crap.
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    slipgateslipgate Posts: 2,301 ✭✭
    Total scam - look at the other auctions, how can you get a certified coin in a 2x2? Certified uncertified
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    BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,525 ✭✭✭✭✭
    did blue moon change its user ID?
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    I sent them an eMail that said, "Nice scam". They responded with, "So you like that do ya".

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    PhillyJoePhillyJoe Posts: 2,728 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice photos; just rearrange the coins and run different auctions. Add 'em all up and she selling $40,000 worth of coins for about $200.image

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    CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭
    Looking at all "her" auctions, I don't believe this for a second. Total scam.
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    ResRes Posts: 1,086


    << <i>Total scam - look at the other auctions, how can you get a certified coin in a 2x2? Certified uncertified >>



    Just playing devils advocate - If she writes MS69 on the 2x2, then it's technically certified.
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    richrich Posts: 364 ✭


    << <i>Everything you see you get. >>


    Since you can't see what it is a list of what is there would be nice!


    << <i>I also put in some gold >>


    Gold what......plated junk?
    Can you vague that up a little more? What a crock !!!

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    BuffQuarterBuffQuarter Posts: 148 ✭✭
    She spelled skinny wrong in her user name.
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    AceKAceK Posts: 414
    Notice it says "women scorned." Apparently hubby was quite the player . . . .
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    WhizzardWhizzard Posts: 955


    << <i>Total BS. That quasi-scam runs frequently on ebay. >>



    Nothing quasi about this SCAM!
    What do you think, Mr. Bigglesworth?
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    ibzman350ibzman350 Posts: 5,315 ✭
    I bid..image


    wanna see what it ends up selling for.




    Herb
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    JJMJJM Posts: 8,128 ✭✭✭✭✭
    how can you possibly tell what your bidding on ?????
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    lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 9,365 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I bid..image


    wanna see what it ends up selling for.




    Herb >>



    ...yeah...I want to see for how much the winner gets taken for as well...that's why I'm watching the auction...image
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    HTubbsHTubbs Posts: 4,138 ✭✭✭
    MS-70?!?image


    Is this the ACG gal?
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    ThenewguyThenewguy Posts: 755 ✭
    Location shows seller is in Greeley CO...My brother lives there..I Should call him and have him ask her if he could come to her place and check the coins out?
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    kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,625 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is a nice scam; the most successful scams have the "bait" feeling like they're the one doing the scamming. Sure, we're smart enough not to fall for it, but someone out there will be "dishonest" enough to try and rip off a non-existant ex-husband. The real scammer feels such low life deserves it, the victim comes away feeling like they got a major rip. (For 3 or 4 days, anyway)
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    BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like a great deal!








































    Heh.

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    LincolnCentManLincolnCentMan Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭✭
    What a load of crap. It's a scam.

    David
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    coinandcurrency242coinandcurrency242 Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭✭
    looks like the husband is not a member of collectors universe image

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    renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What? No buffaloes.
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    ttxpttxp Posts: 576


    << <i>I bid..image >>


    Herb, you really did bid, wow, want to buy my husbands collection? Have I got a deal for you????? Its up to $102.00 at the moment, simply amazing.
    "To know the road ahead, ask those coming back"
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    relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570 ✭

    She knows most coins grade MS70 so it must be on the up and up
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    MAD4MORGANSMAD4MORGANS Posts: 2,044
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    If I only had a dollar for every VAM I have...err...nevermind...I do!! image

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    JZraritiesJZrarities Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭
    Looks like CW holders....
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    ABC123ABC123 Posts: 2,627
    Could Happen !
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    HighReliefHighRelief Posts: 3,728 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am putting this one on my eBay watch list, what a score.
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    XXXXXX Posts: 1,633 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I sent them an eMail that said, "Nice scam". They responded with, "So you like that do ya".

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    Russ, NCNE >>




    Nice
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    CoindexterCoindexter Posts: 1,074
    Those slabs look like the coin word deals that alphabet companies are so fond of. While I am not defending this auction, it is entirely likely that each of those slabs has "MS70" printed right on it.
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    garsmithgarsmith Posts: 5,894 ✭✭
    <<did blue moon change its user ID?>>

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