Question about ethics, Upside down lettering error,
ChicagoRon
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I still see a lot of people being sold these upside down errors. I e-mailed several of the posters last week informing them this is not an error. Several replied saying thanks for the info but are still listing.
I was wondering what if I listed a washington dollar error, and in the text explain that the lettering orentation is random. How much hate mail do you think I would get. As knowledgeable coin enthusiasts does anyone fell a responsibility to inform those uninformed individuals that are being taken advantage of?
Also why is there no spell checker feature on this forum. Oh wait there are about 200 spell checkes. LOL
Chicago Ron
I was wondering what if I listed a washington dollar error, and in the text explain that the lettering orentation is random. How much hate mail do you think I would get. As knowledgeable coin enthusiasts does anyone fell a responsibility to inform those uninformed individuals that are being taken advantage of?
Also why is there no spell checker feature on this forum. Oh wait there are about 200 spell checkes. LOL
Chicago Ron
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I for one would support your doing so. I will send you a coin if you need one (grin). This situation with the random nature of the orientation of the edge lettering is offensive to me. I saw one auction bid up to $122 for five of them. Argh!
Rick
Hope you make million$ in the process.
You can sell to an informed person smoe of the time, but you can sell to a bidiot all of the time!
<< <i> As knowledgeable coin enthusiasts does anyone fell a responsibility to inform those uninformed individuals that are being taken advantage of? >>
It would be nice, but how are you going to do this? Can you email every bidder on one of these "errors?"
Lets face it, the bidders are just as greedy as the sellers. They want to buy this 'rare' coin that is going to be worth thousands some day.
<< <i>I still see a lot of people being sold these upside down errors. I e-mailed several of the posters last week informing them this is not an error. Several replied saying thanks for the info but are still listing.
I was wondering what if I listed a washington dollar error, and in the text explain that the lettering orentation is random. How much hate mail do you think I would get. As knowledgeable coin enthusiasts does anyone fell a responsibility to inform those uninformed individuals that are being taken advantage of?
Also why is there no spell checker feature on this forum. Oh wait there are about 200 spell checkes. LOL
Chicago Ron >>
Here's how we do it Ron:
We list upside down error coins for $1 BIN, plus actual S&H. I could then sell the thousands of coins I have here instead of re-rolling them and taking them back to my bank. That would put these scammers out of business. Of course, if you or I did that we would be mailing coins for months. Never mind, caveat emptor.
Rick
and all of the people some of the time
but that's all it takes.
Murphy
Because the lettering orientation is random with two options the reverse up orientation should be on between 33% and 66% of all minted coins. This is definatly a variety not an error!
<< <i>was wondering what if I listed a washington dollar error, and in the text explain that the lettering orentation is random. >>
The people you would be trying to reach probably wouldn't read it anyway. They are the same ones who look at a title, see the word "certified" along with a reference to PCGS and end up buying what was CLEARLY STATED in the description to be a coin from some third world self slabber.
You cannot protect a person from himself.
George Washington dollar error, No reserve. And in the description box I would Have good pics and Copied info about the random orentation of the edge lettering. Stating that it is not an error just a variety. And not nessisarily worth a premium.
This is not to sell them but to inform the poor schmucks being sold these for anywhere from 2.00 each to 122.00 for 5.
Chicago Ron
There are already listings on ebay that explain the randomness of the edge lettering. For some reason some buyers want to beleive these coins are "special" and are willing to pay inflated prices. The ethics of some of these sellers are unbeleivable.
Thanks anyway
Chicago Ron