Ebay needs a "third party" coin authentication middleman service....
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OK? a coin is sold. It goes FIRST to the authentication service, hopefully a union between ANACS and ebay...and then after 'approval it is sent to the buyer. All expididted..
how exactly the shipping, I suppose seller would send to the service with an address, and then the service would send direct to the buyer.
If it is a fake, it is either returned to the seller or sent to the secret service.
All coins over a pre determined value, and sold RAW, will be subject to the inspection. How charges are covered...yet to be determined. BUT, it would add credibility to ebay, assist both the seller and buyer, and really help Clean Up The Act...just by sellers of counterfeits KNOWING this is in place.
how exactly the shipping, I suppose seller would send to the service with an address, and then the service would send direct to the buyer.
If it is a fake, it is either returned to the seller or sent to the secret service.
All coins over a pre determined value, and sold RAW, will be subject to the inspection. How charges are covered...yet to be determined. BUT, it would add credibility to ebay, assist both the seller and buyer, and really help Clean Up The Act...just by sellers of counterfeits KNOWING this is in place.
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<< <i>OK? a coin is sold. It goes FIRST to the authentication service, hopefully a union between ANACS and ebay...and then after 'approval it is sent to the buyer. All expididted..
how exactly the shipping, I suppose seller would send to the service with an address, and then the service would send direct to the buyer.
If it is a fake, it is either returned to the seller or sent to the secret service.
All coins over a pre determined value, and sold RAW, will be subject to the inspection. How charges are covered...yet to be determined. BUT, it would add credibility to ebay, assist both the seller and buyer, and really help Clean Up The Act...just by sellers of counterfeits KNOWING this is in place. >>
How about eBay just sell their numismatic division to a company with a little more ummmph ?
``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5
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<< <i>... All expididted..
how exactly the shipping, I suppose seller would send to the service with an address, and then the service would send direct to the buyer.
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How charges are covered...yet to be determined. >>
That's not a big issue...nor is the time delay!!!
it would take some detail work...but the idea, sure would have helped ME a few times
What if you do that and the service eBay uses gives the coin a different grade?
Same with a raw coin, seller says coin is a ms63 and the grading service says 64 or 62 then what happens?
This extra third party service would just be complained about and people would find a way around it. God knows eBay would never go for it.
<< <i>An easier solution that wouldn't cost any more (probably less) and wouldn't result in a delay after the sale would be to just say "No raw coins". >>
I assume you mean "no raw coins over a certain dollar amount." And even then there would be a huge uproar about this by the coin collecting community.
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<< <i>An easier solution that wouldn't cost any more (probably less) and wouldn't result in a delay after the sale would be to just say "No raw coins". >>
I assume you mean "no raw coins over a certain dollar amount." And even then there would be a huge uproar about this by the coin collecting community. >>
I'm not promoting this, just commenting on the OP. --Jerry
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
If counterfeit or improperly described, then Paypal takes money into escrow until resolved? If we don't recognize the fact that a coin isn't the real thing and keep it, that is one of life's little experiences that we all get to partake? The tpg make mistakes as well. We can't know everything. Personally, I like the thrill of the chase, and if some prospective buyers don't want to bid, then I get to reap the rewards more often. I have not had trouble returning coins that need to be.
<< <i>...nor is the time delay!!!
No kidding. How often do you see posts here complaining about how long it takes to get coins back from the TPGs? And you want to do the same sort of thing (send coins to a third party) on eBay, where buyers start whining if they don't get their coins in three days as it is? Yeah, that'll work real well.
edited to add.. if you think raw coins are a risk how about if you just don't bid on them?
<< <i>Who pays the middleman, surely not EBAY? >>
why not ebay and the seller. sinse both are involved together ( ok, the buyer has 1/3rd stake in it )
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<< <i>Who pays the middleman, surely not EBAY? >>
why not ebay and the seller. sinse both are involved together ( ok, the buyer has 1/3rd stake in it ) >>
Why not the person who's apparently demanding the service- the buyer?
Yeah, I know- expecting people to accept financial responsibility for the services they desire to have provided for them is a tall order these days, but one can always dream...