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Re: Before I send payment, please advise me if I'm being paranoid...
My thoughts: 1. Politely ask him where he got the items and tell him payment will go out shortly. 2. PayPal is a scammers tool. The buyer protection can be defeated in several ways. 3. His feedback is very good. Many of his previous sales are to sports related items. Old baseball gloves tend to be spendy. 4. He probably… -
Re: Would like opinions on how to ship/how you guys ship/pricing, etc...
<< <i>do you guys mandate insurance on all ebay items you sell? I generally do on coins because there are way too many oportunists out there waiting to scam someone and claim they never rec'd an item, and it's fairly easy for them to hose a seller on Paypal as well. >> delivery confirmation is what you need to protect you… -
Re: What a buy on 1984-85 topps hockey unopened!
So what is the actual value of this box? If its a high dollar item, at least he isn't having to pay ebay the extra $3 or $4 to list the item at a BIN of $200, and instead pays $0.50 to list it at $10. He does clearly state the shipping, and even makes reference to it in his description, I don't really see a problem with… -
Re: As a buyer on eBay, do you care if the listing is "Private"??
<< <i> Before eBay scrambled the buyers id a few years back, private sales for high priced items was almost a must to avoid the identity of the buyer. Now it's mostly utilized by questionable sellers with questionable products or scammers. >> This is what I was looking for! I remembered using this function many years ago… -
Re: How much will this Jeremy Lin close for ?
<< <i>David, this is EXACTLY the climate for prospectors and scammers to come out and make a quick buck (but potentially lose as well). From shorting, to schilling, to not completing transactions, anyone in the market for a Lin card needs to be careful. >> Curious what you mean by shorting, do people try to sell a card… -
Re: MN Department of Commerce Visits Coin Show Today (7/27/14) 8/1/14 Update Added
I read this bill some time back and it was clearly targeting a distinct type of scammer. If you read it you can tell who they were thinking about when they wrote it, and your friendly neighborhood B&M dealer was clearly not the real target. I was sure someone in the legislature would have enough sense to reduce the scope… -
Re: Should eBay require sellers to specify a grade for cards?
Can't do it. There's way too much variation in how people grade. Sure you can post standards, but based on the fact that there's a thread-a-day dealing with submitters shocked at the low (or high) grades they got, about the "overgraded" PSA cards on Ebay, etc, you can see that no one has it perfect. Heck, people can't even… -
Re: Is the US mint repricing the 2010 silver proof sets? Back on sale at $56.95. Load up time?
<< <i>I see most coins are down, even the dollar direct ship program. I wonder why ?? >> I heard thru the grapevine that the US mint was going to cancel the direct ship program. Scammers were buying the direct ship coins from the mint and turning them back in to the bank at face value. They were doing this for all the free… -
Re: Look at this description of a 1952 Christmas rack pack...
<< <i>I remember them in toy stores in the late '60's/early '70's as well. I consider them a novelty and not a legitimate issue. IMO Murphy lost all credibility when he started touting these as real. >> That's right but the problem is that "scammers" have copied those and inserted 5's or maybe 6's type cards in the packs,… -
Re: So when a dealer says he won't refund me for a recolored Perry RC, what do I say?
Ron, sounds like the dealer and you have been dealing for a long time. I think he should refund your money for the Perry, I know if you were a customer of mine for 7 years spending a couple grand every time, I would be refunding your money. A wise coin/carddealer I knew once said: "Sell it to make a profit but always leave…
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