bobh Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 A newbie eBay seller with 0 feedback: 1899 Silver 50 Kopek OK, you've seen the pictures, now read in his description: "The pictures just do not do this coin justice you just have to see it in hand." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumisMattic2200 Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 I never knew you could have the item's condition "framed" like that? Just what had he been doing to that low-grade piece of silver??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prekol Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 How about this one............. http://cgi.ebay.com/Gold-coin-Nikolai-II-5...=item25570d5a2c If it was only 119,000 I would be all over that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted November 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 If it was only 119,000 I would be all over that Looks like the eBay seller interface doesn't like decimal points in locales other than USA ... the seller probably entered "$120,00" (as in $120) and eBay was helpful and tacked on the additional "0". Many countries, such as Germany and Austria, use the comma as decimal point; the dot is used as thousands separator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 He even EasyBake ovened it for you for that "wonderful" AT effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Cool. Free shipping on a $120k item. Generous guy... To be fair my first pics with a digital camera looked like the first item. Of course I wasn't trying to sell something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 $120,000 is peanuts... this one will end in an hour: http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-Russian-25-Rubel-B...=item3ef9e143ff Once you win this amazing note (which I bought for $3) for the sale price of $12.5 million, he will deliver it for $2,000 anywhere in Europe, or $10,000 if you live worldwide. I don't think it's all Europeans and their commas, some of these sellers are just desperate? A true bargain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKB Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 I have seen these for years. Does anyone have an idea of what is going on? I doubt someone could truly hope that the sale would go through. Are they all insane? After all, it costs money to list these items... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted November 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 $120,000 is peanuts... this one will end in an hour: http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-Russian-25-Rubel-B...=item3ef9e143ff Once you win this amazing note (which I bought for $3) for the sale price of $12.5 million, he will deliver it for $2,000 anywhere in Europe, or $10,000 if you live worldwide. I don't think it's all Europeans and their commas, some of these sellers are just desperate? A true bargain You are correct, the locale and decimal separator don't seem to matter here. My theory: The seller has only 14 feedback score. Maybe this auction was not intended to be bought, but made as some kind of test for the auction setup? (But it is crazy, nevertheless ... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE MOULDING Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 I have seen these for years. Does anyone have an idea of what is going on? I doubt someone could truly hope that the sale would go through. Are they all insane? After all, it costs money to list these items... I think it costs $4 flat to list any item over $500 on eBay. Seller probably (rightly) thinks $4 is cheap entertainment; it certainly gets a bunch of forum guys jumping up and down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoRnholio Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 I have seen these for years. Does anyone have an idea of what is going on? I doubt someone could truly hope that the sale would go through. Are they all insane? After all, it costs money to list these items... On Ebay.ca I keep getting like 5 offers a month for free insertion listings. The only drawback is that they take the higher/highest(?) FVF percent no matter what the final bid is. Could be that he is swinging for the fences. I'd gladly take a 15% fee if someone bought my "million dollar" item Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 $120,000 is peanuts... this one will end in an hour: http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-Russian-25-Rubel-B...=item3ef9e143ff Once you win this amazing note (which I bought for $3) for the sale price of $12.5 million, he will deliver it for $2,000 anywhere in Europe, or $10,000 if you live worldwide. I don't think it's all Europeans and their commas, some of these sellers are just desperate? A true bargain No bids. Imagine that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 A newbie eBay seller with 0 feedback: 1899 Silver 50 Kopek OK, you've seen the pictures, now read in his description: "The pictures just do not do this coin justice you just have to see it in hand." That 50 Kopek guy's pictures are considered professional compared to this auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/1882-RUSSIAN-COIN_W0QQ...=item3a54a6b51b The first 2 seconds after I saw those pictures I thought it was a US quarter I went through Bitkin and I have absolutely no idea what 1882 Russian coin has a face facing left... Alexander faces Right in all the cataloged coins. So I'm offering that link as a "Guess the Coin from the Terrible Pictures" game, assuming that the seller knows for a fact it's a Russian coin (because I'm starting to doubt it, but maybe you guys know better).... Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 The first 2 seconds after I saw those pictures I thought it was a US quarter It's obviously a round metal disk that might have some kind of a design stamped on it. I think. Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 It's obviously a round metal disk that might have some kind of a design stamped on it. I think. Maybe. UNC metal disk with design, no doubt. UPDATE: I emailed the seller asking for better pictures, he said "I can't." So I'm guessing he saw a nice shiny disk and tried to get rid of it for $35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empiregold Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 UNC metal disk with design, no doubt. UPDATE: I emailed the seller asking for better pictures, he said "I can't." So I'm guessing he saw a nice shiny disk and tried to get rid of it for $35. 1882 greece 5 lepta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 1882 greece 5 lepta. How can you tell? Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-kuna Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbq2 Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 I think this one's funnier: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=170413009066 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 I think this one's funnier: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=170413009066 I'm speechless but definitely in tears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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