Mark Stilson Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Last night while browsing ebay saw a "tribute" 1893 s Morgan going for over $100. Now the seller did did say it was a replica. (Maybe could of stated it better.) But never the less they got in a bidding war. The really sad part was a little later the same "tribute" morgan was going for under $10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan769 Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 P.T Barnum said.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 50cents Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Are you sure it was a 93s? I seen this 94s. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Are you sure it was a 93s? I seen this 94s. Link It would appear to me as though someone took an image from a real morgan dollar to use for this, notice also that there is no reverse image included so that you cannot see everything. Very deceptive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted February 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Are you sure it was a 93s? I seen this 94s. Link It may have been. But I was thinking a 93. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burks Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Check out his other auctions. He's really raking in the money from people who don't read the auctions. TRIBUTE does not mean real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu62 Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 P.T Barnum said.... Like he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted March 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Got another strange one. 1895/1885 The seller is telling the buyer he brought it to a coin shop and the dealer and told him the 8 had been changed to a 9. But the bidding is up to $510. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 That 9 looks an awful lot cleaner than the other numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMS Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 I noticed on the first auction, he had a hard time with punctuation. One could possibly say the auction claimed: Now, you can reserve your own 1894 "S" rare San Franicsco Mintage reproduction Morgan silver Dollar Morgan from the San Francisco mint ie: that the auctioneer claims it is from the San Francisco mint, and a lawfully minted reproduction (like some other American bullion content coins. Mexico comes to mind off-hand). I don't doubt someone buys it with PayPal then makes a claim under PayPal's buyer protection claiming misrepresentation. On the 1885/95, the auctioneer does in fact say he took it to a dealer and the dealers take on it. But, in the very same breath, denies the claim and says (verbatim): This coin is a 1895 morgan silver dollar right off the bat. Bad grammatics, double talk, and more than blatant *hints* of ignorance make this sound like a scammer who just covering himself when he's found out. In fact, I just looked at all his auctions, and they are ALL reproductions/fakes. If I'm not mistaken, didn't eBay "enact" a new policy last year on coins that the auction title must state repro/copy/fake in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 They do have to put it in the listing title!!! http://pages.ebay.com/coins_code_of_conduct/ Time for everyone to complain to eBay about this user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 You should also check out the way he ships the morgan. It is by a freight company. If I was to bid and win this the freight costs would be $276.83 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 You should also check out the way he ships the morgan. It is by a freight company. If I was to bid and win this the freight costs would be $276.83 I got 254.55, but that's for a zip in the US that I'd have to get to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 I sent a complaint to eBay. I've not done that before. We'll see if I get a response. The listing is so clearly fradulent and clearly violates many posted eBay policies (the shipping rate alone as i read the policies) that I expect they would act. We'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted March 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 I wish ebay would enforce a copy/replica/tribute/fake area. And it be completely seperate from real coins. I'm also tired of seeing magnifying glasses listed in morgans/etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28Plain Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 Ebay is heading for a fall with the feds. The idiots in charge seem to imagine that fraud committed online doesn't matter to the feds, but that is the sort of imagination one gets from huffing airplane glue. I've come to really despise ebay. They are so obviously complicit in the fraud being committed by their 'power sellers' . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted March 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 Keep finding really strange stuff. Now this one is a buy now for 1 cent. But 11 dollars shipping and insurance. (From China) http://tinyurl.com/jxcxh Another oddity. For sale one U.S. nickel it may or may not be rare? http://tinyurl.com/krhvh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 Keep finding really strange stuff. Now this one is a buy now for 1 cent. But 11 dollars shipping and insurance. (From China) http://tinyurl.com/jxcxh ... The Lady brought home a page full off these (around 30 different ones) from some "everthing's a €uro" type store here. My son had seen them and got all excited that he found something great for his daddy. I did not have the heart to tell him right away that they are cast fakes. We will sit down with them one day though, and I will use them as instuction materials about fakes. Then maybe I will let my son have them and then he can bury them and play with his friends like it is some hidden treasure. Hopefully he will forget where he buries them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 Another oddity. For sale one U.S. nickel it may or may not be rare? http://tinyurl.com/krhvh This happens often on ebay when new members want to get alot of positive feedback. I have even seen auctions listed where the seller will pay the 39 cent postage too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 This happens often on ebay when new members want to get alot of positive feedback. I have even seen auctions listed where the seller will pay the 39 cent postage too. That's actually a good idea for someone looking to build a positive feedback rating. I'd never thought of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted March 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 for sale, nit wits that buy washed&polished coins http://tinyurl.com/nbtpo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Art Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 for sale, nit wits that buy washed&polished coins http://tinyurl.com/nbtpo That's funny. Some people have this outstandingly creative sense of humor. Wish I had some of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted March 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 This one is really bad. http://tinyurl.com/l9nsn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbycoin Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 This one is really bad. http://tinyurl.com/l9nsn What is that ? -Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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