Ebay's Worst Offerings

[Rob 3,152]

Yep. £250 max now. Which if you remember Dave, I said the shilling you had recently was either a silly amount, or 250 insured and cross your fingers.

Edited January 3, 2015 by Rob

[azda 979]

So you can't add extra insurance? So what about Hermes or other carriers? Or if he was a part of the ebay global shipping?

[Coinery 1,147]

Yes, beware anyone listing on eBay, who haven't checked the post office charges recently!

Before Christmas I was able to send an item to the USA, with £1000 cover, for around £11...not anymore! It's now £84 for the same service!

[azda 979]

£11 to £84, so what extra service are they giving you for the £73 increase? Have you checked other courier services for prices?

RM seem as though tgey want to lose customers

[Paulus 1,975]

Yes, beware anyone listing on eBay, who haven't checked the post office charges recently!

Before Christmas I was able to send an item to the USA, with £1000 cover, for around £11...not anymore! It's now £84 for the same service!

Thanks, I didn't know that, and send abroad often enough ... that's quite a radical change!

[HistoricCoinage 146]

Definitely read the small print. Most couriers won't carry any 'antique' or anything made of gold or silver. This will void most coins, so do check.

[Gary1000 41]

And of course sending anything uninsured is at the sellers risk not the buyers.

[azda 979]

So what are the alternatives?

[Coinery 1,147]

I wonder what the larger businesses do? It does seem to shut down trade for all but the cheapest items?

[azda 979]

The bigger businesses would use interlinkexpress. I use them through another company when in Scotland, i can send up to 30 kilos within the EU for £22 (was £15) and my last box arrived in 2 days. I don't think individuals can just wander into a depot and post though but definately worth checking out amd see what is required, maybe there's something in it for you as an agent for them?

[Paulus 1,975]

What on earth is this????

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Edited January 6, 2015 by Paulus

[Michael-Roo 781]

Blowed if I know. Poor workmanship, whatever it is. And why 'GILT' on the reverse?

18 bids on it already I see.

[Paulus 1,975]

What on earth is this????

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Blowed if I know. Poor workmanship, whatever it is. And why 'GILT' on the reverse?

18 bids on it already I see.

Bidding currently at over £230, seller has a feedback score of 2, are people really that greedy that they will gamble that it really is 22 carat gold?

Unless of course it is a rare collectible coin I have never heard of before!

[Coinery 1,147]

A teenager kidding his mates down the pub that he's found a rare coin!

[Rob 3,152]

The winning bidder had a feedback of 604! Hardly a novice to ebay, though one might question their numismatic knowledge.

[Michael-Roo 781]

Possibly a poorly made facsimile intended for a cheap item of jewellery?

[azda 979]

A trained chimp with a zero feedback could fool some of these idiots who use ebay. Since When die a £2 GOLD coin Have GILT written over it

[DaveG38 405]

It's obviously the rare gilt over helmet variety.

[Flash 23]

They're bog standard stylised rubbish which were used for cheap watch fobs, I've seen a few over the years, all brass.

[damian1986 142]

I got an offer of 30% list price on a lovely coin earlier. I can't even be arsed going to the trouble of walking to the post office to post it at those prices. Anyway yes so naturally I'm overjoyed seeing ze market get carried away over this. Just gonna pop into the shed and get the Dremel engraver onto some Sovereign-sized brass buttons.

Edited January 7, 2015 by damian1986

[jacinbox 36]

A classic of the recent times http://www.ebay.com/itm/1871-QUEEN-VICTORIA-BRONZE-BUN-HEAD-PENNY-EXTREMELY-RARE-VIRTUALLY-UNC-/111569484236?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item19fa0f39cc

[jacinbox 36]

Virtually UNC

[Rob 3,152]

A classic of the recent times http://www.ebay.com/itm/1871-QUEEN-VICTORIA-BRONZE-BUN-HEAD-PENNY-EXTREMELY-RARE-VIRTUALLY-UNC-/111569484236?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item19fa0f39cc

And with the lowest mintage of any Victoria shilling at 470,071, it is a classic case of why you have to be very careful using copy and paste.

Funny, but when I collected shillings as a denomination, I never thought of looking for one of these.

Edited January 10, 2015 by Rob

[damian1986 142]

A classic of the recent times http://www.ebay.com/itm/1871-QUEEN-VICTORIA-BRONZE-BUN-HEAD-PENNY-EXTREMELY-RARE-VIRTUALLY-UNC-/111569484236?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item19fa0f39cc

And with the lowest mintage of any Victoria shilling at 470,071, it is a classic case of why you have to be very careful using copy and paste.

Funny, but when I collected shillings as a denomination, I never thought of looking for one of these.

This aside what's the problem with the coin jac? Serious question as I wonder am I missing something?

On grading. I spent the morning looking through mainly George II shillings and halfcrowns on eBay. I need a LIMA halfcrown in a nice EF if anyone wants to help. Anyway,

UNC - some wear, some scratches but a reasonable coin in hand

EF - a coin that is only actually gVF but was struck in high relief, or any later milled piece that couldn't conceivably be called UNC by the above definition

VF - a high relief coin in Fine condition

F - the lowest grade a coin can be given

X+ - an arbitrary suffix applied to bring the BIN price in line with book, or the mark of a TPG grader who can't make do with a 70-point grading system

[Nick 329]

This aside what's the problem with the coin jac?

This particular seller's grading is usually way too high. You need to replace the word "virtually" with "nowhere near" and it will seem more accurate. Just have a look at the "choice high grade" 1905 florin that he is selling. He grades it as about EF, whereas it is much more like VF.

Edited January 11, 2015 by Nick