Ebay's Worst Offerings

[Peter 615]

Why are Ebay so useless?

A bit of knowledge is all it takes.Why are several bidders such suckers?

I think they could pay us at Predecimal to vet listings.

[azda 979]

Hmmmm taken Down by the seller or eBay?

[Coinery 1,152]

Hmmmm taken Down by the seller or eBay?

Someone's probably offered them a couple of grand off the 'bay, thinking they've got themselves a bargain!

Well played by the seller though... 'box of collectables' 'think I need some help' 'found something similar, but this has some weird writing on it, Sinnon, or something' ! Nicely baited!

[scott 144]

makes me want to make some fakes and put under the portrait, sucker and list it in a similar way

[pies 33]

Did you miss this,the description was cunningly innocent

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-VERY-RARE-PENNIES-1933-1952-A-SILVER-COLOURED-1966-/221088340602?pt=UK_Coins_OtherBritish_RL&hash=item3379e45a7a#ht_740wt_948

[Peter 615]

Numpties the lot of them.

I still buy and sell coins on Ebay but it is full of idiots (buyers and sellers).

When some prat from India bids on a coin and doesn't pay it spoils it for everyone.

Ebay can and should wipe these tossers out.

[Peckris 579]

they sign for man city

item gone btw

Let's face it, the Glazers are not fools - they and their money are never parted

What was the £60,000 item by the way? It's gone, and no-one's thought to actually mention what it was

Did you miss this,the description was cunningly innocent

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-VERY-RARE-PENNIES-1933-1952-A-SILVER-COLOURED-1966-/221088340602?pt=UK_Coins_OtherBritish_RL&hash=item3379e45a7a#ht_740wt_948

The 1933 and 1952 reverses are such obvious fakes (replicas?), from the size of the teeth and rims. The obverses appear to be blurry impressions taken from actual coins i.e. unlike the replicas that the reverses may have been taken from. The interesting thing is that the 1966 could well be genuine, i.e. struck on a cupro-nickel planchet in error.

[azda 979]

It was supposed to be a Petition crown Peck

[DaveG38 405]

they sign for man city

item gone btw

Let's face it, the Glazers are not fools - they and their money are never parted

What was the £60,000 item by the way? It's gone, and no-one's thought to actually mention what it was

Did you miss this,the description was cunningly innocent

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-VERY-RARE-PENNIES-1933-1952-A-SILVER-COLOURED-1966-/221088340602?pt=UK_Coins_OtherBritish_RL&hash=item3379e45a7a#ht_740wt_948

The 1933 and 1952 reverses are such obvious fakes (replicas?), from the size of the teeth and rims. The obverses appear to be blurry impressions taken from actual coins i.e. unlike the replicas that the reverses may have been taken from. The interesting thing is that the 1966 could well be genuine, i.e. struck on a cupro-nickel planchet in error.

It looked like it was cast, since there was something not right about the surface finish. It certainly wasn't anywhere near as good as the Chinese fakes of 1763 shillings.

The 1933 and 1952 look like the quite nicely done restrikes sold by the guy in Essex, usually for around £14.99 - nice little earner there!!

Edited August 13, 2012 by DaveG38

[davidrj 194]

What do folk make of this 1908 penny?

"Rainbow toning" so i can see it getting bids from across the pond. Looks like a cleaned coin retoning to me

[azda 979]

What do folk make of this 1908 penny?

"Rainbow toning" so i can see it getting bids from across the pond. Looks like a cleaned coin retoning to me

Horrible, definately seen oil somewhere along the line

[Peter 615]

What do folk make of this 1908 penny?

"Rainbow toning" so i can see it getting bids from across the pond. Looks like a cleaned coin retoning to me

That is horrid and so not British.

[VickySilver 830]

Or not. There are quite a few on "the other side of the Pond" that absolutely abhor this type of thing. May these coins sadly die their natural death in short order....

[Coinery 1,152]

Wholeheartedly agree, horrible!

[scott 144]

its stripey? what?

defo cleaned, copepr doesnt tone like that, i have seen brass tone in rainbows with silver, and natuaral toning is pleasent this is not natural.

although a cleaned copper coin can tone nicely... this hasn't

Edited August 14, 2012 by scott

[Debbie 58]

A rare 1 over 4! here

[Coinery 1,152]

A rare 1 over 4! here

I've bought a few good bargains from this seller (probably from errors like this one), until I had a disagreement about postage! I bought two coins separately, about £20-30 each (Recorded postage charge on each)and, when I came to pay...Special Delivery charges for combining! I said, then please post them separately at Recorded Delivery, that would be much cheaper for me! I couldn't make them understand that I should BENEFIT from buying lots of coins from them, not be penalised, grrrrr! They did get sent SD, I didn't pay SD though! A shame for them, because a fair number of their coins would have burnt and died in the past, but for my enthusiasms (?spelling)!

That's what you have to remember when you upset an ebay buyer, they could be making you money, even when they lose!

[Danelaw 208]

Going today in auction. £30 - £50. Bargain.

East Bristol Auctions.

Edited August 18, 2012 by Danelaw

[Peter 615]

A rare 1 over 4! here

I've bought a few good bargains from this seller (probably from errors like this one), until I had a disagreement about postage! I bought two coins separately, about £20-30 each (Recorded postage charge on each)and, when I came to pay...Special Delivery charges for combining! I said, then please post them separately at Recorded Delivery, that would be much cheaper for me! I couldn't make them understand that I should BENEFIT from buying lots of coins from them, not be penalised, grrrrr! They did get sent SD, I didn't pay SD though! A shame for them, because a fair number of their coins would have burnt and died in the past, but for my enthusiasms (?spelling)!

That's what you have to remember when you upset an ebay buyer, they could be making you money, even when they lose!

I've used that seller.Never had a problem.If you didn't pay SD why get upset?

[Coinery 1,152]

A rare 1 over 4! here

I've bought a few good bargains from this seller (probably from errors like this one), until I had a disagreement about postage! I bought two coins separately, about £20-30 each (Recorded postage charge on each)and, when I came to pay...Special Delivery charges for combining! I said, then please post them separately at Recorded Delivery, that would be much cheaper for me! I couldn't make them understand that I should BENEFIT from buying lots of coins from them, not be penalised, grrrrr! They did get sent SD, I didn't pay SD though! A shame for them, because a fair number of their coins would have burnt and died in the past, but for my enthusiasms (?spelling)!

That's what you have to remember when you upset an ebay buyer, they could be making you money, even when they lose!

I've used that seller.Never had a problem.If you didn't pay SD why get upset?

I used that seller a lot so, in part, that was the issue! I could understand how the charge seemed logical for them initially but, in the context of my repeat custom, and email suggesting that it would be MORE logical for me if the items were posted separately (as I bought them separately, in the knowledge I'd be paying RD), in light of their desire to levy me 'additional' charges to combine!

I'm sure if anyone bought a book from amazon, thinking the postage costs were fair, and then later went on to buy a second book, only to find they will now be paying nearly double postage on BOTH books, simply because they now weigh over a kilo when combined! Even if you argued the point and rightly only ended up paying the original charge per individual book, you'd still feel more than a little grumpy with the company principle, particularly if you'd spent a lot of money with them over the last couple of years!

So, not upset, really, just irked by the tick-off on the invoice, and their general philosophy on the matter!

Edited August 18, 2012 by Coinery

[azda 979]

A rare 1 over 4! here

I've bought a few good bargains from this seller (probably from errors like this one), until I had a disagreement about postage! I bought two coins separately, about £20-30 each (Recorded postage charge on each)and, when I came to pay...Special Delivery charges for combining! I said, then please post them separately at Recorded Delivery, that would be much cheaper for me! I couldn't make them understand that I should BENEFIT from buying lots of coins from them, not be penalised, grrrrr! They did get sent SD, I didn't pay SD though! A shame for them, because a fair number of their coins would have burnt and died in the past, but for my enthusiasms (?spelling)!

That's what you have to remember when you upset an ebay buyer, they could be making you money, even when they lose!

I've used that seller.Never had a problem.If you didn't pay SD why get upset?

I used that seller a lot so, in part, that was the issue! I could understand how the charge seemed logical for them initially but, in the context of my repeat custom, and email suggesting that it would be MORE logical for me if the items were posted separately (as I bought them separately, in the knowledge I'd be paying RD), in light of their desire to levy me 'additional' charges to combine!

I'm sure if anyone bought a book from amazon, thinking the postage costs were fair, and then later went on to buy a second book, only to find they will now be paying nearly double postage on BOTH books, simply because they now weigh over a kilo when combined! Even if you argued the point and rightly only ended up paying the original charge per individual book, you'd still feel more than a little grumpy with the company principle, particularly if you'd spent a lot of money with them over the last couple of years!

So, not upset, really, just irked by the tick-off on the invoice, and their general philosophy on the matter!

The problem with the postage charge is, if a coin is over 46 quid, or you have bought 2 coins going over that price ebay and PP urge sellers to insure anything over that amount, its there to protect the sellers from ongoing fraudlent claims. I had 1 guy last week ask where his coin was, it turns out i had uploaded the wrong track number for the coin but still had the correct receipt for his coin, i checked it online and he had signed for it 4 days previously. I wrote back to him and said that it was my fault, i'd uploaded the wrong number and gave him the correct one and asked him why he tried to rip me off as it had been signed for 4 days previously, needles to say i never heard from him again and he's now been added to the arsehole list

[Coinery 1,152]

A rare 1 over 4! here

I've bought a few good bargains from this seller (probably from errors like this one), until I had a disagreement about postage! I bought two coins separately, about £20-30 each (Recorded postage charge on each)and, when I came to pay...Special Delivery charges for combining! I said, then please post them separately at Recorded Delivery, that would be much cheaper for me! I couldn't make them understand that I should BENEFIT from buying lots of coins from them, not be penalised, grrrrr! They did get sent SD, I didn't pay SD though! A shame for them, because a fair number of their coins would have burnt and died in the past, but for my enthusiasms (?spelling)!

That's what you have to remember when you upset an ebay buyer, they could be making you money, even when they lose!

I've used that seller.Never had a problem.If you didn't pay SD why get upset?

I used that seller a lot so, in part, that was the issue! I could understand how the charge seemed logical for them initially but, in the context of my repeat custom, and email suggesting that it would be MORE logical for me if the items were posted separately (as I bought them separately, in the knowledge I'd be paying RD), in light of their desire to levy me 'additional' charges to combine!

I'm sure if anyone bought a book from amazon, thinking the postage costs were fair, and then later went on to buy a second book, only to find they will now be paying nearly double postage on BOTH books, simply because they now weigh over a kilo when combined! Even if you argued the point and rightly only ended up paying the original charge per individual book, you'd still feel more than a little grumpy with the company principle, particularly if you'd spent a lot of money with them over the last couple of years!

So, not upset, really, just irked by the tick-off on the invoice, and their general philosophy on the matter!

The problem with the postage charge is, if a coin is over 46 quid, or you have bought 2 coins going over that price ebay and PP urge sellers to insure anything over that amount, its there to protect the sellers from ongoing fraudlent claims. I had 1 guy last week ask where his coin was, it turns out i had uploaded the wrong track number for the coin but still had the correct receipt for his coin, i checked it online and he had signed for it 4 days previously. I wrote back to him and said that it was my fault, i'd uploaded the wrong number and gave him the correct one and asked him why he tried to rip me off as it had been signed for 4 days previously, needles to say i never heard from him again and he's now been added to the arsehole list

I know what you mean, but one coin was £24 the other £48, postage £1.75 on each, fair enough! I'm just saying send them to me separately if you don't trust either me or the postal system (bearing in mind I've probably spent £1000's with this seller over the years), not bill me £6.35 for the privilege of saving them the cost of extra packaging and the effort of packing my coins separately!

I've definitely been the underbidder on probably a couple of hundred+ of their coins (worth quite a few thousand to them)!

Ahh, well...their loss, for slapping my wrist on their invoice, and being bothered about a bit of post!

[azda 979]

At £48 i'd only send to you at stated postage if i knew you, which she obviously did. I normally write into the postage details that if a coin reaches £46 or above that it must be sent signed for and insured at a higher cost of £5.50.

On another note, why are all her auctuons private? Not everything is high Grade or rare.

[Coinery 1,152]

At £48 i'd only send to you at stated postage if i knew you, which she obviously did. I normally write into the postage details that if a coin reaches £46 or above that it must be sent signed for and insured at a higher cost of £5.50.

On another note, why are all her auctuons private? Not everything is high Grade or rare.

Not sure!

Another thing worth bearing in mind is, the post office doesn't reimburse what the coin 'actually' sells for. In the small print somewhere I read (a long time ago now - could be worth going back into it) that they, in effect, only refund the financial loss to the sender, which you'd have to provide proof of.

So, in affect, that Gothic Crown that you bought for £42.75 and sold for £2k...if they lose it, guess what, you get £42.75! So, unless she is selling at a loss, she would've been covered at £46 easily!

[azda 979]

I Sold a gothic crown about 3 months ago and was asked about insurance, i said the item was worth £1300 and so

I had to pay £13,50 postage for the appropropriate insurance. So i think times have changed Stuart and when you pay the correct Level of postal insurance you Claim the same back if lost by the PO