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No surprise at all.

Or maybe just over the border in Alberta Canada, along with Medicine Hat.

A really exquisite smoking knee on this one

They can't be trusted to get it right, unfortunately.

Now refunded.

Seriously outrageous. I rest my case. This is absolutely unacceptable (and, I am led to believe, illegal under the distance selling regulations and sale of goods acts) and I really don't think you should even begin to accept a £6.50 loss for their mistake/incompetence/deliberacy. This is clearly their "policy", and as I said in my earlier post, they are clearly doing this so as not to lose money themselves but let customers take the hit. If every mistake was actually paid for by them, then they might actually sharpen their act up, but, no, they don't give a sh-one-t, and until we customers act, it'll go on. i would politely suggest the following actions: You get back in touch with them and demand your £6.50, referencing distance selling regulations. As Craigy is happy, contact Chris P to see if he is too, and then refer Ingrams to this site/thread. We on the forum boycott them and further spread the news of their appalling service among the coin fraternity. Do members agree, or am I being the unreasonable one??! Originally I wasn't going to pursue this, but on further reflection I think I will. If I hadn't mentioned the cost in my e mail to them, then I wouldn't. But having done so, I find the fact that it's been totally ignored as of zero importance, deeply irritating. It's definitely not the way I would treat others. So yes, a further e mail on that topic will be coming their way soon. I'm no barrack room lawyer, so I won't be mentioning the legislation you refer to, but they'll get the message - trust me on that. Oh, and no, you're not being unreasonable.

Possibly, possibly not, but the time factor is irrelevant either way. The thread will still be around, as will the dealers concerned. There's no desperate urgency.

So anyway, I've messaged Chris and will await what he says. Obviously he has the reputation of the forum to consider and I don't want to step on anybody's toes by jumping the gun on this one.

Well it's clearly either obverse 4 or 5 - note the narrow rim and the space underneath and to the right of the bust, for the LCW signature. But because that photo is so dark, you can't be absolutely certain (IMO) whether the signature is there or not. Since the reverse is obviously G, that makes this coin either a F25 (signature present) or a F28 (no signature) - hence the doubt. Should just add that with obverse 5, the space for the signature is present, but not filled in.

As I said earlier it's definitely the last time I buy anything off them.

Hmmm, well it's obviously not a great deal. But don't forget I bought a mis-attributed item in good faith, and due to their error, I'm out of pocket, albeit by a very minor sum. After all, which one of us would walk into the street and just drop £6.50 down the drain. It could preferably have gone to charity.

Any rate, I have got my money back. Didn't notice this in my in box last night. They haven't refunded the cost of tracked delivery postage back, but I'll let that stand as a testament to what they think of good customers.

I think Sainsbury's are giving priority delivery slots to elderly and/or disabled from 23rd March. Athough how you prove either, I've no idea. In other news, that ancient roll of Izal medicated toilet roll that I discovered in the loft many years ago, and left there, has finally come into its own.

It could potentially have gone for quite a bit more, Blake. Although they're not quite as rare as the 18 accorded by Freeman. More probably at the lower end of R17, with <30 examples extant. Learning the different varieties of 1861 pennies is an art form in itself. Took me an age and I still have difficulty getting my head round obverse 3 even now. By contrast, 1860 and 1874 are a doddle.

I may do, although I want my money back first. I'd also want to clear it with the thread starter @craigy and with @Chris Perkins. See what they think.

Oddly enough that thought also crossed my mind earlier today.

Called a few minutes ago - they'll "get it done in the next day or so". Wow, such customer commitment.

They haven't done anything so far. The tracked letter was signed for by one of them at 11:32 am yesterday, and I didn't even get so much as an acknowledgement afterwards. It doesn't take long to make a payment to someone's bank account - a 5 minute job at most. Am I being unreasonable in expecting this to have been done by now? I'll call them tomorrow. If I don't get any joy, I'm lodging a complaint with paypal, as it was one of those where the buyer pays 2 weeks down the line, although the seller gets the payment immediately. This is quite definitively the last time I ever buy from them, regardless of what they have in stock.

Sent you a PM.

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I have asked for them. My e mail was as follows:- I forgot to include the 70p cost of the jiffy envelope. Never mind. It'll be interesting to see what their response is. On a separate note, I have never seen the town so deserted. In the post office, I was served immediately as there was no-one else in there.

All sensible stuff. I did like this tongue in cheek contribution:-

His test came back negative.....the devil looks after his own.

Well that's a relief ......