Whats The Betting?

[azda]

Whats the Betting the seller does'nt even own this, it actually looks like one of buckscoins scans

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EXTREMELY-RARE-CHARLES-I-TRIPLE-UNITE-1642-BRITISH-GOLD-HAMMERED-COIN-VF-GVF-/191085075590?roken=qEBTxX

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[azda]

It is in fact one of buckscoins, there is a picture stamp on the bottom left with his name on it

[Chingford]

Chris knows about it, has reported it, Ebay have done nothing, as usual

[rpeddie]

i put a bid of £100,000 on it so someone didn't end up getting scammed in the end until i realized ebay has in place a bidding cap where i could no longer bid on any more items after this(weird)

there's another 5 guineas for sale most likely from the same guy if anyone is interested (stolen from London coins I think)

[azda]

I suggest that everyone make a large bid on the item. I've kicked off with £8995

[rpeddie]

as i said problem with that is if you put a bid too big(not sure what the cut off is) ebay gives you some notice that you need to call them for safety bla bla bla bla what one did you bid on lets have a war

[jaggy]

I choose not to use Ebay.

[azda]

I was outbid, so i'm at 15k now, its sitting at above 9k

[TomGoodheart]

Gone.

Must have worked Dave!

[HistoricCoinage]

Gone.

Must have worked Dave!

The large bids would not have aided the removal, but the reports. The large, fake bids would only have prevented it from going into unsuspecting hands...at least those unsuspecting hands without a spare £15k.

[azda]

It had to be done. Raising the bidding in such a fashion should have alerted ebay that something was up alongwith the reports they must have received about the sellers fraudulent activity. Surely when the actual owner of the coin reported it, it should have been sorted then instead of letting it go on

Edited March 1, 2014 by azda

[Rob]

As I was informed when I tried to interrupt an attempt, Ebay's fraud dept have a policy of not dealing with members of the public, only the police. Individuals are therefore p'ing in the wind if they think eBay will stop fraudulent acts on their behalf or if you try to report it to them. You will probably only bypass the system because you have reported an item that is not as described which is against ebay rules rather than against the law. As far as I was aware, selling something you don't own is effectively fraud, so as a rule you are on a hiding to nothing if you try to be a good citizen. Selling a triple unite based on the image posted in the listing is therefore as described. Rhetorical question, but why bother?

[azda]

Why bother indeed. I would do the same if someone was trying to rip you off Rob, and as i seem to have a Passion for coins i hate little scroats trying to rip off the more unsuspecting sometimes gullable ebayers, remember, i did the same when Platt was (and probably still is) ripping ebayers off for thousands every month. Word of mouth is this community sometimes goes a Long way.