Free Nickel again on EBay

[lewbo]

I did this a while back got a good 1964 nickel not sure if I would call it proof but at least uncirculated. Says 99 cents but read details and all you have to do is send your email and leave positive feedback.

http://cgi.ebay.com/FREE-FREE-SUPERB-GE ... 35acacc8d1

[misteroman]

pretty cheap and easy way for them to get a killer feedback rating quickly. Best they are just breaking up 60-64 proof sets for the silver. Probably give ya a free penny too in another auction

[blackrabbit]

Thanks for the heads up, I got a real nice 1963 proof last time. I just "bought" another free nickel. Free coins, I am happy to take them!

[appjoe]

When do they mark it as paid ? I left the feed back and my mailing address.
BTW I'm a newbe here and a lot of the abbreviations I'm not familar with such as FRN, AG CWR ect. Is there somewhere in a post that lists them.
Thank You

[DirtyFingers]

The free nickel is a good deal but I had an odd experience when I ordered one late in August. It was 99¢ as a minimum to keep Ebay happy, I hit BIN and of course Ebay asked me to pay for it now. So, per instructions from the seller, I didn't pay for it, left the seller glowing feedback and upon me doing that he would mark it as paid and send me the nickel. He sent the nickel but didn't mark it as paid. Several days later I receive a email from Ebay reminding me to pay for the nickel. I send the seller an email asking him to please mark it as paid. Nothing happened, 3 or 4 more days go by and I get another email from Ebay telling me that I had until such and such a date to pay for it or some of my privileges would be suspended. I send another email to the seller asking him to please help me to get this straightened out. In the meantime, the feedback I gave for the seller disappeared! I didn't hear anything back from the seller and a day later I sent him another email asking for his help and this time he wrote back and told me not to worry that Ebay would send me as many as 3 or 4 notices before privileges are suspended. I wrote back and told him I had a clean record with Ebay and I would kind of like to keep it that way. Only I wasn't so nice to him this time. He finally did a cancelled transaction, right after that Ebay tells me that the unpaid item case had been closed, the seller left me a positive feedback and I've still got the nickel. I never did figure out why the feedback I left him disappeared. I am guessing Ebay deleted it when they opened up the unpaid item case on me.

WHEW!!! All this for a 5¢ piece. Now I like nickels as much as the next guy, but the "free" part of that particular free nickel wasn't really worth it. Hope you guys have better luck then I did. The nickel I received had bad juju from the start.

DF

[blackrabbit]

Mine never was marked as paid either, but I just deleted it and never have been bothered at all.

[Shattered]

First time I did this everything was fine. I expect the same this time around. I ordered it last night before work and it already says he shipped it out.

[appjoe]

I just checked my Ebay account and it's marked as paid, shipped and he left positive feed back. I guess all is ok. Just have to wait now for it to arrive.

[decomputing]

The free nickel is a good deal but I had an odd experience when I ordered one late in August. It was 99¢ as a minimum to keep Ebay happy, I hit BIN and of course Ebay asked me to pay for it now. So, per instructions from the seller, I didn't pay for it, left the seller glowing feedback and upon me doing that he would mark it as paid and send me the nickel. He sent the nickel but didn't mark it as paid. Several days later I receive a email from Ebay reminding me to pay for the nickel. I send the seller an email asking him to please mark it as paid. Nothing happened, 3 or 4 more days go by and I get another email from Ebay telling me that I had until such and such a date to pay for it or some of my privileges would be suspended. I send another email to the seller asking him to please help me to get this straightened out. In the meantime, the feedback I gave for the seller disappeared! I didn't hear anything back from the seller and a day later I sent him another email asking for his help and this time he wrote back and told me not to worry that Ebay would send me as many as 3 or 4 notices before privileges are suspended. I wrote back and told him I had a clean record with Ebay and I would kind of like to keep it that way. Only I wasn't so nice to him this time. He finally did a cancelled transaction, right after that Ebay tells me that the unpaid item case had been closed, the seller left me a positive feedback and I've still got the nickel. I never did figure out why the feedback I left him disappeared. I am guessing Ebay deleted it when they opened up the unpaid item case on me.

WHEW!!! All this for a 5¢ piece. Now I like nickels as much as the next guy, but the "free" part of that particular free nickel wasn't really worth it. Hope you guys have better luck then I did. The nickel I received had bad juju from the start.

DF

I was able to mark mine as paid in my ebay.

[DirtyFingers]

I never thought about deleting it or marking it as paid. That's what I get for following instructions. I'll know better the next time.

DF

[Shattered]

Haha, I sent him a message asking if we could "buy" multiple nickels from him. He straight out said he is only doing it to keep his rating high. He isn't trying to hide it.

He also said only one per ebay account. I feel kinda bad considering I already got two from him. He said it costs him about $2 to get the nicks and ship them out.

[Corsair]

I got mine today - it looks great. Maybe the luster is improved by it being free...?

[dakota1955]

got one more in the mail today a nice 62

[decomputing]

I got a pretty nice 63 from him today. I used my wifes account to order another.

[TXBullion]

Ok i think you can do these every 7 to 10 days or something. I guess ill see if thats true but anyways, heres a new listing if you got it when lewbo posted it

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 720wt_1124