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Free Nickel again on EBay

Posted:
Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:12 pm
by 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
Re: Free Nickel again on EBay

Posted:
Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:42 am
by 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
Re: Free Nickel again on EBay

Posted:
Sun Sep 26, 2010 9:44 pm
by 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!
Re: Free Nickel again on EBay

Posted:
Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:57 pm
by 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
Re: Free Nickel again on EBay

Posted:
Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:46 am
by 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
Re: Free Nickel again on EBay

Posted:
Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:57 pm
by blackrabbit
Mine never was marked as paid either, but I just deleted it and never have been bothered at all.
Re: Free Nickel again on EBay

Posted:
Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:49 am
by 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.
Re: Free Nickel again on EBay

Posted:
Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:01 am
by 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.
Re: Free Nickel again on EBay

Posted:
Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:04 pm
by decomputing
DirtyFingers wrote: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.
Re: Free Nickel again on EBay

Posted:
Fri Oct 01, 2010 12:56 pm
by 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
Re: Free Nickel again on EBay

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Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:41 pm
by 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.
Re: Free Nickel again on EBay

Posted:
Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:43 pm
by Corsair
I got mine today - it looks great. Maybe the luster is improved by it being free...?
Re: Free Nickel again on EBay

Posted:
Mon Oct 04, 2010 10:19 pm
by dakota1955
got one more in the mail today a nice 62
Re: Free Nickel again on EBay

Posted:
Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:47 pm
by decomputing
I got a pretty nice 63 from him today. I used my wifes account to order another.
Re: Free Nickel again on EBay

Posted:
Sat Oct 09, 2010 9:54 pm
by 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