Ebay salesman of the year

[JerrySpringer]

This is not supposed to happen. No way. This is not false advertisement:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/230677850720?ss ... 1438.l2649

[NDFarmer]

I don't think this one is false advertising. He clearly states one quarter is silver and the other five are not. I think it is just IDIOT bidders that see the word silver in the auction title and just assume all the quarters are silver. If I tried to run an auction like that I would get slammed with negative feedback but he won't.

He does over grade them though. I have better looking quarters in my pocket!!!

[blackrabbit]

Yea, pretty clear, except some does not usually equal one, which the description clears right up. Crazy drunken buyers I guess.

[BlackOut]

caveat emptor. He does clearly state what each of them is if you read it like anyone who is biding on an auction should, but I do see a bit of trickery in his posting. I think is on the buyers and their stupidity. $7 worth of quarters for $27 bucks plus shipping, geez.

[appjoe]

Look how this guy is trying to build his feed back.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Penny-Auction-Sale-We-buy-sell-Pennies-/120786553402?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item1c1f708a3a

[NDFarmer]

Why would he have to build feedback when he has almost 2300 already?

[aristobolus]

I don't think this one is false advertising. He clearly states one quarter is silver and the other five are not. I think it is just IDIOT bidders that see the word silver in the auction title and just assume all the quarters are silver. If I tried to run an auction like that I would get slammed with negative feedback but he won't.

He does over grade them though. I have better looking quarters in my pocket!!!

The problem is that the heading of the auction says, "some with silver". In English "some" always means more than one. I believe the buyer could contest this and win; the more detailed description is clearly at variance with the fact(s).

[creshka46]

Haha, there actually is false information in his ad. Clad quarters are 91.7% copper, and 8.3% nickel. Not 75/25

[chris6084]

Why would he have to build feedback when he has almost 2300 already?

I think he is trying to increase his percentage. He has a few negatives.

[AGgressive Metal]

Good catch. Sellers like this are why newbie coin buyers should avoid eBay.

[aristobolus]

Haha, there actually is false information in his ad. Clad quarters are 91.7% copper, and 8.3% nickel. Not 75/25

Good eye. I would use that as well. Nobobdy likes to be taken advantage of.

[Corsair]

Seller is doing everything right. This is 110% on the buyer. Open, shut.

[SoFa]

"Don't miss out on these". 43 quarters, They might be silver. WOW!!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dont-miss-out-t ... 3a6b041888

From his feedback, he bought a roll of Glacier clad quarters in Aug.

[cesariojpn]

I believe the buyer could contest this and win; the more detailed description is clearly at variance with the fact(s).

eBay is pretty much Pro-Buyer in many cases, so if the bidder is smart, he'd contest the auction AFTER he get's the coins and claim the problem.

[texcollex]

I believe the buyer could contest this and win; the more detailed description is clearly at variance with the fact(s).

eBay is pretty much Pro-Buyer in many cases, so if the bidder is smart, he'd contest the auction AFTER he get's the coins and claim the problem.

Makes you wonder if that's the plan.

[cesariojpn]

I believe the buyer could contest this and win; the more detailed description is clearly at variance with the fact(s).

eBay is pretty much Pro-Buyer in many cases, so if the bidder is smart, he'd contest the auction AFTER he get's the coins and claim the problem.

Makes you wonder if that's the plan.

You'd be surprised at some bidders antics. I go to a toy site, and one of the biggest ways to get thread counts is to bitch about the latest bidder shenanigans.

[aristobolus]

Seller is doing everything right. This is 110% on the buyer. Open, shut.

There has been several debates about similar auctions on this forum, or was it only once? Seriously, I understand that buyers should read the fine print, but our outrage should be against the one who attempts to deceive. Remember, Jesus' ire was chiefly seen in his overturning the tables of the money-changers!

[Dave]

If people think the seller is right, I would really think hard about doing deals with them. This seller is wrong and every decent person should know that.

[schockergd]

How can a metal ever be worth that much? Obviously this is a scam because coins should never be worth more than face value!

[ardorlan]

I don't think this one is false advertising. He clearly states one quarter is silver and the other five are not. I think it is just IDIOT bidders that see the word silver in the auction title and just assume all the quarters are silver. If I tried to run an auction like that I would get slammed with negative feedback but he won't.

He does over grade them though. I have better looking quarters in my pocket!!!

The problem is that the heading of the auction says, "some with silver". In English "some" always means more than one. I believe the buyer could contest this and win; the more detailed description is clearly at variance with the fact(s).

I agree with you, but before I agreed I wanted to look it up.
"being at least one —used to indicate that a logical proposition is asserted only of a subclass or certain members of the class denoted by the term which it modifies" - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictiona ... 1317746389 (Number 4).

a couple would be at least two, and I think of a few as 3 or more.
some is way more tricky as mentally I think of it has any number of them other then none or all.
I still think it would be better if he had 2 silver coins in there.

[ardorlan]

Seller is doing everything right. This is 110% on the buyer. Open, shut.

There has been several debates about similar auctions on this forum, or was it only once? Seriously, I understand that buyers should read the fine print, but our outrage should be against the one who attempts to deceive. Remember, Jesus' ire was chiefly seen in his overturning the tables of the money-changers!

I would also have to for the most part agree with the seller, if anything he is teaching people some common sense, I by no means would call him saintly but dishonest or a scammer no, is he taking advantage of peoples short coming, clearly yes..

I think this would have to fall into the gray line on morals (being neither right or wrong) sounds like common business only different is his subtext legal disclaimer is in a normal size font.