Jason's Top 5 ebay coin seller mistakes

[jcuve]

Sometimes I go through ebay and just want to know where some of these sellers com from. with that in mind, for my 12,000 post (well almost), I have decided to do Jason's Top 5 ebay coin seller mistakes.

1. Identification FAIL
You know the auctions. Rampant MD, squeezed coins, gouges and whatnot become rare Mint errors or quasi-varieties:

extra earlobe 1 of a kind
CROOKED DOUBLE THICK D
DDO/DDR Obv Spread
Unattributed
Misstamped Miscut Mistrike Lincoln
1969-S DOUBLE DIE???????
INVERTED S

2. Attribution FAIL
Similiar to the identification above, this is more specific. Someone can use the Redbook, Coppercoins.com, error guide or some other source to find a listing number, but they just cannot get the attribution even close to correct:

1983 Doubled Die Reverse
Obverse Double Brockage
Struck Thru Clothe Error
CLASS Vl DDO

3. Story FAIL
Could have called this category, "Inherited unsearched coins fail" instead.
Got to love those "truly unserached by me" auctions that include some story about how the coins originate from some great-uncle's storage shed full of rolled coins.

payment for hearing aids
No coins have been touched by any human since they left the U.S. Mint
what the story behind the rolls
CLASSROOM SLABBED

4. Price FAIL
Slabbed or raw. Attribution is correct, but the price is absurd.

MS63 RD
DDO - 008 / RPM - 029 LDS (this was first listed for $15k a few months ago)
NGC MS66 (on sale for 7% off)
Genuine Incredible
ANACS PF-66
1909-S ICG EF-40 (key dates and errors don't mix well)

5. Grading FAIL
Everything under the sun is now BU...

GEM BU...But Carbon Spotted
MINT STATE
High Grade Details Cleaned Damaged
Graded by SGS
BRIGHT GEM BU
mint state condition-water spots on linc nose

[Peter]

I love those descriptions--the hearing aid payment is ok but nothing can touch the Classroom Slabbed. But I digress.....

[willbrooks]

As I went through the listings, I didn't know know whether to laugh, cry, or wind my watch. Thanks for all you do.

[hasfam]

Thanks Jason for being kind and not using my listings as examples
Funny you should post this as I've been thinking about the same thing lately. really getting frustrated with having to weed through so many bogus listings to find anything authentic. 8500 Lincoln listings in the error category and if you took away all the bogus listings, you would have about 450 left.

[simonm]

Funny stuff, Jason. Congrats on the milestone!

[jcuve]

Thanks Jason for being kind and not using my listings as examples
Funny you should post this as I've been thinking about the same thing lately. really getting frustrated with having to weed through so many bogus listings to find anything authentic. 8500 Lincoln listings in the error category and if you took away all the bogus listings, you would have about 450 left.

I'll get you next Rock...LOL

[Brad]

That is great Jason. I'm glad my listings were not on there either.

[mustbebob]

Well done Jason. Well done.

[coincollectingenterprises]

For the record:

Stories sell. If you look at auctions with stories versus without, the stories win. I tried competing in the past with a "story post" at one point in the past. But I failed miserably since I wouldn't post some elaborate insane post. I mean, there's one "buy it now" auction that has had the same story for two years. Come on, really!

But the point I'm trying to make is you will see the story problem only grow because it sells well.

[LKLive13]

Nice post! I like it when someone put something on EBAY for $350,000! I really think if someone were to spend over 1/4 million dollars they would go through a "certified" auction house or dealer of sorts!

[jcuve]

Attribution Fail on a '55 DDO-001 !!!!!!!!

I don't recall anyone having such a large Attribution FAIL such as this one. He has misidentified 1955 DDO-001. How is that possible? I could, maybe understand, a counterfeit, but not this coin. HOW?!?

the BIG ONE!!

[willbrooks]

I don't recall anyone having such a large Attribution FAIL such as this one. He has misidentified 1955 DDO-001. How is that possible? I could, maybe understand, a counterfeit, but not this coin. HOW?!?

the BIG ONE!!

His one and only negative feedback says this:
Coin not a DDO - Had to file a claim for refund - rude and obnoxious sellerBuyer: Member id snowbird-vaughn ( Feedback Score Of 1092)
Nov-12-12 07:32 1972 Doubled Die Obverse Lincoln Cent - 1972 Doubled (#110957006552)

[Maineman750]

Well, I reported it.Pretty sad

[jcuve]

His one and only negative feedback says this:
Coin not a DDO - Had to file a claim for refund - rude and obnoxious sellerBuyer: Member id snowbird-vaughn ( Feedback Score Of 1092)
Nov-12-12 07:32 1972 Doubled Die Obverse Lincoln Cent - 1972 Doubled (#110957006552)

I'm not sure I have ever seen a seller - so completely wrong about every DDO they have for sale. He's an embarrassment to mankind...

[flyhi3]

I'm not sure I have ever seen a seller - so completely wrong about every DDO they have for sale. He's an embarrassment to mankind...

LOL so true! Thanks Jason, and congrats on 12,000 amazing, incredibly informative posts!!!!