I am new to both these forums and collecting
ancient coins in general.
I purchased a few coins from an
ebay seller the other day, but
I have not paid for them yet. This seller has been on
ebay since 2009, they have several thousand transactions, a 99.2% positive feedback, and they are not on any of the
fake seller lists that I have consulted.
They appear to have separate
Ebay Canada and
Ebay US accounts, under different names... I just noticed that they sold a coin on the US account about a month ago that is virtually identical to a coin that is currently up for
auction on their
Canada account.
(I have attached picture of the coins in question, 1 and 2 are the coin that was sold on
Ebay US, 3 and 4 are the coin that is currently up for
auction on
Ebay Canada)
I looked up the business address that they provide, and it appears to belong to an
Italian restaurant in
Germany...
The business phone number that they provided does not exist.
My limited research tells me that the coin in question is not particularity valuable.
This person is also
selling several hundred other coins, which all appear to be fairly low
quality at fairly reasonable prices... they can't all be fake?
(this was essentially my first time purchasing
ancient coins, so low
quality and
low price seemed like a
fine place to start)
I must be naive, but it seems odd that they would sell a bunch of lower
quality genuine coins, and then risk the reputation that they've been building since 2009 in order to sell a few slightly higher
quality fake coins that are not even worth that much
money.
That being said, the evidence seems rather overwhelming...
I am inclined to send them a message saying that I believe they are
selling a fake coin, that I want them to cancel all of my bids, and that I will not be paying for the
auctions that I have won.
I would be happy to name both the
Canada and the US accounts and nominate them for the
fake seller list.
Hopefully this post complies with the rules of the
forum.
Could I be interpreting this information incorrectly?
I'd like to hear some feedback.