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Hi folks, you should have alook at what this guy is selling

http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=romanseller

ID: romanseller

This guy is simply outrageously crooked or amazingly incompetent.

Alex M.




Sat Aug 3, 2002 11:08 am

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Hi folks, you should have alook at what this guy is selling http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=romanseller ID:...
sestert
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Aug 3, 2002
11:08 am

Who is this person? Anyone know? Lives fairly close to my area. GR ... From: "sestert" <sestert@...> To: <Moneta-L@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday,...
Greg Rehme
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Aug 3, 2002
11:32 am

I agree that many of these coins are obvious fakes and taken together, one worries about all of them - esp that strange mottled 'patina'. I had been watching...
Bill
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Aug 4, 2002
2:30 pm

The top coin has soemthing doubtfull. The coin below looks quite authentic. The top coin having IDENTICAL color and compounds on it as other coins from his...
sestert
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Aug 4, 2002
3:46 pm

Bill, I think the comparison to your coin is a great help. The difference in style between your coin and the questionable coin above are clear. And as you...
Jeff Becker
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Aug 4, 2002
4:15 pm

This may be your only opportunity to own a solidus of Constans for only $5.50. I have looked at this person's coins. These are not even remotely accomplished...
Jeff Becker
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Aug 3, 2002
2:28 pm

If you look at his ended items, some got high prices, though unfortunatelly we can not see these items since he so carefully deleted the images! And theres...
sestert
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Aug 3, 2002
4:09 pm

He sums it nicely I'd say......... " I don't know nothing concerning coins "...
Browning
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Aug 3, 2002
4:16 pm

Yes, and the auctions "are final" so you can't complain! You bought what you saw... ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? ...
Alexandru Marian
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Aug 3, 2002
4:22 pm

I have seen the lists first bidder on the coins by this bidder and it is Joviel. ===== Joe Blazick __________________________________________________ Do You...
JoeB
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Aug 3, 2002
4:22 pm

Yes, I put in a $40 bid on two of the coins out for s&g. Withdrawing such bids is the only way I know of commenting on an auction while it is still running. ...
Scott Uhrick
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Aug 3, 2002
5:42 pm

No inconvienence at all! I bid $40 knowing that if the coins were fake, $40 is still less than the melt value of 4.4 grams of gold. :) Scott ... From:...
Scott Uhrick
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Aug 3, 2002
9:24 pm

Not gold? Ahh. Er... Oops. Poop... ... From: "Andrew Thall" <thall@...> To: "Browning" <kayaker34@...>; "Scott Uhrick" <scott@...> Cc:...
Scott Uhrick
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Aug 3, 2002
9:39 pm

You're assuming it is really gold -- 10k???? maybe??? Andrew Thall...
Andrew Thall
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Aug 4, 2002
4:37 am

Scott, I consider you to be knowledgeable about coins hence my comment pointing out who the high bidder was. They look fine to me as well. If they are fakes,...
Browning
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Aug 4, 2002
4:38 am

Scott, ... There is no shame in exposing your ignorance, Scott. Merely temporary embarrassment. There is no shame in not knowing the first time. Now these are...
Paul Withers
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Aug 4, 2002
5:01 am

Well said, the coin shown by Harvey is a little better fake. If collectors would even save images into there own computers for comparison it would save a lot...
Michael Moriarty
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Aug 4, 2002
5:20 am

Scott: I agree that even if it is a fake, the melt value of the gold would exceed the purchase price. However, "if" and it is a big "if", the coin is a fake...
Allen Belzel
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Aug 4, 2002
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This is my first ever post..I am one of those ``lurkers`` previously mentioned. I agree that the real benefit of viewing all of this sellers` coins as a...
todd
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Aug 4, 2002
6:33 am

Dear Michael: Never one to worry about throwing a wrench into the works, here goes. The second Nero Denarius being offered by another dealer is in my opinion...
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Aug 4, 2002
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Scott, If you get the coin (have you already?), you can send it to an authority (David Sear - for example) to have to proven fake, then alert the seller and ...
Max Paschall
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Aug 4, 2002
5:59 pm

... You assume the the seller is not already aware that the coin is fake. We have seen over and over again that and that ebay does not care, and will do...
Robert Kokotailo
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Aug 4, 2002
8:32 pm

... I learned several years ago that eBay supports sellers over buyers. eBay has things set up so that payment reminders can be easily sent by the seller, that...
Bill
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Aug 5, 2002
2:54 am

Not just alert eBay. Couldn't he be prosecuted for fraud? Would I have to reside in the same state to press charges? Scott ... From: "Max Paschall"...
Scott Uhrick
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Aug 4, 2002
8:27 pm

Nothing like provable mail fraud to get the authorities interested. ... From: Scott Uhrick [mailto:scott@...] Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 5:57 AM To:...
Michael Moriarty
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Aug 5, 2002
4:13 am

A person who knowingly defrauds should be refered to a US Attorney. Since this is done over the Internet, it would constitute a Federal offense. Andrew Thall...
Andrew Thall
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Aug 4, 2002
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And then the buyer tries to sell it again. ... From: "Alexandru Marian" <sestert@...> To: "Browning" <kayaker34@...> Cc: <moneta-l@yahoogroups.com>...
Bob Schwarer
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Aug 4, 2002
4:37 am

... You can inform eBay, though eBay will do nothing. You (and others) can inform the bidders: ...
Reid Goldsborough
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Aug 3, 2002
5:30 pm

they gererally are idiots who get upset when they are told they are bidding on fakes. .g...
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