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So I clicked the “Start Appeal” button. Guess what I got:

I told eBay that the seller admitted it was counterfeit…..utter binlords.  

And despite the seller admitting that the bar was fake:

And despite the seller admitting that the bar was fake:

I told eBay that the seller admitted it was counterfeit…..utter binlords.  

And despite the seller admitting that the bar was fake:

He re-listed.  I have told him I want to do a deal. 🙂

He re-listed.  I have told him I want to do a deal. 🙂

He re-listed.  I have told him I want to do a deal. 🙂

This utter scumbag Binlord is happy to advertise the bar as genuine (essentially) but privately admits not genuine.  

Revolting   
 

This utter scumbag Binlord is happy to advertise the bar as genuine (essentially) but privately admits not genuine.  

Revolting   
 

Just went fishing..

I’m trying to keep it going.  

I’m trying to keep it going.  

Brand new uncirculated? That’s a new one on me.

Look at his other items listed. Mad money.

The collection doesn’t contain a Kew 50p but no harm asking!

He hasn’t replied to me so I have given him a nudge

Quite.
Whilst I have not had a problem with RMSD - which for me has been faultless, I have had problems with other premium services - not PM related.
Nasty and unethical chicanery by large organisations companies is not that frequent but my experience is to follow regulatory processes (if they exist for service that is at fault).
Use ombudsman - with lots of evidence.  You will win.
If not, and depending on the size of the problem:
- Threaten lawyers
- If no response, use lawyers. Ideally get a letter delivered at 3.30pm on a Friday with a strong threat of legal action to ruin someone’s weekend. Making sure you target someone with financial skin in the game with a company you have a problem with.  
Post the Horizon scandal, people will be a little more “focussed” on behaving with integrity.
 

I was looking up some mintage numbers on the 2019 BU Matte sovereign this morning as the royal mail page for it said it had a maximum mintage of 25000 which seemed super high for a matte
https://www.royalmint.com/sovereign/brilliant-uncirculated/the-sovereign-2019-brilliant-uncirculated/
Then when I checked the sales numbers it only totalled 1514
https://www.royalmint.com/discover/uk-coins/mintage-figures/2019-dated-uk-commemorative-coin-sales/
I checked a few other coins from 2017/2018/2019 and there were lots and lots where the mintage number is far lower than the maximum mintage.  I am thinking maybe RM are now minting to their maximum mintage and selling 'cheap' to dealers any they do not manage to sell.  Basing this on the fact Bullion by Post had the coronations on Black Friday massively discounted and also the amount of dealers, Britannia Coins springs to mind, who have the coins discounted even at pre-release.  I wonder how much this is contributing to how badly proof prices on new releases are bombing post release.  Obviously RM increasing their selling price margin does not help but, if I am right and they are churning them out to the max mintage and not only minting to demand, can we expect the proof market to stay in the doldrums?

He has a screw loose or is a money launderer.  No two ways about it.

Have you received an offer from seller?
I have an "unique" opportunity to buy it for £26.000 plus shipping.😁
Of course, even usually I am very polite, I have declined his offer in an "unique" way:

My gold goes into a safety deposit box, if its a recent purchase it will be in my safe, I do not display any gold at all.
For my proofs I keep the boxes in a cupboard and put the coins in their capsules into tubes for storage at the SDB.  
Silver I do have a display of the more interesting coins/bars/pours I have in a cabinet in my office, but not to a value that would hurt should it get stolen.