Shinus73

Just taken a punt on a possibly slightly too good to be true eBay sovereign deal.

3 for £650 (1908, 1911, 1912), priced to sell and only been live for an hour.

We shall see....

My favourite ATB design since the Blue Ridge Parkway coin:

Won an eBay auction for a 10 oz   Series 1 Lunar Dog. Happy days!

8 hours ago, jkay said:

Th eBay seller should be named and shamed.

Happy to oblige, once it's resolved.

4 minutes ago, HelpingHands said:

What is their feedback like?  These are the sort of disputes that can potentially go either way when they can prove delivery.

You want them to admit it was a fake/wrong item ASAP.

Refund demand already in process. They have 100% feedback on only a handful of items - ordinarily I wouldn't have bought, but the genuine photo drew me in. I have 100% feedback on 4500 items, so would hope to be OK! I've never had a problem getting money back in cases like these before, hopefully this will be the same.

Just now, HelpingHands said:

Don't keep us in suspense.

Sorry, technical issues. Pictures now posted (in the wrong orientation).

First fake from EBay in a while. Advertised as 2009 Sovereign with a picture of a 2009 in the plastic RM packaging. Arrived as:

1 hour ago, Cointreau said:

Hey there!

Just ordered an IOM gold noble from Atkinsons.

I've wanted one for a long time.

I saw that one earlier. Luckily I bought one from a forum member recently and resisted temptation! They're lovely.

Latest ATB

2 hours ago, UraaniBarbaari said:

Lcs pickups, 1882 S half eagle and 10 oz kook 2003

Having a shop where you can buy a 2003 10 oz Kook just isn't fair on the rest of us! ?

2 x 2013 5 oz Libertad from eBay seller in Belgium.

1oz gold eagle

1 oz Angels and 2 oz Turtles - both lovely.

18 minutes ago, Cornishfarmer said:

Out of interest are you all calling break even spot price or the 80/90% of spot dealers will pay?

I sell my silver on eBay only and have always achieved 15-20% over spot for 1 oz low premium bullion coins (even after fees - the now frequent final value fee offers help). I therefore use spot + a small correction factor (upwards) when valuing my stack.

I've never sold to a dealer and unless we get the moon shot we all dream of in our weaker moments, I don't plan to.

Of all the things I've learned relating to stacking, knowing how and where to sell is easily the most important.

10 minutes ago, HighlandTiger said:

I'm nearly there .....    

I've got 175 ozt of sterling silver and I'm only £2.71 down on spot price. A couple more pennies on the price of silver and I'll officially be in profit.

Shame my deluded foray into the murky world of numismatics means i've still got a way to go before I can say the same about my bits of round lumps of silver with the pretty animals stamped on them.    

For a fleeting moment this morning, at a spot price of £11.69, my silver spreadsheet went 'green' for the first time since the heady days of April 2011. Happy days - let's see how long it lasts...

1 hour ago, Vern said:

Nice, For yourself or partner  now only dinner and flowers to think about....and the card, at all costs do not forget the card. Congratulations by the way.

For my wife, although I'm certain she'd prefer diamonds!