Why do people buy silver plated coins on eBay?

[stefffana]

It is only one possible and realistic explanation:

Some people develop a fetish over time, buying copies of real things and beings.

I suppose that if Bully ( @HerefordBullyun) is happy to have a dolly instead a real woman, other people have a real pleasure buying and having plated coins instead real silver coins.

The human mind is sometimes strange, and even if we have been trying to understand it for centuries, sometimes it cannot be penetrated into its depths.

Edited June 25, 2022 by stefffana

[LawrenceChard]

3 hours ago, flyingveepixie said:

Come to think of it, I can distinctly remember a time on ebay when if something fake was advertised it would be automatically flagged as such by some kind of bot or other and the auction cancelled and  a warning would be sent to the seller on a 'three strikes and you're out' basis along with a requirement to go and read ebay's terms and conditions for sellers with a wee tickbox at the bottom which you had to tick before you could proceed.  I can definitely remember that from about 10-15 years ago, so why not now..? 

 

It might be a UK thing, like police being too busy to attend burglaries, shoplifting ignored unless it's £200 or so, etc. There's so much of it going on that nobody has the time or resources to tackle it, so it gets worse.

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[James32]

2 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

It might be a UK thing, like police being too busy to attend burglaries, shoplifting ignored unless it's £200 or so, etc. There's so much of it going on that nobody has the time or resources to tackle it, so it gets worse.

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Can I shoplift up to £200?😁

[LawrenceChard]

1 hour ago, LittleMan said:

I think if there was a story in a nation newspaper about fake currency being openly sold on eBay, then it would stop overnight.

 

No, there would be a sell-out!

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[Thelonerangershorse]

2 minutes ago, James32 said:

Can I shoplift up to £200?😁

How much is a half sov at a bullion dealers?

[flyingveepixie]

2 minutes ago, James32 said:

Can I shoplift up to £200?😁

I think you actually can you know....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42492488

[flyingveepixie]

6 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

It might be a UK thing, like police being too busy to attend burglaries, shoplifting ignored unless it's £200 or so, etc. There's so much of it going on that nobody has the time or resources to tackle it, so it gets worse.

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Too busy painting their toe nails pink and looking at facebook for hate-non-crimes or whatever it is they call them...

[LawrenceChard]

3 minutes ago, Thelonerangershorse said:

How much is a half sov at a bullion dealers?

Dunno, but they are cheaper in Dubai...

Althought the shoplifting might cost you an arm and a leg!

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[stefffana]

9 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

Dunno, but they are cheaper in Dubai...

Althought the shoplifting might cost you an arm and a leg!

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What happened with those women? Any arms and legs on the trophy wall in Blackpool?😊

[James32]

11 minutes ago, stefffana said:

What happened with those women? Any arms and legs on the trophy wall in Blackpool?😊

Out of everything available, she chose a tray of eggs?

[modofantasma]

8 hours ago, LawrenceChard said:

Some are just stupid, and have not read to the end of the title, because it's 

Oooh shiney 

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[dicker]

7 hours ago, stefffana said:

What happened with those women? Any arms and legs on the trophy wall in Blackpool?😊

Precisely why some shops have a buzz in entry system.

[GoldDiggerDave]

10 hours ago, flyingveepixie said:

I think you actually can you know....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42492488

It’s a fantastic way to bring down the crime numbers, whoever dreamed this up will get a knighthood for reducing crime by 20-30%. 
 

Effectively legalising petty theft.  

[flyingveepixie]

5 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

It’s a fantastic way to bring down the crime numbers, whoever dreamed this up will get a knighthood for reducing crime by 20-30%. 
 

Effectively legalising petty theft.  

Lol. Yes, sad but true. Same as how they bring down the unemployment numbers by making up more and more rules to exclude people from claiming and making them take zero contract jobs.  They're very clever.

[GoldDiggerDave]

22 minutes ago, flyingveepixie said:

Lol. Yes, sad but true. Same as how they bring down the unemployment numbers by making up more and more rules to exclude people from claiming and making them take zero contract jobs.  They're very clever.

You are trying to trigger me this morning!....LOL.  When I got made redundant I looked at the benefit system its crazy you can't even claim job seekers now as it's been lumped into universal credit and they take your partners salary in consideration so if they earn something like over 18k they deem it enough for 2 adults to life off......Oh and forget having any savings anywhere, might as well buy a load of PM's before you even attempt to make a claim.  

I have 100% sympathy for those who have fallen on hard times they will soon learn the system is very unlikely to help them, you think if you work all your life and pay into the system then you will get help when you need it.   

[Rains]

11 hours ago, James32 said:

Can I shoplift up to £200?😁

Wow that my weekly shop done then no more inflation worries 🤣

[flyingveepixie]

33 minutes ago, GoldDiggerDave said:

You are trying to trigger me this morning!....LOL.  When I got made redundant I looked at the benefit system its crazy you can't even claim job seekers now as it's been lumped into universal credit and they take your partners salary in consideration so if they earn something like over 18k they deem it enough for 2 adults to life off......Oh and forget having any savings anywhere, might as well buy a load of PM's before you even attempt to make a claim.  

I have 100% sympathy for those who have fallen on hard times they will soon learn the system is very unlikely to help them, you think if you work all your life and pay into the system then you will get help when you need it.   

Haha, apologies..😂   yeah it's a pile of 💩 and a complete mess which just gets worse with every bit of tinkering they do.  Grrr..😡

[flyingveepixie]

The latest buzzword I've started to notice over the last few days from various sources in news media is that the country needs the skills of all the illegals coming over in the dinghies..

If only I could make this nonsense up meself and sell it, I'd make a packet..!

Edited June 26, 2022 by flyingveepixie

[Thelonerangershorse]

Now that Steve Redgrave has quit, I can see that the olyimpic rowing team might need some new blood, but other than that, nothing comes to mind.