Beware of buying 'gold' coins on eBay which are not gold, just gold-plated, particularly German coins.
We sell a limited range of items on eBay, less than 4% of our turnover,
but many of the items we offer are gold. As a result, we happen to
notice a lot of the other gold coins listed by other people on eBay. We
have been astounded at the high percentage of items falsely,
misleadingly and fraudulently described as gold, which are clearly only
gold plated.Please spare two seconds to click the YES link at the end of this page
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Fools GoldA few months ago, every time we searched the
"Coins" category for "Gold", it seemed as though half the listings were
for gold-plated coins being fraudulently passed off as gold. Over a
period of a few week, we sent a number of reports to eBay "Safety
Center", we also placed a few of the items on "Watch This Item".
Nothing seemed to happen. We got the distinct impression that eBay
never took any action, as none of the listings we reported ever got
removed, and we noticed the same sellers week in week out, offering the
same crap.
When we looked today, we had mixed feelings. We were quite pleased to
see that the percentage of false listings appeared to b much lower than
previously, and we did not recognise any of the eBay user IDs. It is
likely that eBay have had enough complaints about these people, and
have eventually stopped them or closed their accounts, or perhaps this
was done by the equivalent of our Trading Standards in the relevant
country. On the other hand, there were still quite a few active dealers
offering the same stuff. Perhaps these are "wannabees", who have seen
the original listings, and decided that they would like to join in,
perhaps they are some of the previous dealers trading under a changed
or new identity. We reported a couple more today to see what happens,
if anything.
Gold One Mark, Two Marks, Five Marks, 1, 2, 3, 10 ReichspfennigMany of the "fools gold" items are one or more or the above coins, all of which are only base metal.
Gold One Euro, Two EurosThe other type of "fools gold" coins are 2 and 1 coins which have been gold plated.
UK DealersWe have noticed a UK dealer offering these same coins: Feedback Score: 539 Positive Feedback: 98.9%Typical Offers:LARGE NAZI GERMANY GOLD COIN 5 REICHSMARK TYPE 2RARE BIG NAZI GERMANY GOLD COIN 5 REICHSMARK
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