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Terms of Service Need to State Payment Options
We grow weary with Proxibid auctions that refuse to spell out just what their payment instructions are, believe it is a technical violation of the Unified User Agreement, and ask the portal to require...
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Fake Bids and “No Pay” Bidders
Proxiblog has been informed by several auctioneers about the specter of fake and no-pay bidders. Because both violate the Unified User Agreement, you should document infractions and report them...
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Bidder Tips: Disputing Lot Descriptions
Bidders and auctioneers should follow procedures when disputing lot descriptions. Here are tips for bidders. Tuesday we will share pointers for auctioneers. When bidders receive a coin that has not...
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Don’t Hide Certs Because You Could Be Selling a Counterfeit
Auctioneers love stickers, especially on holdered coins. We can’t tell you how frustrating it is for savvy online bidders, looking for rare and pricey coins, when auctioneers cover the certification...
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How long will the hype continue?
Normally we are patient when auctioneers new to the portal make numismatic errors, but this particular auction (no longer new) inflates values to such extent that we are holding Proxibid accountable...
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Another Complaining Newby
We marvel at Proxibid sellers who charge high buyer’s fees (this one is 21%) with opening bids on common coins as high as their intrinsic values–without buyer’s premiums and shipping figured in....
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An Auction House that Read the Unified User Agreement!
Auction Wholesales, Inc., deserves its Proxibid gold ribbon badge for the highest standards of ethics. Its policies are aligned with Proxibid’s Unified User Agreement concerning counterfeit, doctored...
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Kudos to another house that read the Unified User Agreement; your lawyer...
Nostalgia Connection, new to the portal, is off to a great start because its policies are aligned with Proxibid’s Unified User Agreement concerning counterfeit, doctored or misrepresented items....
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When “Report the Item” Fails, It Affects Your Bottom Line
It is one thing to report the item and another to rely on the auctioneer to change a misleading lot description. If Proxibid’s “report the item” is going to work, the company has to enforce it on...
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Hyped Coins Taint Reputation
Look closely at the Peace dollar above. You’ll see it is harshly cleaned. How much would you pay over silver melt? $10? $30? How about $60,000? That’s what this Proxibid auction house suggests in its...
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