Thanks to Maridvnvm at Forvm and the Forvm Fake Reports, I recently discovered a coin I bought almost a year ago is a cast fake. A copy of the same sold recently on ebay for £205, and the same crooks have another copy listed with the same picture right now. The difference between the unfortunate ebay buyer and myself is that I bought mine from a reputable dealer on Vcoins, and I am in the process of getting a full refund, while the ebay purchaser will almost certainly never have their money refunded.
The moral of this story is to buy from reputable dealers. Yes, they are human and can make mistakes, but when they do, you can get your money back. On the other hand, ebay will actually profit from the fraud perpetrated against you. They will get their fee and you will get an automated email after you complain, but that’s probably about it. So unless you are very knowledgeable and experienced, or know the dealer well, be very cautious about where you buy your coins.
Special thanks to Joe at Forvm for doing a service for the hobby and hosting the Fake Coin Reports. If you haven’t seen it before, you may want to check it out.
Hi Brian!
I’m unable to access the Vcoins site when linked to from your site, and also when linked to from Google. This also happened last time you mentioned Vcoins to me in an email. Can you still see the Vcoins site now? I have no idea why I cannot view it. When you have a moment, I hope you’ll be able to let me know if you can see it.
Hi Nathan!
This is odd. I checked the email I sent you and the links worked fine. Vcoins has always been very reliable for me. It is up right now too. See if emptying the cache on your browser and reloading works.
Hmm, I’m beginning to wonder if they have blocked external countries. I’ll try your suggestion and see what happens.
I can’t think of any reason why they would have done that. Do you have a different browser on your computer? Try that one if you do.
Also, can you access http://www.ancients.info/ ? That is the forum for Vcoins. I’m am sure they can help you out. If you can’t access ancients.info either, let me know and I’ll ask them for you.