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Most of you probably heard about famous ebay shop called SAXBYS COINS (if not here check this -> https://sites.google.com/site/coinfraudwatch/saxbys-coins )
I hate when that person is selling all these fakes so I bought one and left him negative feedback to warn other collectors) Here are the messages which I received from Saxbys coins:


New message from: saxbys-coins
Hello sir. I had noticed the feedback you had left. I am so very sorry for what has happened, i genuinly thought this artefact was authentic, it is getting very difficult to avoid forgeries on the british market and i am by no means an expert in every area as the subject is so vast. If you would like to return it for a full refund that would of course be no problem at all. Can i please ask you sir if you might be so kind and consider letting me send you a feedback revision form and you might change the negative feedback into a posative, i would be so so gratefull to you sir. I try my very hardest working on ebay sir and feedback is very important for business for me and my family. Please please would you consider my request, i will do what ever it takes to make this right for you sir. Please let me know your thoughts on this matter. With kindest regards benj @ saxbys coins

another one:

Hello again sir. I am hoping you might be so kind and give me the chance to make this right. This ring brooch is 100 % genuine and authentic. Please please sir will you let me send you a feedback revision form and you might make the negative feedback into a posative or at least neutral. I will do what ever it takes to make this right for you. Feedback is so important in business to me and my family, i would be so so gratefull to you. Please sir let me know what i can do, i can send a replacement and refund you in full, or there may be something else you like? I hope so much to hear from you, please let me know your thoughts on this matter. With kindest regards to you and your family. benj @ saxbys coins


Pathetic...

From the language used I'd say that was one of our Asian friends.  I've been there and done that and had a very similar response. I was beginning to wonder what they meant by MADAM they used it so often.
How can they replace the item in question. I assume it's an Annular Brooch.  They don't show up that often, in good condition, or do they ?
I've just had the same with a British company. The moral of my story is  CHECK THE REVIEWS BEFORE YOU PAY


Val

I agree with Val  ;)

I bought that brooch for £4 but leaving that  negative comment is priceless :)

Nice one Pablo, he knows what he's doing, the blokes a fraud.

Sometimes he does sell genuine items, but they are usually then identified as something else (and much scarcer).

I don't know if it the same person who started Saxby's - they called themselves 'Lord Adam'.

Ebay does nothing.

Nice one Pablo ;)

I was curious what Saxbys purchased so I've checked his feedbacks from purchase history and he bought CTX 3030 and minelab probe so he is also a detectorist, he might even be one of detecting Wales member.
and here are some fun facts about him:
He is selling 21 items per day ( 1823 items sold in 87 days )
Average sell price around £40 (after fees) per item so his total sale for 87 days is £72920 which is over £24 000 per month !! :D so probably half of that amount is his profit

The guy is a detectorist & a white male with dreadlocks, not Asian. He's also a nasty piece of work! Have seen him buying at a coin fair & seems to think he's above the law. The way the replies are written is his way of making him sound hard up imo. He knows full well that they are fakes & believe the BNTA is trying to do something about him.

We reckon he's selling around 10k a month on average. If you look at his feedback, on the right is the number '50' which is the number of feedbacks he's had revised presumably after sending emails similar to yours!

Can't believe so many bidders are duped into buying his fakes. He is currently selling large quantity of Roman gold beads, obviously European if genuine. Nearly everything he puts on is 'found in Britain' but 75% of it is European. He is also selling fake mediaeval crosses which he purchased from Balkan seller who was selling them as replicas.

Another name he uses to buy from abroad is hunch_bobs

Wonder how long before these appear as 'found in Britain':
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Livonian-order-coins-/261721284512 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Livonian-order-coins-/261721284512)

with 99.8% feedback and only 9 negs on 5100 transaction ebay will do nothing  ??? does not sell many cheap items maybe the reason he worried about retaliatory feedback ???

I also had a seller that tried to get me to revise a feedback left by offering to reimbursement me on a fake item. I messaged them back saying that I would report them to ebay for attempting to bribe me. Ebay will take this more seriously as it directly reflects badly on them.
Also if he's registered as a business seller he is more responsible for the accuracy of listed item descriptions than a private seller. His statement he's not an expert doesn't apply.
Good luck . Also you could offer to alter feedback AFTER receiving refund, then don't.  Playing him at his own game

haha  ;D good one I will do that

pick these couple of fakes at auction buried in a job lot did make my heart miss a bit when first saw the George iv gold which was buried under the tray of a jewerly box also had a few others thinking with the scratches on coin faces

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ebay is a easy outlet to get rid of such items like fake coins,

BM is that George IV a gilded silver shilling/sixpence and not a fake?

i've just finished watching one of those benefits britain type programs and now this!!!!!!!! >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

That's what I was thinking......I'm sure I had one of those at one point too......

Sale it at a premium BM :D

That was what i was thinking so tested with my cheep silver test and not clear, ran over a few detector and comes up as silver and same tone and numbers as another silver shilling so i think you re right dale,
Which is lucky as was going to sell in job lot so thanks for that Dale,  Dale this came a in a cracking lot at auction  which i got very cheap ;)

seen this at a auction house not had to workout this is a replica :D

loads of fake artifact on ebay 90% of the ring are modern copys or mass produced european rubbish beware