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Gold Coin Buyer Claimed It Was Fake, Account Locked

I have an open case against me that was sided with the buyer of a gold 10 rouble Russian coin.

This coin was in a set of gold rouble coins which I had brought to Birmingham Estate and Jewelry, which also has coin dealers. I asked them if they could validate the coins and give me an offer on them. They did, and said they all weigh what the world coins book says they are supposed to, and not only that, they were heavy like they were real.

The dealer gave me an offer, but I turned it down because it was way too low. I came back another time and he wanted to buy them again, but the price was still not where I wanted it. So I put the coins on eBay, and a buyer wanted to buy them, but he did not offer me enough the first time around either. He then asked me if I had a few other rouble coins with red spots on them and specific years. I said no. He then said OK and asked me if I would break the set and sell it outside of eBay. I said if he would buy it, I would do so. He offered me 610.00 for the coin, and I took the offer and sold it to him.

After I sold it to him, he told PayPal that I sold him a fake, not an original coin. I said no, I did not. Why would I ruin a perfect eBay rating by doing so? I have never had any issues like that with any buyers, and I do not need any trouble.

PayPal locked my account and gave me a negative balance for the amount of the coin. I looked into this further. He wanted those two coins, gold roubles in those specific years with red dots, because fakes are made of those, and he has the fakes. He wanted to get the originals, worth about 15000.00 each, and pull the exact same scam: tell PayPal that I sent fakes, get a refund, and return fakes to the seller.

PayPal asked me to ask the buyer to send the coin back and to take it to the dealer I use to verify its authenticity. I did just that, and they saw me open the package there. The coin weighed in at 8.7g. The dealer then took it to a machine to test the content of it.

The machine showed 62.9 ag, which is gold. My coin was 100% gold, the one that I sold him.

What he returned to me was fake, and the dealer also chuckled and said it is lighter in color, does not look like the old coin from the coin set, and looks new. He then dropped it on the marble counter to test the sound of it. It did not sound like the original I had brought in before, and it was much lighter when holding it.

Your customer is a crook and a thief. He has many fakes. If PayPal does not appeal this and remove his PayPal privileges, I will take this to an attorney to handle.

I have an excellent PayPal rating and do a lot of business with PayPal and eBay. I do not deserve this treatment. I have a lot of stress because of this.

I am enclosing the document from the test from the dealer. Please take care of this matter as quickly as possible. Thank you very much.

Company: PayPal
Country: USA
State: California
City: San Jose
ZIP: 95131-2021
Address: 2211 N First St
Phone: 4029352050, 4029383751, 8882211161
Site: paypal.com

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