eBay Panda discussions

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  1. fishball

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    The Panda Market just keeps getting stronger and stronger. Gee only six months ago there were plenty of bargins to be found. Now your lucky to see one or two a month and that is with alot of searching.
    These two 1995 pandas look quite the bargin
    270883492069
     
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    fishball New Member Silver Stacker

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    The difference between setting a low reserve and a high reserve auction is astounding (volume of bids and final pricing).

    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/260929942110 ($199.99 starting; 2 bidders; 2 bids; final price: $202.49 + $30 shipping).

    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1991-China-Panda-10-Yuan-NGC-MS-69-Large-Date-/140676232177 ($8.88 starting; 10 bidders; 14 bids; final price: $234.28 + $15 shipping).

    Might be other factors like shitty ending time and all but still interesting to see the difference in mentality on eBay.
     
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    Yes it does cut into the margin, but I see graded Pandas as a long term investment. And the way the Panda market is going it's all good. Lets hope with all the worries about the world economy that the Panda market doesent get to beaten up. Still it's buy buy buy anything Panda for me.
     
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    Damn that's amazing. Looks real too at least upon a basic inspection.

    Anyway, I just won something on eBay and tried to pay for it via Paypal but it didn't work.

    It seems the seller only takes Visa and Discover but not Mastercard (through paypal), anybody had this happen before? O_O

    Sent the seller a message asking about it, seems strange as it's never happened to me before.
     
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    Maybe it is Paypal problem? I doubt seller can do anything specific about which card he takes. Call your card company, make sure it does not have problem
     
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    100% sure not my problem, I just bought another item and paid with my mastercard just fine.

    I have a few mastercards added onto my paypal account, none of them work for this guy.

    He only takes Visa, Discover and Bank funded transfer. I am not using any of them if I can help it since my mastercard has best rates.

    Edit: He's going to ask paypal tomorrow to check... think paypal's acting weird :p
     
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    can anyone tell me the difference between pcgs and ngc graded panda?? it seems most graded panda are ngc graded..

    btw are there any counterfeit graded panda???
     
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    NGC seems to be more popular in regards to Pandas. I think a lot of it has to do with the conservation that NCS can do while sending the Pandas for grading. Whereas PCGS does not offer a conservation process.

    There are rumors of counterfeit graded Pandas.
     
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    As an added precaution, both NGC and PCGS allow you to check the certification/serial number on their websites.
     
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    Any reported incidents of that online authentication being thwarted/abused so far?
     
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    Not that I've heard.
     
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    That's very reassuring! Thanks Tamo42!

    Much appreciated!
     
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    I have a 2010 PCGS 69 Panda it has at least a dozen spots on it ! Could it have been graded like that?
     
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    Yeah, apparently spots don't affect grading. I think grading focuses primarily on the strike, and not so much on the spotting.

    I've seen a few MS69 coins with spots before.

    But I think others like Tamo42 are probably the best people to listen to regarding this. Hopefully in the next few weeks I'll have a bit of experience sending and receiving stuff from NGC - and will be able to comment more on this.
     

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