Note the fine print

If you put it on your watch page you immediately get a discounted offer of $1800, thats one cheap ounce of gold or an expensive ounce of copper alloy.
 
Based in Australia, welcomeau_71 has been an eBay member since 02 Oct, 2020
$2 K :rolleyes:o_O


Item specifics

Golden west refining 1oz Gold bar

Composition: Gold Brand/Mint: Australian Bullion Company
Precious Metal Content per Unit: 1 oz Fineness: 0.9999
Total Precious Metal Content: 1oz .9999 Fine Gold Region of Origin: Australian
Modified Item: No Certification: Uncertified

 
On 4 October is seems the same eBay member sold 2 Perth Mint 1oz gold bars for $1800AUD (when spot was $2600).
 
Golden Stash said:
These are being made in China , note that the seller has listed item as .9999 and not 99.99 .
Miss this at your peril as he is being honest about what he is selling , alloy which is gold clad!!!!

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Golden-...805604?hash=item289eaca1e4:g:V5EAAOSwZDlfdr3f
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obviously fake. but not sure what you mean with the .9999 vs 99.99 thing, he isnt being honest at all

"fine gold with a 999.9 millesimal fineness rating may also be expressed as 99.99% or .9999"
 
Jason1 said:
obviously fake. but not sure what you mean with the .9999 vs 99.99 thing, he isnt being honest at all

"fine gold with a 999.9 millesimal fineness rating may also be expressed as 99.99% or .9999"
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If someone went back to ebay and said I thought i was buying pure gold he would say I specifically said it was not pure gold by stating that it was less than 1% gold.
 
Ebay don't care. they make money from dodgy fakes just as that make money from honest sellers. It's all the same for them.
 
Shaddam IV said:
Ebay don't care. they make money from dodgy fakes just as that make money from honest sellers. It's all the same for them.
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If you can demonstrate the item is not as described they will act I’d payment was made by paypal but that is why he has used the clever use of .9999 as he has now described item correctly even though he knows buyers will think he means pure gold.
 
Jason1 said:
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Jason1 said:
but the listing doesnt say that, it says fineness .9999

I think the op is confused as what .9999 is
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i think you are confusing the terminology.

I am discussing ebay nomenclature.
.999 is an accepted term for silver, gold uses the carat system .
This seller has used .9999 to deceive. So many ebayer would miss the location of decimal point and this is what I was highlighting. Buyers would be thinking 99.99
I do see if plated material is not Specifically stated this is against ebay rules so if you can demonstrate that it is plated like an XRF test you will get your money back .
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Geez, get a life.

We are talking about a seller on ebay who is being clever in trying to deceive. It is obvious that was his motive in using .9999

Ebay recognise the carat system , we are not talking about a bullion dealer.
Seller made no mention of carat value.
 
Golden Stash said:
Geez, get a life.

We are talking about a seller on ebay who is being clever in trying to deceive. It is obvious that was his motive in using .9999

Ebay recognise the carat system , we are not talking about a bullion dealer.
Seller made no mention of carat value.
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Again .9999 equals pure bullion. They arent trying tobe tricky by where they put the decimal point, they are just flat out lying.
Heaps of people list real gold bullion as .9999 instead of 99.99% or 999.9 because it means the same bloody thing.
Reason im mentioning this is so people dont read this thread and then look at some one who is selling real bullion and think he is a scamer because its listed as .9999 and not 99.99 or 999.9

They should however question some one selling gold bullion $600 below spot price, like the one you have pointed out. The price is of concern not where the seller put the decimal point as that is correct for real bullion.
 
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