new coins for 2018

[seedyrom]

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=282796252453&globalID=EBAY-AU

Well I guess that answers my question about the clamshells

Looks less chaotic than the swap day last year.




Little kids all holding clamshell boxes. 1st 100 coins of the year don't get a cool box do they?
Cant imagine people are rushing to buy their little ones $60 convict era silver proof coins.

[Hercules]

So it would appear that if you want all five cards/folders, one could spend a lot of money over and above the cost of five MYO coins to secure a full set of cards/folders.

Hmm, shall I continue:   That is THE question?

That's worse than what they did with the Rio Olympics. They had five different folders for those as well, which were randomly distributed, but at least if you went to Woollies or the Ekka, you could get whichever ones you were missing. So now we've gone from buying coins exactly 5 times to buying them 10+ times just to get one of each different type of packaging. Does Greg have any plans to include packaging figures in the next edition of Maccas?  :huh:  (Poor guy. I just feel so sorry for him having to keep track of this as well.)

[seedyrom]

Makes you wonder how this seller got their folders.
We're not even a week into the new year, but sellers have had listings like this for days

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=322971328381&globalID=EBAY-AU

[Pedro]

He does live in the ACT so may be he spends a lot of time at the RAM :winkextra:

Pedro

[Hercules]

He does live in the ACT so may be he spends a lot of time at the RAM :winkextra:

Pedro

Which is exactly what the mint wants. They must have made a fortune out of this decision already.

[jimmy1979]

This hobby is becoming too expensive, especially when the Mint is issuing what seems like over 100 coins a year. I wonder how many 2018 coins will be released this year to commemorate the 100 year anniversary since WWI ended. November will be a busy month. Also in March or April we are expecting 3 different $2 coins for the Commonwealth Games which will no doubt come through Woolworths again. I'm thinking I might just go back to collecting circulated coins and only buy NCLT if it is something that interests me.

[Basil]

This hobby is becoming too expensive, especially when the Mint is issuing what seems like over 100 coins a year.

Its a joke,the Golden Goose might not be dead but its on life support.

[runway]

Makes you wonder how this seller got their folders.
We're not even a week into the new year, but sellers have had listings like this for days

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=322971328381&globalID=EBAY-AU

They were available at RAM on Jan 1st for $3 ea from the MYO presses, this seller is what is called PURE GREED wanting $14 ea

[runway]

This hobby is becoming too expensive, especially when the Mint is issuing what seems like over 100 coins a year.

Its a joke,the Golden Goose might not be dead but its on life support.

It's tossers like this  that don't help the situation https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Rare-Australian-2017-2-coin-Collectable-Limited-Edition/253142281636?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20140106155344%26meid%3D637067309cf842bb9bd617fea5e68673%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D401470576694&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

[Hercules]

It's tossers like this  that don't help the situation https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Rare-Australian-2017-2-coin-Collectable-Limited-Edition/253142281636?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20140106155344%26meid%3D637067309cf842bb9bd617fea5e68673%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D401470576694&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

When I was younger, I used to equate "rare" with "scarce", so maybe that's what they've done here. These coins are scarce in circulation, which is why the seller's listed them as "rare". However, I do agree that anyone who is that much into coins to sell them on eBay ought to know that these coins are very common outside of circulation, so they are certainly not "rare" or "scarce" overall. Just my $2. :winkextra:

[Triggersmob]

I find it funny that they claim the coin is rare and yet they have 14 for sale.

[seedyrom]

Yep, a mere 6 million Possum magic $2 coins made.

[rollycoins]

It's tossers like this  that don't help the situation https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Rare-Australian-2017-2-coin-Collectable-Limited-Edition/253142281636?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20140106155344%26meid%3D637067309cf842bb9bd617fea5e68673%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D401470576694&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

This particular seller.. I've had a bad experience with him/her, not so much because I got ripped off by their 'rare' and 'scarce' coins, but rather he/she openly takes photos from my listings and took it as their own. Even the listing description was a rip off mine.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Rare-2017-2-Two-Dollars-Lest-We-Forget-ANZAC-Coloured-Coin-UNC/253143580768

The first photo on the above listing was taken by myself when I used to sell that coin at a fraction of his/her current prices to help fund my hobby. He/She blatantly ripped it off as their own and despite repeated messages to get it off, does not reply and simply cropped the photo to make it seem 'different' from the original. Really makes me fume thinking about it and I thought I'd finally got over it. But when I clicked on runway's link, it just triggered me off once again. 

In case anyone was wondering, I have reported him to eBay, but clearly the process of filing for infringement of copyright is too tedious and you're supposed to have a company holding the rights etc. which you must have proof of. I simply gave up.

Here's the original featuring my bedsheets  :dodgy:  I took a lot of effort to even get this photo because the colours don't show up very well. To have it ripped off me just made me really upset. 

[ausjack]

Gee rolly that's BS :@ Ever thought about putting a watermark on like some sellers do now. Here's a listing that our lovely PP has up https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SAFLIPS-2x2-Coin-Holder-50pk-PVC-FREE-Saflip-With-50-Card-Inserts/202133673495?hash=item2f101b1617:g:U5EAAOSwNSxVQGX4  and as you can see the water mark in the middle bit doesn't really take away from the pic, but it's a total joke that things have gotten that bad that you have to do all this extra work to protect something as simple as a bloody photo because some low life arsehole will rip it off and use it so yes it makes me mad and I don't even sell :dash1:

[jens coins]

"This particular seller.. I've had a bad experience with him/her, not so much because I got ripped off by their 'rare' and 'scarce' coins, but rather he/she openly takes photos from my listings and took it as their own. Even the listing description was a rip off mine. "

I had the same seller use my photos as well.
The only way ebay will do anything is if you watermark your photo and that way ebay will remove the listing because you have proof it is your photo.