This rare £1 coin looks like a fried egg because it has a misaligned core – which means the silver coloured centre bleeds into the outer ring, making it look really unusual The £1 coin sold for a small fortune due to an error in its design ( Image: Getty …
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After 13 bids and starting at £1, one lucky buyer will be able to add this rare coin to their collection – this coin was designed nine-year-old Florence Jackson back in 2009 Coins can sell for hundreds of pounds online ( Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) A rare Blue Peter 50p coin …
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Coin collectors will pay big money if you have a 2009 version of this Blue Peter 50p coin, released to celebrate the London Olympic 2012 games in conjunction with Blue Peter A version of this Blue Peter 50p coin has sold for £280 on eBay ( Image: PA) A rare …
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People have discovered that hundreds of ‘missing’ Royal Mail and Hermes parcels are being sold on eBay – and customers aren’t happy. Listings spotted on the auction website show bundles of undelivered packages being sold for hundreds of pounds by mystery sellers. A listing with bids going up to £56 …
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People flogging valuable items on eBay, Facebook and Gumtree are being warned about a new scam. West Midlands Police say sellers looking to make some extra money in lockdown have been conned out of more than £125,000 by scammers in recent months. The con-artists have been targeting people selling high-value …
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There’s little about a brown cardboard box to lift the spirits, not even when it’s wrapped in wrinkled clingfilm. Hard, then, to imagine that the package just handed over to us on the doorstep of a dishevelled terrace house in Street, Somerset, is one of the most sought-after items on …
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A servant to the Queen today admitted stealing two prestigious medals from Buckingham Palace as well as other items worth up to £100,000. Adamo Canto, 37, swiped a Companion of the Order of the Bath medal belonging to retired Navy vice-admiral Sir Anthony Johnstone-Burt, the Queen’s Master of the Household, and …
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The £7.5bn Black Friday: Beleaguered stores are set for a sales boost as frenzied shoppers snap up bargains (but some offers are best avoided) Experts have warned some bargains may not be quite as attractive as they seem Britons will spend more online this Christmas than in the high street …
Read More »An expensive phone that I bought on eBay, and returned because it was faulty, has been lost in transit and, although everyone agrees I should get my money back, eBay, PayPal and Royal Mail are all refusing to take responsibility. I bought the LGG8s ThinQ mobile phone for £345.99. The …
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A long-standing eBay customer has accused PayPal of facilitating a scam that left him £650 out of pocket and suffering from stress in the weeks leading to Christmas. Richard Edy, 46, has been a customer with the auction website for eight years, however he’s spent the past three months appealing …
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