Since you phrased it as a question. I'll bite. No disrespect meant, and they're still dirty scammers... but yeah. You personally sent them the money. It's not like you couldn't have done just a little bit of research to figure out what you're getting into.
Just like if you get an e-mail from Nigeria telling you you've been selected to help move lottery winnings into the USA, you just need to provide a bank account. Do people fall for it? YES... And they're STILL falling for it! Why? Because the scammers are still doing and there are people willing to give them their money. But, if someone falls for it when a simple google search on Nigerian e-mails would reveal all they needed to know.... yeah, I just shake my head in wonder...
I DO believe there is some accountability there. Doesn't make what they do right, but the scammers prey on people who don't do due diligence.
Another way to look at this whole mess is that for $25 (or whatever you paid), you paid a VERY SMALL SUM in tuition for life experience... and you got to keep some wheat pennies to boot! *fist pump* Now, for that small cost, the likelihood of you ever getting scammed again has gone WAYYYY down. That's worth something right there. At least it's not sending someone $8K for a car, only to find out the car doesn't exist...
Life is filled with stuff like this. We all learn from mistakes. I recommend seeing that someone calling out that it was a mistake, isn't necessarily a bad thing.
It's all in how you view that donkey, man. The front end or the back... very different views, but that doesn't make someone wrong, bad, or insulting, simply because they're calling out that an individual COULD have discovered this roll scamming with just a little effort.
I hope you don't consider this inflammatory in any way... it's not meant to be. Life lessons suck. But that's how we grow and learn.
In the future, before getting into some new market on eBay, I recommend checking out the buying guides section. It's saved my butt more than once on coins...
Cheers!
Skippy
