Wildwext

I recently found Wildwext.com via Google Shopping and made a purchase of a couple of US Mint silver Walking Liberty dollars. My goddaughter is just starting to lose her baby teeth and I thought the silver dollars might make fun tooth fairy rewards. I'll have to admit that I was a bit suspicious as the price of the coins was below what the U.S. Mint and just about every other online seller was offering them for (though I thought it could be a loss leader or something). Wildwext was also offering free shipping so it seemed too good to be true and it was. I could also find very little online about the reputation of this company. But I went ahead and placed an order for two coins. The charge went through but I didn't receive any e-mail confirmation or any other kind of backup with the details of my order. That was September 9th and after several weeks I decided I wasn't willing to wait anymore so I reached out to their customer service. Unsurprisingly, I never received the courtesy of a reply. So then it was on to American Express which very efficiently processed a dispute for me and issued a chargeback and a refund. Lesson learned. Oh but then today, more than eight weeks later, a tiny, enigmatic package arrived in my mailbox from China. Inside it were the two coins. Why silver coins from the U.S. Mint would be arriving on a slow boat from China was my first question. But then looking at the coins, and comparing them with legit coins from my collection, I could see that they were clever counterfeits. A magnet test verified this. Silver coins should not stick to a magnet. The coins will be forwarded to the local field office of the U.S. Secret Service. So in any case, let this be a warning to anyone considering a purchase from Wildwext. They are not reputable merchant and very possibly are connected to other criminal ventures.