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Interesting . . .
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2749170314 Probably a scam. Zero feedback and a private auction. But the starting bid is low enough for someone to take a chance, and the seller knows it. Think I'll watch the auction to see how many people bid, and what the final price is. Ron |
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Ron B. wrote in message . ..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2749170314 Probably a scam. Zero feedback and a private auction. But the starting bid is low enough for someone to take a chance, and the seller knows it. Think I'll watch the auction to see how many people bid, and what the final price is. What's even more interesting is if you go back and look at his first auction for that card. Amazing how the condition worsened from the first to the second. |
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On 29 Aug 2003 08:40:54 -0700, (jpeabody) wrote:
Ron B. wrote in message . .. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2749170314 Probably a scam. Zero feedback and a private auction. But the starting bid is low enough for someone to take a chance, and the seller knows it. Think I'll watch the auction to see how many people bid, and what the final price is. What's even more interesting is if you go back and look at his first auction for that card. Amazing how the condition worsened from the first to the second. I spent a fair amount of time checking things out a week ago, and then monitoring his second auction. At least he was honest in the first auction, and said that the card in the picture wasn't the actual card he was selling. He said it was because his scanner wasn't working. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2749016143 He canceled the first auction after one day, and started the second one four days later. This one had a picture of the actual card. He still had a starting bid of $100, but it was a private auction, and it said in the description that he was selling it as a reprint because he wasn't sure if it was real. But then he went on to say how he found it in a trunk amongst other old documents, photos, and newspaper clippings. They were in the background of his new photo, and they were from the late 1940s and early 1950s. He claimed he was going to put them up for auction too, but he still hasn't done it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2749170314 The high bid was in the upper $800s after three days. The bid count was 18, but the history page indicates there were only 7 or 8 bidders competing against each other. He finally canceled the auction after four days. The official explanation was that the card was no longer available for sale. The only other card he ever tried to sell on eBay was a graded 1985 Kirby Puckett. So he's aware of card grading. And since he's selling on eBay, you'd think he was capable of doing a search and seeing the big bucks a real '52 Mantle should sell for. Even one that looks like these: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2748720356 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2749764534 So things just don't add up. If he really did find it the way he did, wouldn't he have gotten it graded or authenticated, and sold it as the genuine article? Or if he thought it was a reprint, why would he have a starting bid of $100? And why would he prefer a private auction? Also - doesn't the seller in the auction below write in a strangely similar manner to the seller in this thread? And notice how he said he's selling it as a reprint, but he had a starting bid way out of line for a reprint. Same "MO" - after the buyer discovers it's a reprint, he can't get his money back because the seller described it as such. The only difference is that he trimmed the corners back and added a crease to make it look old. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2747516540 Ron ("He'll be back . . .") |
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Wait....somebody actually paid over $1,300 for that reprint with the
cut corners? Did anybody beat me at getting in touch with the buyer about a bridge for sale? Ron B. wrote in message . .. On 29 Aug 2003 08:40:54 -0700, (jpeabody) wrote: Ron B. wrote in message . .. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2749170314 Probably a scam. Zero feedback and a private auction. But the starting bid is low enough for someone to take a chance, and the seller knows it. Think I'll watch the auction to see how many people bid, and what the final price is. What's even more interesting is if you go back and look at his first auction for that card. Amazing how the condition worsened from the first to the second. I spent a fair amount of time checking things out a week ago, and then monitoring his second auction. At least he was honest in the first auction, and said that the card in the picture wasn't the actual card he was selling. He said it was because his scanner wasn't working. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2749016143 He canceled the first auction after one day, and started the second one four days later. This one had a picture of the actual card. He still had a starting bid of $100, but it was a private auction, and it said in the description that he was selling it as a reprint because he wasn't sure if it was real. But then he went on to say how he found it in a trunk amongst other old documents, photos, and newspaper clippings. They were in the background of his new photo, and they were from the late 1940s and early 1950s. He claimed he was going to put them up for auction too, but he still hasn't done it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2749170314 The high bid was in the upper $800s after three days. The bid count was 18, but the history page indicates there were only 7 or 8 bidders competing against each other. He finally canceled the auction after four days. The official explanation was that the card was no longer available for sale. The only other card he ever tried to sell on eBay was a graded 1985 Kirby Puckett. So he's aware of card grading. And since he's selling on eBay, you'd think he was capable of doing a search and seeing the big bucks a real '52 Mantle should sell for. Even one that looks like these: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2748720356 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2749764534 So things just don't add up. If he really did find it the way he did, wouldn't he have gotten it graded or authenticated, and sold it as the genuine article? Or if he thought it was a reprint, why would he have a starting bid of $100? And why would he prefer a private auction? Also - doesn't the seller in the auction below write in a strangely similar manner to the seller in this thread? And notice how he said he's selling it as a reprint, but he had a starting bid way out of line for a reprint. Same "MO" - after the buyer discovers it's a reprint, he can't get his money back because the seller described it as such. The only difference is that he trimmed the corners back and added a crease to make it look old. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2747516540 Ron ("He'll be back . . .") |
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