View Full Version : Buy the label, not the card
brianp-beme
08-01-2014, 01:31 PM
The featured photo on this seller's ebay offerings are close-ups of the TPG label (see example in link)...has our hobby really devolved that much?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1935-DIAMOND-STARS-38-BEN-CHAPMAN-PSA-5-/271564943048?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item3f3a882ec8
Brian
baker85
08-01-2014, 01:59 PM
Im not sure I understand the issue. There are photos of the card too.
brianp-beme
08-01-2014, 03:31 PM
The image chosen to represent the card for the ebay lot (this would be what a prospective buyer would first see when doing searches) is not the card itself, but the label for the card. Just an old-timers lament about what now so frequently drives our collecting.
Brian
I like to see a big clear scan as the first picture. This person has scans but they are very blurry. Their choice of first scans could have been a bit better.........for us dinosaurs out here :).