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12-23-2006, 04:33 PM
Posted By: <b>Kenneth A. Cohen</b><p>In the Ebay auction for a T3 Jennings, the seller characterizes the card as excellent. Nonetheless, the photo shows what appears to to be a pinhole. The seller says the card's in "pretty nice shape" and "not trimmed," perhaps trying to deflect attention from the appearance of a pinhole <br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/HUGHIE-JENNINGS-1911-TURKEY-RED-T3-18-EXCELLENT_W0QQitemZ230069667213QQihZ013QQcategoryZ 86841QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/HUGHIE-JENNINGS-1911-TURKEY-RED-T3-18-EXCELLENT_W0QQitemZ230069667213QQihZ013QQcategoryZ 86841QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a> <br /><br />I'm interested in opinions. I find the omission of mention of the apparent hole rather slimy, even though it's visible in the scan. Or is it simply good salesmanship? What do you think?<br />Ken <br /><br />PS - Hope I'm not messing up by posting on an active auction.
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12-23-2006, 04:36 PM
Posted By: <b>Jeff Prizner</b><p>I saw that too, he needs to call out the pinhole.
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12-23-2006, 04:36 PM
Posted By: <b>Frank Evanov</b><p>I don't have a problem with the omission. The hole is pretty obvious on the scan.<br><br>Frank
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12-23-2006, 04:38 PM
Posted By: <b>dennis</b><p>seller should mention pinholes. you are correct makes him look like a slimebag.
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12-23-2006, 07:34 PM
Posted By: <b>DMcD</b><p>Card also has a pinhole at the bottom. Seller has 2 or 3 negs for poor descriptions and he responds to his bad feedback like a lowlife. Bugger can't spell worth a damn either. I need the Jennings but I won't be bidding on this one.<br /><br /><br /><br><br>If can, can; if no can, no can.
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12-23-2006, 07:46 PM
Posted By: <b>Judge Dred (Fred)</b><p>Pin hole? What pinhole? The seller didn't mention a pin hole.
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12-23-2006, 08:34 PM
Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Can't be a pinhole... not with that starting price. That's gotta be a spot on the scanner.
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12-23-2006, 09:14 PM
Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>If he graded it as Poor the seller would not have to mention the pinholes. The<br />problem is he's graded it as Excellent, and I'm not confident it would grade<br />Excellent if it didn't have pinholes.
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12-23-2006, 09:56 PM
Posted By: <b>Brett</b><p>Whoever uses ebay can obviously see the pinhole, so lets not get so anal about him not saying anything about it. you can say the same thing when theres a t206 on ebay thats creased to hell and the seller says that the card is in great condition...
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12-23-2006, 10:26 PM
Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>It's not anal retentive to point out that a card with two holes in it doesn't <br />grade Excellent. Just as it isn't splitting hairs to point out that a man with<br />two holes in his head probably isn't napping.<br /><br />I understand non-collectors might call a worn card 'great' or 'swell.' However, considering<br />the volume of baseball cards this seller sells, I assume he knows the card grading<br />scale and knows that a baseball card with two holes doesn't grade Excellent. It's <br />apparent he wasn't using the word informally ("Hughie was a most excellent dude.")
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12-23-2006, 10:54 PM
Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p>It is in pretty nice shape, not trimmed, and is excellent with no creases, and back is nice.<br /><br />Ha ha, maybe he didnt see the tackholes <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />