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07-10-2008, 10:50 AM
Posted By: <b>Josh Wulkan</b><p>Boardies:<br /><br />I just wanted to alert you to a problem that was brought to my attention last night. Apparently, someone decided it would be cool to steal our image and our description on a particular lot in our auction, post it on eBay and sell it with a Buy It Now. Here is the link to the auction.<br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1985-86-Maryland-Terrapins-Signed-Yearbook-Len-Bias_W0QQitemZ230269878611QQihZ013QQcategoryZ64492 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/1985-86-Maryland-Terrapins-Signed-Yearbook-Len-Bias_W0QQitemZ230269878611QQihZ013QQcategoryZ64492 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a><br /><br />Just an FYI, if you see something on eBay, even if the guy has a 2000+ feedback rating, it may be a scam.<br /><br />Josh Wulkan<br />VP Auction Operations<br /><a title="Sports Auction selling Baseball Cards, Football Cards, Signed Autographed Vintage Sports, Boxing Memorabilia and Topps - Buy Online" href="http://www.hugginsandscott.com" target="_blank">www.hugginsandscott.com</a><br /><a title="Sports Auction selling Baseball Cards, Football Cards, Signed Autographed Vintage Sports, Boxing Memorabilia and Topps - Buy Online" href="http://www.hugginsandscott.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.hugginsandscott.com/images/Huggins_Scott_Auction_Logo.gif" width="140" height="57"></a><br /><br />p.s. By the way, I did contact eBay and the winning bidder about this. I heard nothing from the winning bidder and haven't heard anything back from eBay.<br /><br />p.p.s. Our auction's day 2 ends tonight. Initial bids must be in by 9:00pm EST<br />
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07-10-2008, 11:09 AM
Posted By: <b>jay wolt</b><p>Looks like someone used the Buy It Now at $975.00
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07-10-2008, 11:13 AM
Posted By: <b>Jodi Birkholm</b><p>Josh,<br /><br />Per our conversation, I have alerted my contact in eBay's fraud department to this matter. I hope this helps.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />Jodi
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07-10-2008, 11:17 AM
Posted By: <b>Jimmy</b><p>I just noticed the buy it now price as well, Josh do you think it was someone that thought they could win the auction tonight at a lower price. Interesting they selected this particular auction, maybe to avoid a lot of attention. I hope things workout and you can get to the bottom of this.<br /><br />Jimmy<br /><br />J&B Sports Auctions<br />
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07-10-2008, 11:55 AM
Posted By: <b>Josh Wulkan</b><p>I don't think so. I'm not sure what the guy was hoping for, but it was listed at 9:07 and sold at 9:08, so the item was actually only visible for about a minute. That seems unusual to me, so I thought maybe the guy was just looking to improve his feedback by stealing an image and a description, listing it with a buy it now and having a friend or an alias bid on it. No monetary transaction would take place, but the guy would be improving his feedback and percentage. Seems possible to me, but I have no idea. I feel bad if this was legit and the buyer actually already paid by Paypal or something.<br /><br />Josh
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07-10-2008, 12:02 PM
Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Josh - the item was listed on the outside of the H&S catalog and would be a poor choice for a scam. I'll put my money down that the buyer and the seller are the same. With the current Microsoft/ebay promotion, he basically just took the money out of one pocket, put it in the other and after he pays the ebay/Paypal fees, netted himself 13% profit after 60 days. Much better then a 4% 12 month CD.<br />Of course, the guy could just be an idiot.
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07-10-2008, 12:04 PM
Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Ebay looks like they are playing it safe....they took it down...closed or not....so my guess is that they will investigate further....