Who said there are no deals on ebay......

[Pat R]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1901-11-T206...p2047675.l2557

[wolf441]

Wow....just wow.

[jp1216]

Buyer clearly overpaid by at least a few $$.

[Sean]

The only thing that could make this sale funnier would be if the Lenox was in Brown ink.

[jb217676]

There are deals to be found on ebay if you dig deep enough. I picked up this postcard for next to nothing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RPPC-WINNER-...vip=true&rt=nc

[rhettyeakley]

I almost threw up when I saw this one after the fact (someone was HAPPY!)...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1916-Zeenut-...item461d1ebac5

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by jb217676

There are deals to be found on ebay if you dig deep enough. I picked up this postcard for next to nothing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RPPC-WINNER-...vip=true&rt=nc

Wow..nice pickup, Jeff. Congrats!

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

How does that happen to a sports card seller?


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[sebie43]

I cant believe it, If he would have just Googled his own auction description.

[bobbyw8469]

I am totally blown away that someone who buys and sells card for a living puts cards on Ebay without doing one iota of research to see if a card is rare or valuable. I can understand not knowing everything about every single set that is out there, cause there are an absolute TON of sets out there. His auction title didn't even have the year (1932) or the maker of the card (US Caramel) anywhere in the title, nor the card number. It really had no keywords whatsoever in it for anyone to bid it up. Mind boggling.....

[Peter_Spaeth]

Caveat vendor.

[sebie43]

Well I for one will make sure I never get another deal on Ebay, and I will be sure to keep cash on hand just incase I buy something below market value.

[tschock]

People talking about apples, oranges, mangos, and pomegranates. They're all fruit but not the same.

Listing something at $8.00 when the intent was to list something at $800 is not of the same fruit as listing something at $8.00 because you aren't aware of the value.

As to compassion. Compassion that is forced is not compassion.

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by tschock

People talking about apples, oranges, mangos, and pomegranates. They're all fruit but not the same.

Listing something at $8.00 when the intent was to list something at $800 is not of the same fruit as listing something at $8.00 because you aren't aware of the value.

As to compassion. Compassion that is forced is not compassion.

Agreed.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by tschock

People talking about apples, oranges, mangos, and pomegranates. They're all fruit but not the same.

Listing something at $8.00 when the intent was to list something at $800 is not of the same fruit as listing something at $8.00 because you aren't aware of the value.

As to compassion. Compassion that is forced is not compassion.

In both this instance and the Nolan Ryan rookie card instance, and employee, or someone working for the business owner incorrectly sold something at the wrong price. I don't think that is apples and oranges.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

In both this instance and the Nolan Ryan rookie card instance, and employee, or someone working for the business owner incorrectly sold something at the wrong price. I don't think that is apples and oranges.

Has the seller said why the card was priced at that amount?

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

In both this instance and the Nolan Ryan rookie card instance, and employee, or someone working for the business owner incorrectly sold something at the wrong price. I don't think that is apples and oranges.

How do you know this? Did seller miss a decimal point--was going to sell it for $2495.00? I don't think so. Did he list the wrong item? He identified it as Lennox, twice, so I don't think so. Did he not know what he had? Probably.

[BleedinBlue]

In the case of the Ryan card the seller paid a hefty price for the card and then tried to flip for a profit. Selling at the low price involved loss of money in the transactions. In the case of the Lenox we do not know if the seller bought it as a common and sold it as a common, in which case there is the loss of profit but not money. If the seller bought at a premium I question why the didn't take better care of the card to ensure it was listed appropriately. If they bought as a common, does the seller feel obligated to go back to the original seller and correct the original transaction? Because unless the seller plans on going back to correct the original deal they are wanting to play both sides of the game and have no moral rights to the card or the excess profits they will make that should have gone to the original seller.

[tschock]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

In both this instance and the Nolan Ryan rookie card instance, and employee, or someone working for the business owner incorrectly sold something at the wrong price. I don't think that is apples and oranges.

In the case of the Lennox, where is it stated that an employee listed it wrong? I may have missed that.

[vintagetoppsguy]

I misspoke earlier when I mentioned the name of the seller. I said that is was a friend of mine, Howard Lau, who owns a shop here in town. I had the eBay usernames confused with another friend. Howard is not the owner of the card. However, the correct owner has been notified and we’ll see if he ships it or not. That’s up to him.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

This is an interesting conversation. I don't think there is a right or wrong answer. However, I am impressed by the sense of equity that some of you expressed. Your sense of "doing the right thing" and that "everyone makes mistakes" is uplifting.

Personally I believe that for better or worse a deal is a deal. The best lessons I learned were from my own mistakes. One of my favorite lines is from the movie Rounders and goes something like this - "I can't remember how I made my bankroll but I can't stop thinking about how I lost it."

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Guys - It seems wrong to post someone else's phone number on the board without their consent.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

Guys - It seems wrong to post someone else's phone number on the board without their consent.

Agreed and taken care of. Please don't post phone numbers besides a business unless the person gives their approval first.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Leon

Agreed and taken care of. Please don't post phone numbers besides a business unless the person gives their approval first.

It was a business.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

It was a business.

Then sorry about that....they can PM you for it or you can edit it back. I didn't know it was a business (obviously).