Scam / Future scam

[bobbyw8469]

This was a fake one sold in Mile High Auctions. So people do get fooled. Notice that top of the slab versus the bottom of the slab. The bottom is clear and normal. The top (and the left side).......not so much.

As a matter of fact, because of the clear picture, if you follow the bottom on along the path, you can see where it turns from looking normal to looking fake (especially if you go from 6 o'clock to 3 o'clock, and 6 o'clock to 9 o'clock).....you can see exactly how he did it and inserted the card into the top of the slab.

[toledo_mudhen]

I guess I'm not sure why this irritates me so much - but it does. How is it that eBay can let this slide - ruffed up reprints in a valid PSA slab? Maybe if they were Mint Reprint examples (which would make the scam much more obvious). To me this is clearly hoping someone doesn't read well or at all. $50 bucks on a crap Clemente Reprint is ridiculous.

[chalupacollects]

For the Clemente and Mantle you can see the holder damage much better on the ebay scans... The more worrisome aspect is where did such reprints come from?

Can't find any real tip offs except maybe on the Mantle where on bottom front "Outfielder" looks a little fuzzy?

Thoughts?

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by toledo_mudhen

I guess I'm not sure why this irritates me so much - but it does. How is it that eBay can let this slide - ruffed up reprints in a valid PSA slab? Maybe if they were Mint Reprint examples (which would make the scam much more obvious). To me this is clearly hoping someone doesn't read well or at all. $50 bucks on a crap Clemente Reprint is ridiculous.

I don't think that's the issue. The seller is being as up front as he can that he's selling a reprint. The issue I have is that whoever wins this auction is probably doing so with the intent of passing this off as a real card, scamming someone else down the road. I do agree this should not be allowed on eBay.

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

This was a fake one sold in Mile High Auctions. So people do get fooled. Notice that top of the slab versus the bottom of the slab. The bottom is clear and normal. The top (and the left side).......not so much.

As a matter of fact, because of the clear picture, if you follow the bottom on along the path, you can see where it turns from looking normal to looking fake (especially if you go from 6 o'clock to 3 o'clock, and 6 o'clock to 9 o'clock).....you can see exactly how he did it and inserted the card into the top of the slab.

Very helpful, thanks!