no...and why?
 

NO, I am not singling you out. I don't know you at all. There would be no reason to do that. I am getting sort of tired of reminding folks though. The last several times I have just put their names out there and not said anything. The only one I see in this thread is jezzeaepi that is going to be next. He needs to put his name in his post too. I promise it's not personal and I promise I am getting tired of asking for names to be put in posts. Yes, if you get sarcastic with someone, or a comment, your name needs to be by your post. If I said something sarcastic to, or about you, you would want to know who is saying it. If I didn't asked someone to do it then it's because I missed it. regards

Not at all. But I do understand that it is your policy. I don't ever want to know anyone's name I meet on message boards because I simply have no use for it, but that's just me. We had a 7 page thread about this once, so that is why I brought it up. No harm intended.

I strongly disagree. Look at the prices he realized in his past auction and they're all in line with VCP. Sure, he probably alienated some buyers, but does he really care as long as his sales are around VCP average?

For example, If he has a card with a VCP of $500, it's still going to sell for about that price no matter how many bidders the auction has. Does he care if he has 10 bidders or 20 bidders as long as the result is still the same?

In other words, if you have a small business and your goal is $10K a week in sales, do you care if you have 10 customers that each spend $1000, or 5 customers that each spend $2000? No, you care about meeting your goals and making a profit.

The bottom line is that it may have cost him some customers, but it didn't cost him any volume.

Edited to add: If anything, it cost Todd because I know for a fact that he's ended up on several seller's BBL.

mine and the board's
 

Yes, we have had many discussions about this privacy issue. Personally I would want to know who I am debating with or who is getting sarcastic with me. Not that it's a really bad thing but just because I like to know the source of my rebuttals. I do believe the vast majority of the board wants this policy too. Again, nothing personal at all and please don't take it that way. IF folks just put their name in their sig line then they would rarely hear from me concerning these issues.

It's a great place here
 

I agree with this simple policy. I had a guy blast me and I needed to know who it was and get to the bottom of the messy situation and resolve it.
Leon is doing us a HUGE service by providing us a nice home here on net54.
I thank God every day I can visit, learn, buy, sell and have fun with this great group of hobbyists. Give Leon a break and just follow the rules, please.

David, I agree with the post above. I'm a happy customer of yours and Leons and I value what all of you gentlemen have posted here.

Thanks,
Bill Hedin

I'm guessing you don't run your own business. Yes, it is extremely important to keep ALL customers happy--the funny thing about running a business is that you NEVER know the business that you lost. Even though he may be averaging near VCP, if he is losing even one high paying customer he is losing out on money and this thread and his responses have alienated at least one (Todd) and several other shave expressed their feelings towards not bidding with him.

"In other words, if you have a small business and your goal is $10K a week in sales, do you care if you have 10 customers that each spend $1000, or 5 customers that each spend $2000? No, you care about meeting your goals and making a profit."

This is very short-sighted as business doesn't work this way, why be happy with the 5 customers vs. the 10 when you could have had 11, 12 or 13 if you had just played your cards right and not pissed people off?

Rhett there is no winning with this one. He will be right no matter if the wall is blue and he says its green.

Actually I have owned my own business (Dealer Advertising Solutions, LLC) and I have worked for eBay and later served as a consultant to eBay Motors. However, you totally missed my point. Let me give you a real example. In Catererscards2006 last auction, he had a T206 Evers Cubs on Shirt PSA 5 that sold for $520. The VCP average is $528 and the last one sold on eBay for $504, so I think the card was in line with what it should have sold for. The auction had 19 bidders. My point is does it matter if the auction has 9 bidders, 19 bidders or 29 bidders as long as it sells for what it should? No, who cares about the number of bidders? The only thing that matters is the hammer price and I repeat the statement I made earlier. He hasn't missed a beat.

Sportscardtheory- I've been involved in this same discussion many times and it is not only about whether or not you care who you are talking to on a chatboard. In a sense it doesn't even matter; your name is now by your avatar and since it's not a name I recognize it probably doesn't change anything for me.

People need to put their name out because it holds them accountable for what they say. I think twice before I post because whatever I say reflects who I am, and given the choice I'd prefer to put my best foot forward. But if I posted anonymously I could say any damn thing I wanted to without consequence. I could slander people on the board, curse people out, and say whatever I wanted, no matter how hurtful, because nobody would know it was me. But with my name out there I feel I have to post intelligently (debatable, I know), and with consideration towards others.

David, believe me I didn't "miss" your point! I understand what you were trying to say, I just think it is fallacious logic.

from your logic in this thread i'm amazed that you have the capability to earn an income and collect cards. that's a feat in itself. i saw a couple t206s i wanted this past weekend but guess who the seller was? there are enough crooks and scammers in this hobby, i try to only support the good guys.

well done CC2006 on the outcome. as we know ebay is never wrong in their decision or judgement.

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See that is where I disagree. You have a higher chance of getting more money for an item if there are more bidders(not more bids, more bidDERs). So yes, it is an auction system, and his cards will still sell no matter what, but the point is that the price wont get driven up as much since there won't be as many interested bidders. That is economics 101 and I won't argue it any further.

The second point is that what did he GAIN by not refunding? Since it is so easy for him to sell items, he could have just as easily issued the refund, and then re-listed the card, and resold it(unless of course the under bidder was his shill account =P). Would have cost him a few shipping fees to save all this negative PR. Now, whenever you search for carters cards on Google, this thread is the number one result, and I guarantee that most people who are checking him out will see "beware of carters cards" and not bother reading 50+ pages of postings.

Peace,
Jesse Rosen

Well, my logic also said Todd would lose his case and I was right.

Leon, I don't think you intentionally singled him out, but there are still some without their FULL name - pup6913 and chaddurbin.

I agree and strive for the same integrity as you do. Everything I say or do on this board reflects on who I am and I hope I come across as a decent fellow. Anyone who ever does business with me will certainly know my name, address and phone number, but having just anyone on the internet, who might stumble across this board, know who I am, sort of freaks me out a little bit.
I've had private conversations with people on this board, good people, who if they want to know my information, I would not hesitate to share it. In fact, I've learned from reading this board that there are some people who I would not hesitate to give my name to if they were just curious, because I can see they are trustworthy, respectful people and would not share my information if I asked them not to.
If there ever comes a time when I feel I have to slander someone (not likely), I'll do it to their face, away from the public board. Unless it's Leon, who already has all my information :D

So that's the other side of the coin, if anybody cares.

Holy crap, this thread was dying a nice death. Almost nothing posted to this thread for 48 hours. Then out of the blue the seller (Carterscards-Paul) has to bring it back to the top to let everyone know that paypal sided with him. I understand why they sided with him but personally, that's not exactly news that I'd rather share if I was a seller. Maybe, technically, paypal got this one right but as Jim said - won the battle, lost the war....

Paul, honestly, you should have just let this die.... sadly (for your business) that $1K card will probably cost you much more than that now. On a different note - The hits from coast to coast.... this thread not only busted the top 5, it is now #4.

I think I am already banned as a result of merely questioning whether he was protecting a card during an ongoing auction through witness0202 (he didn't deny it, just wrote back that "we are done doing business"), but even if not, I wouldn't bid in one of his auctions to save my life.

Tsaiko, I agree. But it got me thinking.

Leon, are our names made public to non-members when they view this forum? I kinda like the idea of our names only being available to members.

Tsaiko- you don't have to post your name if you don't want to, as long as the posts stick to noncontroversial topics. But I for one find anonymity to be one of the oddities of the internet, and see no precedent for it in our daily lives.

Imagine any social or business situation where you interact with somebody for the first time but refuse to give out your name. But on the internet that is considered acceptable. I find it odd, and don't understand the notion of not wanting anybody to know who you are. After all, this isn't a site for child molesters to congregate. It's just baseball cards. Who cares if any one of us likes to discuss baseball cards? The need for anonymity goes right over my head, but that's me.

Thanks David. Spelling corrected.

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I wanted to be #500 :(

You plant corn you get corn

No worries, Eric. I'll lay off when it hits 1000.

I'll join the fray...
 

...My personal feelings on the outcome, whether it was right or wrong, is not really important. But I will say that I believe that this thread cannot be good for this seller.

He survived embezzling 1.6 million dollars. It also appears he shill bids his ebay auctions and eBay does not care. Collectors are also very forgiving... The seller is gonna be more than fine.

Having read every post in this thread (as I do w/most every thread on this Board) just a quick 2¢ worth:

(.01¢) Dealer may win w/ EBay, but LOSES w/ me!

(.02¢) Name as part of profile/avatar should be made mandatory for every one who posts on Net54

they can
 

Yes, others that are not board members can see the names.

As for Tsaiko, as far as I am aware, you have never done anything to warrant having to have your name on the board. Of course I have it but I won't give it out, generally speaking.

Guys, it doesn't matter to me, really....it's just the rule that we all live by to be part of this community. If you don't want to have to put your name in your sig line or your posts, just don't get into debates, controversial subjects etc,.....and stick to just the cards and memorabilia. I just PM'd 2 board members, participating in this thread whom I have known a long time, to let them know they also need to put their names in their posts.....It is far from a personal issue....

Just wondering...
 

Can the original poster still follow through on his promise to leave negative feedback even though ebay ruled against him? (the OP) :confused:

He already left feedback and it was a neutral, not a negative as he promised.

The only thing i would like to add is the accusation of shill bidding. I don't give a crap about the comments made towards the seller on this item (some deserved, lack of communication, etc..) but, i can't begin to tell you the ebay auctions i have lost on high dollar t206 cards for the very same damn thing. Mysteriously, i lose them with 2 seconds left in the auction, and the buyer has 70% participation with the seller!! Come on, are you kidding me?? This is a constant, Bull s*** thing with ebay auctions.

Leon- by the way, i echo other comments about this forum! Keep up the great work!

It has been taken care of Mr. James. I was not aware my last name was not present actually. But Just for you sir:eek:

Better to lose them than to pay a shilled up price. Ebay must not care because it only increases their take.

Peter- i think i know what you are getting at, but not completely sure. Nothing like looking at an auction for 7-10 days, and then magically losing at the last micro-second. Ebay is horribly tainted.

Kevin the good news is that if the shill wins, the card will be for sale eventually again.

Well Barry, I meet people in person, in social situations, who I immediately don't want them to know my real name. Paranoid, maybe, but some people you just know you don't want to know.

Also, I notice there are some members (that use their real names) who never get involved in controversial subjects and I respect them for it. I know it may be hard for some of those members to resist giving their opinion, because it's hard for me sometimes too, but being anonymous and knowing I'll have to out myself if I'm controversial, acts as a self censor and prevents me from regrettable behavior (if I could only do that in real life - I'm a real loud mouth :p.

Please try to understand that some people are in a position or their family are in a position of possible harm if too much information is available about them. For example, think of a Federal Prosecutor, who has received death threats, etc. Piecing together complete information on someone, who uses their real name all over the internet, is really pretty easy.

Having said that, I'm all for getting together with anyone local to LA for a beer, coffee or even to play catch. Of course, I'll be wearing a mask -

j/k.

This is one hobby where stuff trumps everything else...it's proven again and again. I'd even admit that if this Carterscards guy was selling Lincoln baseball memorabilia I'd still bid on it...If I were still collecting prewar cards I'd probably think twice as the majority of that stuff comes up more than once a lifetime. I doubt this guy will be harmed in any way by the way he handled this situation.

Tsaiko- I respect your position, and you have every right to remain anonymous. I just couldn't imagine doing that myself. Any site I've ever posted on (not that there have been that many) I've put my name out. Again, that's just me. And if you're ever in NY let's have that beer!:)

Put in your max bid at the latest time possible. If your bid is higher than all other bids (including shills), you win. There are snipe sites that will allow you to put in your max bid at the last possible second (usually around 3-5 seconds), so that is likely who you are losing to ... a snipe.

as a side note, the part of ebay i think is tainted is 1) you can't see who you are bidding against and 2) you can't leave feedback for buyers.

I'm not really sure that means a shill bidder. If you look at my feedback, you will see that I probably show a higher percentage than that with pwccauctions. Does that mean I am shill bidding his auctions. Not hardly. What that means is that HARDLY NOONE - and yes, you know this is true - runs a true 99 cent auction anymore!! He is one of the last ones that can. I stopped running 99 cent auctions, when my stuff started selling grossly under VCP average. If it is something that I really don't care what it brings, then sure, I will do a 99 cent auction. But everything in my collection I had to pay for (and it is usually close to VCP). So basically, what I am saying is, I bid where the true auctions are. Most of Ebay is BIN/BO. That is why I don't think the percentage means a whole lot.

I've kept track of this thread pretty closely but this is my first post. Had to chime in because that was the first laugh I have gotten from the thread, and my first laugh of the day.....Thanks Tsaiko, or what ever your name is.......:)

Now that my name has been added to the list of posters in this historic thread,
Put my tick marks next to:
1. Steer clear of carterscards (and clipper baseball2010)
2. the board rule on adding your full name (or not)
3. carterscards lost some healthy business due to this thread (non businessman's perspective)
4. eBay doesn't care about scruples


Also, I just found myself wondering: how would this whole mess been handled had it occurred on grandslambids?

Tony

edited to add: post #521 - Ted Williams last at bat

@Barry - Totally on for the beer, I do make it into the city every once in a while.

@Tony - One of the doctrines that I have lived my life by, one that came to me only after many decades of life experiences, is, "if I can't make you laugh, we're not going to be friends".
It's been proved as a fact of my life, so I'm happy I was able to give you a chuckle :D

I seem to have ended up with this card. I don't have cards graded, but will leave it up to you gentlemen. Thank You to Todd for the heads up:

And The Band Played on!!:D

I REALLY don't feel like reading all this, but with over 500 posts there has to be something decent. Could someone please sum it up.

well, after reading the first 20pgs so far,
http://www.bash.org/?23396

seems to some it up, except moAr angry