1952 Bowman Mantle PSA 1
 

Nice card for the grade IMO. $545 delivered via check or money order. Please send me your email for pics. Thanks! Chris.

Pm sent!

Sold
 

Sold, thanks!

Thanks, just need mailing address to send payment To, please pm. Thanks!

So much for first come first serve

if say you will take it i think that avoids that issue

I sent a pm, an email, etc... don’t know how to be clearer than that.

saying 'ill take it' is clearer to me

some people do send PMs without saying 'pm sent'

Whatever. I know I’ll find a better deal elsewhere.

Im assuming he got a bunch of PM's rather quickly as it was a really good deal. Wouldve tried myself if I saw it earlier

Do you know for a fact you were first?

Doesnt sound like you were making a strong offer if you knew you'd find a better deal elsewhere...also why complain if thats so as well...

When I first came across the listing, I presumed it was a new listing because:

1. It was at the top of the thread.
2. I had not seen the listing before, and I check this 1950s thread frequently.
3. No one had posted a response in the thread that they were interested in the card.

I thought I was the buyer of the card:

1. Upon coming across the listing, I promptly messaged the seller that I was interested in the card.
2. I posted a "pm sent" reply in the thread. I have seen this done MANY times on other sales items and this is an indication I am trying to lay claim to the card.

The seller posted a fixed price on the card $545, so I saw no reason to "submit an offer". I could understand if the card was on auction, but it wasn't.

The seller also instructed to contact them about scans or photos of the card before committing to buying. This I did.

The seller responded to my message by sending me images of the card, then posting on the forum the card was sold. This gave me the impression I was the buyer of the card!

After posting on the thread as well as sending a private message for contact information promptly after receiving the images, it was then I was informed I was NOT the buyer of the card. At no time before was I told there was another buyer for the card either through private message or forum postings.

If the card was available to the "highest bidder", I was not informed. Everything that transpired as mentioned above gave me every indication I was the buyer of the card, not someone else.

This is not the only copy of this card and I will eventually find my copy for my price. However, I will be far more careful in the future who I deal with.

Really?
 

This is ridiculous. Wasn't planning to respond and bump this thread, but my integrity seems to have been questioned. Here's what happened:

3:51 - I post card
4:18 - Member A PMs asking for Pics
4:39 - Member B PMs asking for pics
5:19 - This guy PMs asking for pics "Please send pics! [email address] Thanks,
Tom"
6:00-ish - I email pics to each in order of request
6:23 - Member B replies to my email with "I'll take it"
6:29 - I post card sold
7:11 - This guy PMs his mailing address

Am I missing something?!?

Chris
 

You contacted folks in the order they contacted you. I sell on here from time to time and do the same thing. I think it’s the best way to do it. I wonder if the person complaining could switch spots with the person who contacted you first about the card. Based upon his rant above I suspect he would be unhappy someone bought the card out from under him🤷🏿*♀️.

Just an opinion

Chris is a good man and this type of crap steers people away from posting on the BST.

I pretty much assumed thats exactly how it happened..but he said he will get the same card later for a better deal so not sure why he is complaining now anyway