Does anyone know Charles Litt?
 

Hello All - has anyone had any experience dealing with this person?

I was offered a nice card, but I wanted to purchase the card using PP Goods & Services and adding in extra $ to cover the fees. In the end the seller would get the full asking $ and I would have protection if USPS lost or damaged the item. The seller refused the PP Goods and Services and requested PP F&F. I did some parallel homework and found out the card was under auction on ebay (exact SGC Cert #).

So buyer beware!

Thanks!

Gary Dudek

Does it have bids on eBay or is it a BIN. Many people list cards on several locations at the same time.

I have no idea about the person you are asking about. Could you post a link or at least say what card it is?

Honest sellers should never demand that buyers give up all their buyer protection. If a seller refuses G&S Payment with the added money, thats an immediate no go for me.

Hmm
 

P.M. to Leon….. that name sounds familiar like an old time collector. He may not want G and S for the new tax requirements and IRS reporting for sales. Not sure …. hope it works out…. Rocky

The card offered on ebay with the exact SGC Cert is a 1968 Topps #240 Al Kaline SGC 8.

It’s a live auction with bids against the item. I have the emails saved to prove this situation occurred. Just sad news.

I share it here to make people aware. I’m sorry if Charles Litt ID was being compromised or was not involved or his name was being used inappropriately.

+1

Wow
 

Just found this… https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?p=2267913

Thats too bad you are both missing out on buying from a lot of honest sellers in the BST section.

Nice find so yes someone to avoid.

Quite possibly. However, in this particular case, we're talking about a situation in which the, "...seller refuses G&S Payment..."

They're selling goods and they refuse a goods & services payment. Something about that doesn't strike me as honest. My first thought is that they're trying to rip off me, PayPal, or the IRS.

Usually it is just the second two.:eek::D

Sellers ask for F&F payment but I've never had anyone refuse to accept G&S if I add the extra money.

There is a Chris Witt/OfficialNashCards on Instagram trying to sell a few board members my errors, do you research and ask around before sending any funds.

Aside from all the other posts, that is another dead giveaway that this is a scam. If someone has a card posted for sale on Ebay, and it sells through that venue, it is going to be reported as a Paypal G&S transaction. He has no choice. So why would he decline a Paypal G&S payment from you?

Correct answer is a legit seller wouldn't.

You don’t have a choice when selling through eBay. You do have a choice when selling directly. I wouldn’t automatically assume a seller is dishonest when they don’t want payment through G&S.

I just bought something from a member that I saw they had listed on eBay. We did a private deal and I paid by F&F. I suspect that’s very common.

But if they do want to make a sale, why would a seller turn down a G&S payment, unless they were possibly asking for a lower price on the non-Ebay platform assuming they wouldn't have to pay taxes and the Paypal service fee that way? But in this case, the OP said the Ebay listing is for an auction, so it is actually possible the Ebay auction/sale could be for even less than the OP was being asked to pay. So based on that, refusing the G&S payment does seem a little questionable, especially when the buyer and seller don't know each other. In your case, you knew the person you ended up buying from as a member here on Net54. The OP did not know this other person, and thus the logical reason for his post. I think we're talking two different situations. But I do agree with your logic when the situation fits.

I'm an honest seller and I've refused G&S payments from a few people simply because they seemed like a pain in the ass from the start. I don't want to deal with refunds or trying to get my items back if they decided to have buyers remorse.

So, if that buyer paid by F&F and he had a legitimate problem like a lost package, he would be shit out of luck?

Scam
 

Total scammer

He would be out of luck in that PayPal wouldn’t step in and side with him. I pay with F&F all the time to people I know or know by reputation and am comfortable with it. If there was a legitimate problem, I think we would resolve it reasonably. I wouldn’t use F&F for somebody without a public hobby rep and was a stranger, but I don’t get an objection to using it in all card buying cases.

I agree and do the same. I did use regular PP last night and would not have used F&F if they asked(they didn't) because it was a new member. Otherwise I have no problem with F&F.

On the flip side I have been screwed by a buyer wanting to use regular PP and promising to pay the fee and then not paying the fee. I guess I could have just canceled but I just considered it as a lesson learned with that buyer.

PayPal has stepped in before to side with me and give me a refund when I paid with goods and services and the seller didn’t deliver. It’s usually a pain to go through the process, but it has worked for me before.

I understand that. I'm just wondering what he would do if the package was legitimately lost. Honest sellers should refund on legitimate claims.

I was ripped off on another board by a longtime member with a stellar rep. I was out the money, I learned my lesson and I never pay by F&F anymore, to anyone. I pay G&S and pay the extra, the peace of mind is worth it. Sometimes, good people make bad choices.

Not at all. If there were a legitimate problem with delivery I'd happily refund the buyers money. Not everyone is out to screw everyone else. But I've also dealt with enough headache buyers in my day that if I don't feel 100% comfortable with a person/transaction then we will do it my way or not at all.

Yes, but we are talking about using F&F. I would be absolutely shocked if PayPal broke their policies to refund you for an F&F transaction.

In thousands of deals and trades, I've never really been screwed. A few eBay sellers have just never shipped the item, which is an easy refund from eBay. A seller has physically taped a rare card to the package (boy did that one hurt) and damaged it. One major dealer sent me the cards used in their Fair listings when I bought the G-VG ones and then blocked me after I politely requested a return. That's about it; never had a hiccup in any private deal yet. While scammers are replete, it seems most of them aren't very good at it and the odds that common sense will get you through a deal are very high. The vast majority in the collecting side of the hobby are pretty decent folk and not pulling anything. Never felt a need to use G&S for everything as a result, if someone insisted on it I would think it a red flag that they might be looking for a problem.

You posited the buyer would be "shit out of luck", implying the board member would rip them off if this situation arose and an opportunity where they could rip them off transpired.

If you want to only do deals G&S, that's your call. One's peace of mind is worth a lot to them.

I can see why my question could be read differently but I was only asking if he would be shit out of luck, I wasn't implying or assuming he was. I think the question was fair since the poster said "I don't want to deal with refunds".

I've seen instances where a seller says they aren't responsible what happens after a package was sent or say the buyer should have asked for insurance. There can be differences of opinions between 2 well-meaning people, thats why I don't give up up my buyer protection. Once bitten, twice shy.

That sucks. I guess I've been lucky, paid countless times by FF never had an issue, but that's a cautionary tale.

Not quite as simple as it sounds
 

1) A lot of great information, thoughts and opinions offered above
2) I think good judgment is first priority - If you are doing a transaction with someone that for whatever reason you trust - I don't see an issue with friends and family for both buyer and seller. Goods and services - Doing business with someone new or that you don't know - For the buyer - added peace of mind and "Paypal protection" if things go sideways. For the seller - added risk similar to the old Ebay days with the opportunity for false claims (curious if anyone has experienced this and could share a few details if so)

If I am at a show accepting Paypal I demand friends and family as my buyer is examining the product in hand and walking away with it - no reason for me to accept added risk of g&s.

Other than the in person scenario, I generally will list pricing either as "net" (Buyer expected to pay G&S fee) or "PPGS" (I pay the G&S fee).

I am deeply grateful to have had smooth transactions buying and selling across a range of price points and a large pool of buyers and sellers and all payment types - except 1 check - which is a crazy story for another day.